Ok, so I have spent about six hours of my life on the phone with Microsoft trying to fix this problem. I have a valid Windows 8.1 Pro product key, but Windows doesn't want to stay activated for some reason. Whenever I try to activate it in PC settings, it will say that the activation failed. And when I click "Error details", all I get is a blank box. I've tried using slmgr.vbs, but that doesn't work. I've also tried using SLUI, but that doesn't work either. I can fix this temporarily by running a system file scan (sfc /scannow) but it never lasts; sooner or later, Windows will be deactivated again. I decided to try using Microsoft Toolkit to try and activate, but that doesn't work either. This is what shows up in the information console:
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Installing Any Matching Volume Keys.
Installing Professional WMC KMS Key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx).
<Product key installation successful>
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Attempting To Activate Microsoft Windows
<No installed product keys detected>
Note that xxxxx was my actual product key.
At least this is more informative, but I still don't know what to do here? Why isn't Windows finding my product key for activation? There is no reason why it shouldn't be, it even displays it right above. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? It's really important I find a permanent solution for this. Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
I checked the event viewer for more information, and this is what I found:
License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code:
hr=0x8007232B
Command-line arguments:
RuleId=eeba1977-569e-4571-b639-7623d8bfecc0;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=096ce63d-4fac-48a9-82a9-61ae9e800e5f;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=NetworkAvailable
Hopefully this information is helpful.
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Installing Any Matching Volume Keys.
Installing Professional WMC KMS Key (xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx).
<Product key installation successful>
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Attempting To Activate Microsoft Windows
<No installed product keys detected>
Note that xxxxx was my actual product key.
At least this is more informative, but I still don't know what to do here? Why isn't Windows finding my product key for activation? There is no reason why it shouldn't be, it even displays it right above. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? It's really important I find a permanent solution for this. Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
I checked the event viewer for more information, and this is what I found:
License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code:
hr=0x8007232B
Command-line arguments:
RuleId=eeba1977-569e-4571-b639-7623d8bfecc0;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;SkuId=096ce63d-4fac-48a9-82a9-61ae9e800e5f;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=NetworkAvailable
Hopefully this information is helpful.
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 7 Professional, Windows XP Professional
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Inspiron 15 7537
- CPU
- Intel Core i7
- Memory
- 8 GB
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Browser
- Pale Moon
- Antivirus
- None, but I do use Malwarebytes Pro