

Two or more computers can have the same CMIDs in the either of the following scenarios: The current count number increases on a KMS computer when the client computers have different CMIDs. This issue can occur when Windows-based client computers that you add to the network have identical KMS client machine IDs (CMIDs). In the following event that is logged in the Key Management Service event log, the current count remains the same. When you run the Slmgr.vbs script together with the -dli argument, the client computer count information does not increase as expected. Additionally, you may see the following event in the Key Management Service event log for each new Windows-based client computer that you add to the network.

When you run the Slmgr.vbs script on a Key Management Server (KMS) computer, you verify that the number of client computers does not increase when you add new Windows-based client computers to the network. Now the Image is ready to deploy and the KMS server will receive different CMID’s from the servers.This article provides help to fix a problem where the number of clients in a Key Management Server (KMS) computer doesn't increase when you add new Windows Vista-based client computers to the network.Īpplies to: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Original KB number: 929829 Symptoms Now set make sure the Skiprearm is set to 0 at the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform

Knowing this we searched how to reset the Rearm count and found an article that explained how we could reset the rearm count. which means that when you set SkipRearm then you don’t rearm the machine. We discovered that the “Remaining Windows Rearm Count” was 0. When testing this we discovered that the CMID keeps the same after rearming the Windows machine.

We searched for a solution and everyone mentioned rearming the machine, but then we received the message that we can’t rearm. We then searched for a solution but everyone was pointing out to set the Skiprearm to 1. A different CMID is needed to activate using KMS services. When working with Machine Creation Services we discovered that the Clients all have the same CMID.
