{"id":5812,"date":"2022-07-06T23:23:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=5812"},"modified":"2022-07-06T23:23:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:23:39","slug":"windows-10-activation-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/windows-10-activation-issues","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Activation Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Error:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Desktops showing activation errors randomly after 6 months or working fine.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This is possibly caused after the reimaging done late last year but no idea why it takes +6 months to show up.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Error message when trying to activate:<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Devices are acting as if it&#8217;s trying to connect to a KMS server.<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0Error 0x8007232B DNS name does not exist\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"649\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5813  img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d34ee1b.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d34ee1b.png 502w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d34ee1b-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"723\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5814  img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d40fb47.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d40fb47.png 780w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d40fb47-300x278.png 300w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/img_62c618d40fb47-768x712.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Fix:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Device\u00a0<b>must<\/b>\u00a0be activated with the ORIGINAL key<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Find the original key with this command;\u00a0\u00a0<i>wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey<\/i><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Go to windows activation,\u00a0<i>Settings<\/i>\u00a0&gt;<i>\u00a0Update &amp; Security<\/i>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<i>Activation<\/i><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">And\u00a0<i>Change product key<\/i>\u00a0to this original key.\u00a0<i>(need to have admin permissions)<\/i><\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Activate windows and you\u2019re golden!<\/p><p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Don\u2019t be smart and try to change the key and activate through the \u201cSLMGR \/ipk\u201d command,\u00a0<b>THIS FAILS!!<\/b>\u00a0And will lead you down a path of despair\u2026 Don\u2019t follow me.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Error:Desktops showing activation errors randomly after 6 months or working fine.This is possibly caused after the reimaging done late last year but no idea why it takes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3407,3828,3827],"class_list":["post-5812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","tag-activate","tag-dns-name-does-not-exist","tag-error-0x8007232b"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Error:Desktops showing activation errors randomly after 6 months or working fine.This is possibly caused after the reimaging done late last year but no idea why it takes +6 months to show up.Error message when trying to activate:Devices are acting as if it&#039;s trying to connect to a KMS server. 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