Turn on Windows despite long-term usage
Turn on Windows despite long-term usage
I've kept a digital version of my Windows for several years, starting in 2016. This morning I powered on my PC and everything seemed normal. But later that evening it reported that Windows wasn't activated. When I tried to activate it, the message said "cannot activate Windows now." It's really annoying. There aren't any error codes showing up. I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro. The closest error I've seen was 0x8007007b. I've used the slmgr -ipk command in Command Prompt, but it still shows a watermark and doesn't disappear. Under Systems it says Windows doesn't recognize it as activated. HALP!!
Reach out to Microsoft, they should address the issue promptly
It seems the message is unclear and possibly misleading. Let me know how I can help clarify this.
A suitable approach is to reach out to your system administrator for assistance.
Currently the watermark is missing, yet both PC configurations and the control panel still identify it as inactive.
They likely have some issues where those shouldn't occur. Nice that it’s working, as I was planning to say: No, it seems like you’re using a volume key that needs direct contact with the original network. (This isn’t happening because it should remain valid indefinitely)