Windows 11 Deactivated

Question

I purchased Windows 11 on August 8, 2023, but now it is no longer activated. Its saying that the hardware on my device has changed. The only thing that change are my Lian Li fans on my AIO and that was about two week ago. How can I reactivate my key?

Answer 1

Kindly check and try the methods below and see how it goes.

• Press Windows key + R and then on the run box type in there cmd and press Enter or hit OK and then on the Command Prompt type in there

wmic path SoftwareLicensingService get OA3xOriginalProductKey

• You can also use ShowKeyPlus which you download from the MS Store to get the key and copy and save the product key on whichever method you will use

Method 1:

• Press Windows key + X and click on Run
• Type in services.msc and press Enter or hit OK and this open up the Services window
• Look for Software Protection and double click on it, and try to Stop and Start the service or Start it whichever is applicable
• After doing the above check and try the product key again

Method 2:

• Type in cmd from the search bar on the taskbar
• Right click on the command prompt from the search result and click on Run as administator
• Copy/paste the command below and execute then one by one

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

sfc /scannow

• After doing the above check and try the product key again

Method 3:

• Press Windows key + R and then on the run box type in there cmd and press Enter or hit OK and then on the Command Prompt execute the commands below and press Enter after each command

slmgr.vbs /ato - proceed to the next one if this will not work

slmgr.vbs /upk - this will uninstall your product key

slmgr.vbs /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX (X represents your 25 character product key)

• Check if this will activate Windows
• If it will still not work, kindly try to reach out to the appropriate team to check on what is transpiring behind this activation issue that you are encountering.

> Go to this link https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus/ or open the Get Help app on your PC

> Click Windows

> Click Get Home Support

> Type in Windows License activation/issue

> Click Contact Support button at bottom

> Select Windows on the drop down menu

> Click Confirm button and this will get you the option to contact support

Answer 2

Windows Script Host pop-up

Answer 3

Good day Rob, thanks for your question. I am glad to be able to provide assistance to you today. Press Windows key + R and from the run box type in there cmd and press Enter or click OK and from the Command Prompt window type in there slmgr /dlv and post back the result from the Windows Script Host pop-up.

Regards,

Paul R.