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Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC Activation

Anonymous
2023-01-12T07:11:18.6033333+00:00

I downloaded the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 64 bit ISO (English Great Britain) from the Microsoft evaluation site. This gave me an ISO file and I used a utility called Rufus to create a boot USB.

I have installed Windows successfully and installed all the additional updates. However at the bottom right corner of the desktop it says "Windows licence has expired" . I don't see how this can be the case as I only installed it today.

When I open the Activation screen, I can see the following message "Something prevented us from communicating with our activation servers. Wait a few minutes and then try again. Error code 0x87E10BC6". I click on Troubleshoot and get told "We can't activate your copy of Windows. Make sure you're connected to the Internet and try again". I am definitely connected to the internet. Hence I don't know where to go from here. I have tried a few machine resets and no luck.

As far as I understand I should get a 90 day evaluation period.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-01-12T09:48:45.05+00:00

    I have tried the following:

    1. Troubleshoot
    2. Reset
    3. Refresh
    4. SFC /scannow
    5. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
    6. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:1 /LimitAccess
    7. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:2 /LimitAccess
    8. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:3 /LimitAccess
    9. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:4 /LimitAccess
    10. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:5 /LimitAccess
    11. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:/Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:11 /LimitAccess
    12. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources\Install.wim:12 /LimitAccess
    13. DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth /Source:wim:D:\Sources
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  2. Rahul Jindal [MVP] 10,911 Reputation points MVP
    2023-01-12T08:56:23.1666667+00:00

    Rufus has the feature to download ISO and prepare a bootable using that. It could be different to the evaluation version that you are trying to use.

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