Kms Activation problem only Xp machines

Hi All

Ive installed Office 2010 and kms registered and running . I can activate on hardware thats running on windows 7 but my Xp machines cannot find the host. So i opened up tcp port 1688 on the xp firewall as advised and still i cant resolve . Am i missing something blatently obvious.

Thanks for all help

Gary

Try running the following command on one of the XP machines and see if you get a response:

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nslookup -type=srv _VLMCS

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Response should be something like:

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Server:  dc1.domain.local
Address:  10.2.3.4

avonbourne.local
        primary name server = dc1.domain.local
        responsible mail addr = hostmaster.domain.local
        serial  = 489599
        refresh = 900 (15 mins)
        retry  = 600 (10 mins)
        expire  = 86400 (1 day)
        default TTL = 900 (15 mins)

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you can use VAMT and do a proxy authenticate through your managment PC.

EDIT: Sorry KMS can't proxy authenticate but you can still specify the server address and port.

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Originally Posted by ChrisMiles

Try running the following command on one of the XP machines and see if you get a response:

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nslookup -type=srv _VLMCS

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Response should be something like:

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Server:  dc1.domain.local
Address:  10.2.3.4

avonbourne.local
        primary name server = dc1.domain.local
        responsible mail addr = hostmaster.domain.local
        serial  = 489599
        refresh = 900 (15 mins)
        retry  = 600 (10 mins)
        expire  = 86400 (1 day)
        default TTL = 900 (15 mins)

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If this command doesn't work (it didn't for me), try this one:

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nslookup -q=SRV _VLMCS._TCP

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Originally Posted by localzuk

If this command doesn't work (it didn't for me), try this one:

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nslookup -q=SRV _VLMCS._TCP

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Thanks, didnt have an XP machine to hand to test, must have changed on win7 :)

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Originally Posted by ChrisMiles

Thanks, didnt have an XP machine to hand to test, must have changed on win7 :)

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Thanks for all replies . Ive just run the commands and below is what the reply

_vlmcs._tcp.mountpleasant.local srv service location:
priority = 0
weight = 0
port = 1688
svr hostname = mpserver.mountpleasant.local
mpserver.mountplesant.local internet address = 10.68.87.98

Thanks again for all your help