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My Windows will not activate. Windows Activation Troubleshooter won't work, I have tried buying a legitimate product key from microsoft store that didn't work, and when I try to go to the windows store to buy a key it gives the error shown in the image. When I first loaded up the pc, everything worked fine for a little while before it became deactivated. I really don't want to reinstall windows but I figure it may be a corrupt file or something that went wrong during the windows installation. Trying to use cmd or powershell to install the key doesn't work either, and sfc /scannow hasn't fixed it.
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If you buy from the Windows Store it is a digital licence and you don't receive a product key. (unless they have changed that recently) You need to be signed in to windows using the same account you used to buy the licence.
You buy the licence for the device you are using to go to the Store.
Important, In addition this is an open user forum and you are displaying a Windows Home edition product key that anyone could harvest and try to use to activate windows.
