Skip KMS Activation for Linked clone Desktops - VMware View

Skip KMS Activation


  1. Login to Master/Golden image & make this change. 
  2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmware-viewcomposer-ga
  3. Navigate to the SkipLicenseActivation registry value. The default value is 0.
  4. Set the value to 1.
  5. Take snapshot of Master Image & recompose the pool with latest snapshot. 

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