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Re:Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 wi... by bri3d on Saturday January 03, 2026 @03:15PM (#46481065)
VAMT proxy activation, or full fledged volume licensing with KMS
Re:Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 wi... by octoberfranklin on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:59PM (#46482610)
These acronyms are not super helpful, and just wildly guessing at what "VAMT" means it probably is nowhere near qualifying as airgapped.
Re:Microsoft kills official way to activate Windows 11/10 wi... by bri3d on Sunday January 04, 2026 @03:45PM (#46491992)
Do you have access to Google?

VAMT proxy activation is airgapped in the exact same way the “old” telephone way was; VAMT acts as the server that you used to call on the phone. It trades one token for another. You side channel the tokens across to and from the airgapped machine.