For individual home users, Microsoft rarely sues. However, if you are a business or educational institution caught using KMSOffline on company machines, you face:

If you prefer not to use third-party software, you can perform KMS activation manually via the (Admin) for volume versions:

Because the tool patches system files ( sppsvc.dll , slc.dll ), future Windows updates may fail or cause blue-screen crashes. Many users report broken activation after a Windows feature update.

: Choose the product you wish to activate (Windows or Office). Activation

If you choose to proceed, the typical workflow is as follows: