I have tried all the solutions that are possible with Windows, and I haven't once gotten the service to work because of error 1058: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Can anyone please help me? I have my Windows 10 reserved already, because I hope that OS will fix this problem. Everything to do with the Software Protection service is gray and I cannot do anything with it. I may replace the sppsvc.exe entirely with a retail 8.1's copy and see if that helps.