Solved Activation servers - seems to be a problem at the moment -- any body else having issues

jimbo45 · Oct 13, 2022

Hi folks

In the last couple of days I've had some VM's that had a perfectly valid digital license go "Unactivated" and message from servers seems to be "No digital license found for this device". These VM's have been working for months without issues.

Not changed any hardware - all Windows systems 100% legal - so is this just me or have there been problems. Not changed or updated the HOST OS.

The only one I could activate was creating a Windows 11 Enterprise version for which I have a multi-activation VL license from Windows 7 Enterprise and that key worked - but I don't really want W11 Enterprise as my "Normal system" -- I want to get back to W11 Pro.

Cheers
jimbo

Bree · Oct 13, 2022

jimbo45 said:
In the last couple of days I've had some VM's that had a perfectly valid digital license go "Unactivated" and message from servers seems to be "No digital license found for this device". These VM's have been working for months without issues.

My Hyper-V VMs are all still activated.
This is a W11 Pro RTM one that's just run Slmgr /ato. I get the same results in a Dev build W11 Pro VM.

jimbo45 · Oct 14, 2022

Bree said:
My Hyper-V VMs are all still activated.
This is a W11 Pro RTM one that's just run Slmgr /ato. I get the same results in a Dev build W11 Pro VM.

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Hi there

Thanks for suggestion --
That didn't work and I got various errors such as "Running Non core version of Windows" etc etc .

So what I did was clear the product code entirely :

slmgr /upk

slmgr /cpky (clears from registry)

reboot computer

Then on activation request (activate now) I entered the original product code again -->next-->activate ->this copy of windows has been activated with digital license.

Not sure what the original problem was but problem solved -- might have been caused by updating the HOST OS to linux kernel 6 (was running with 5.xx series -- so Windows might have thought "Hardware change" or something. Marking as solved.

I keep this one as a "base reference" Windows 11 pro almost nothing installed so when things go bonkers with some updates and installs from dev / other insider previews I can "rebuild" from the base ref system.

The Wonders of Ms Windows !!!!! -- perhaps Ms has been learning from "Gandalf the Wizard" (Lord of the Rings) -- sometimes his logic seems more impeccible than Ms's.

Cheers
jimbo

Bree · Oct 14, 2022

jimbo45 said:
Thanks for suggestion --

...I didn't need to run it myself, they were already activated. It was more to show that the activation server were still there and responding....

jimbo45 said:
Not sure what the original problem was but problem solved -- might have been caused by updating the HOST OS to linux kernel 6 (was running with 5.xx series -- so Windows might have thought "Hardware change" or something.

Yes, your 'hardware change' sounds the most plausible explanation. Glad to hear you got it sorted.

jimbo45 · Oct 14, 2022

Bree said:
...I didn't need to run it myself, they were already activated. It was more to show that the activation server were still there and responding....

Yes, your 'hardware change' sounds the most plausible explanation. Glad to hear you got it sorted.

Hi there.

Once that was fixed all my other VM's (X 5) all were marked active with digital license.

I think the HOST Linux system with the quite significant changes between Kernel 5.xxx and 6.xxx including loads of firmware and driver changes must have presented itself to Windows as "New Hardware". KVM really flies now on kernel V6.0 and am getting nearly Native speed on (Activated) Windows VM's !!!!.

Cheers
Jimbo