In this article, we are going to look at resetting the Rearm of our Windows 2016 Server.

Windows allows up to 5 Rearms per installation. Once you meet this quota, you will see an information dialog indicating that you have no more Rearms available and that you will have to reinstall the Operating System to regain the Rearms.

In most cases, this can be a major issue, especially in a lab or school environment where students depend on these servers being up and running.

I found this script from forums.mydigitallife.net«

[SQL Server Rearm Script]

CFFCS | CarrzSynEdit: | SQL Script


@echo off
set /p "Sure=Are you sure you want to continue (y/N)? "
if /I "[%Sure%]" == "[y]" goto :START_PROCESS
goto :EOF

:START_PROCESS
echo Please wait...
sc stop sppsvc
reg add HKCU\SYSTEMM\WPA /ve /f
REG SAVE HKCU\SYSTEMM "%TEMP%\SYSTEM.HIV" /y >NUL 2>&1
REG RESTORE HKLM\SYSTEM "%TEMP%\SYSTEM.HIV" >NUL 2>&1
reg delete HKCU\SYSTEMM /f
del "%TEMP%\SYSTEM.HIV" >NUL 2>&1

for /f %%i in ('reg query HKLM\SYSTEM\WPA') do reg delete "%%i" /f


::Windows 10
if exist "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache" (
    attrib -s -h "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache"
    rmdir /q /s "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\cache"
)
if exist "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\data.dat" (
    attrib -s -h "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\data.dat"
    del "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\data.dat"
)
if exist "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\tokens.dat" (
    attrib -s -h "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\tokens.dat"
    del "%systemdrive%\Windows\System32\spp\store\2.0\tokens.dat"
)

::Windows 7
if exist "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat" (
    attrib -s -h "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat"
    del "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\tokens.dat"
)
if exist "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\cache" (
    attrib -s -h "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\cache"
    rmdir /q /s "%systemdrive%\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\cache"
)

shutdown -r -t 0
goto :EOF

:EOF