R@1n Act1vat0r (AKA: Rain Activator) is a Windows, Office & Visual Studio all versions universal activator based on KMS activation method, made by R@1n. Unlike R@1n's Re-Loader Activator, R@1n Act1vat0r comes with the classic and clean DOS UI.

R@1n Act1vat0r can activate Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/Server 2008 (R2)/Server 2012 (R2)/Server 2016 RTM, Office 2010/2013/2016/365, and Visual Studio 2012/2013/2015/2017. In addition, it also can be used to install Windows OEM logos and change the OEM information displayed in the System properties window.

It is worth mentioning that, R@1n Act1vat0r uses various methods for activating different versions of Windows and Office products. For Windows XP, the activation method is AntiWPA; for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 (R2), Windows Server 2012 (R2), Windows Server 2016 RTM, the method is OEM; and for Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.0, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 (R2), Windows Server 2012 (R2), Windows Server 2016 RTM, it's KMS (Key Management Service).

Supported Windows

Product Edition
Windows XP * Home Edition SP3 * Professional SP3 * Media Center Edition 2005 SP3
Windows Vista * Enterprise * Enterprise N * Business * Business N * Starter * Home Basic * Home Basic N * Home Premium * Ultimate
Windows 7 * Enterprise * Enterprise N * Enterprise E * Starter * Starter E * Home Basic * Home Premium * Home Premium E * Professional * Professional N * Ultimate * Ultimate E * Embedded POS Ready * Embedded * Embedded Thin PC
Windows 8 * Enterprise * Enterprise N * Core * Core N * Core ARM * Core Country SpecIFic * Core Single Language * Professional * Professional WMC * Professional N
Windows 8.1 * Enterprise * Enterprise N * Professional * Professional N * Professional WMC * Core * Core Connected * Core Connected N * Core Connected Single Language * Core Connected Country Specific * Professional Student * Professional Student N * Core ARM * Core N * Core Single Language * Core Country Specific * Embedded Industry A * Embedded Industry E * Embedded Industry
Windows 10 * Professional * Professional N * Education * Education N * Enterprise * Enterprise N * Enterprise 2015 LTSB * Enterprise 2015 LTSB N * Home * Home N * Home Single Language * Home Country Specific
Win10 Pre-Release * Home Connected * Home Connected N * Home Connected Single Language * Home Connected Country Specific * Professional Student * Professional Student N * Professional 2015 LTSB * Professional 2015 LTSB N * Home ARM * Professional WMC
Windows Server 2008 * ServerDatacenter * ServerDatacenterV * ServerEnterprise * ServerEnterpriseV * ServerEnterpriseIA64 * ServerStandard * ServerStandardV * ServerComputeCluster * ServerWeb * ServerSBSStandard * ServerWinFoundation * ServerHomeStandard * ServerSolution * ServerHomePremium
Windows Server 2008 R2 * ServerDatacenter * ServerEnterprise * ServerEnterpriseIA64 * ServerStandard * ServerEmbeddedSolution * ServerHPC * ServerWeb * ServerSBSPrime * ServerSBSStandard * ServerStorageStandard
Windows Server 2012 * ServerDatacenter * ServerStandard * ServerMultiPointPremium * ServerMultiPointStandard * ServerSolution * ServerWinFoundation * ServerStorageStandard * ServerStorageWorkgroup
Windows Server 2012 R2 * ServerStandardCore * ServerStandard * ServerDatacenterCore * ServerDatacenter * SolutionCore * Solution * ServerCloudStorageCore * ServerCloudStorage * ServerStorageStandard
Windows Server 2016 * ServerStandard * ServerDatacenter * ServerAzureCor * ServerSolution * ServerCloudStorage

Supported Office

Version Product
Office 2010 * Access * Excel * Groove * InfoPath * OneNote * Outlook * PowerPoint * ProjectPro * ProjectStd * ProPlus * Publisher * Standard * VisioPrem * VisioPro * VisioStd * Word
Office 2013 * Access * Excel * InfoPath * Lync * OneNote * Outlook * PowerPoint * ProjectPro * ProjectStd * ProPlus * Publisher * Standard * VisioPro * VisioStd * Word
Office 2016 / 365 * Access * Excel * OneNote * Outlook * PowerPoint * ProjectPro * ProjectStd * ProPlus * Publisher * Skype for Business * Standard * VisioPro * VisioStd * Mondo * Word
*** The Re-Loader can also activate Office 2010, Office 2013 and Office 2016 with the KMS method.

Supported Visual Studio

Version Edition
Visual Studio 2012 (11) Activation * Ultimate
Visual Studio 2013 (12) Activation * Ultimate * Pro * Premium
Visual Studio 2015 (14) Activation * Enterprise * Pro
Visual Studio 2017 (15) Activation * Enterprise * Pro

Supported Command Lines

Argument Intro
/ActAuto Enable Windows and Office 2016/2013/2010 simultaneously.
/ActWindows Activate Windows not taking into account the Genuine factor.
/ActOffice Activate Office 2016/2013/2010.
/ActOEM When possible, proceed with Windows OEM Activation.
/ActVS Activate Visual Studio KMS 2012/2013/2015/2017.
/UninstallOEM When possible, proceed to Uninstall Windows OEM Activation.
/ActWPA When possible, proceed to Install Windows WPA Patch Activation.
/UninstallWPA When possible, proceed to Uninstall Windows WPA Patch Activation.
/UninstallKMS Uninstall KMS.
/UninstallOEM Uninstall OEM SLIC and installation serial trial.
/UninstallWPA Uninstalling Antiwpa.
/NoRestart It does not restart when needed.
/RestorePoint Create a restore point before using the Re-Loader.
/RemoveWatermark Removes the Watermark for Windows (requires restart).
/DisableTelemetry Disable Keylogger Microsoft.
/Logo= If you create a folder called "OEMLogo" (without quotation marks) in the same folder where the Re-Loader is, provide a Logo.bmp Logo.reg and the Re-Loader will install your Personal Logo.
  • Example use / Logo 1: Activator.exe / Logo = "AutoDetect" (so the Loader between their libraries if a logo is compatible with the system)
  • Example use / Logo 2: Activator.exe / Logo = "VMWare" (is forced to install the VMWare logo)
/Debug Create a file on the desktop that allows debugging.
/Silent Hide all Windows for this app.
*** For using the OEM Loader, insert a script named "SetupComplete.cmd" in the path "X: \ sources \ $ OEM $ \ $$ \ Setup \ SCRIPTS" of the Windows install DVD.

System Requirements

  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0+

Download URLs

License Version Download Size
Freeware v1.0 RC 8 (v1.0.2.8) 2.76 MB
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