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#windowsactivation

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Cassander<p><strong>TLDR: Windows Activation Servers are currently broken with no ETA for resolution or workaround.</strong></p><p>Well this is fun. I updated my BIOS last night, and it was a big enough change to break activation on my Windows 11 Pro install. That's fine, it's a digital license, reactivation should qui... Hrm. Error.</p><p>Try again. Error. Reboot. Error. Request a callback from Microsoft Support.</p><p>This is where things get really fun. The Microsoft Support Agent last night told me that Windows 7 licenses that were upgraded to Windows 11 were expiring and would not activate any more. I might have called her a liar, and asked to speak with her manager.</p><p>The Microsoft Support Manager said the same thing: Windows 11 licenses that were upgrades from Windows 7/8 were no longer valid for activation. Even if they were now digital licenses tied to my Microsoft account.</p><p>I figured I'd have better luck later with a fresh call center, so I tried again today. Still getting the same activation errors, even going through the "I recently changed hardware and need to reactivate Windows" Pick-Your-Device window.</p><p>This time I got a Microsoft Support Agent who understood it was a digital license, and did some investigation. She reported that there was a known problem with the Windows Activation servers right now, and there were "lots" of calls to Windows Support over the issue. I'm "scheduled" for a callback from a technician, who will either help with the issue or collect more data? I'm not clear.</p><p>The same Microsoft Support Agent also indicated that there is currently no workaround for the activation issues. So I guess I just don't get to customize anything, and hope that nothing important breaks (more). </p><p>What an embarrassing situation. Microsoft, this is a shitshow and you know it.</p><p>Is there anyone from Microsoft on the Fediverse who should be tagged for this?</p><p><strong>TLDR: Windows Activation Servers are currently broken with no ETA for resolution or workaround.</strong></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WindowsActivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsActivation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Error0x803F7001" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Error0x803F7001</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SLUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLUI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LicenseActivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LicenseActivation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Error0xC004F2121" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Error0xC004F2121</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Microsoft will stop old Windows product keys from activating new Windows installs - Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) </p><p>RIP to one of my favorite loophole... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1972170" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1972170</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windowsactivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windowsactivation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows7</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows8</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
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