Windows lost activation

MouldyOldDough

My 6 month old MSI laptop has suddenly lost activation.

When I tried to reactivate it - I was told :

Anyone else got the same problem today?

cerebus

Have you got a virus or malware on your device?

Changed anything major recently?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-help-with-windows-activation-errors-09d8fb64-6768-4815-0c30-159fa7d89d85#:~:text=To access this exception path, select Start > Settings > Update,Windows after a hardware change.

Bonhomie

MouldyOldDough said:

My 6 month old MSI laptop has suddenly lost activation.

When I tried to reactivate it - I was told :

Anyone else got the same problem today?

How now? What's the full model number? Which version of Windows?
Can you access the Internet as usual?
Try changing the DNS servers in the first instance:
Go to Windows Search, type control panel, and open Control Panel.
Go to Network and Sharing Center, and click on Change adapter settings from the left pane
Choose the network you’re currently using, right-click it, and choose Properties.
Scroll down to Internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and choose Properties.
Now, choose to Use the following DNS Server addresses 
You can use Google DNS for now: 8.8.8.8 & 4.4.4.4


Click OK and then restart the PC.

Newcad

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

MouldyOldDough

Newcad said:

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

But is the server actually down? 

Neil_Jones

MouldyOldDough said:

Newcad said:

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

But is the server actually down? 

If it happens to be down it won't be down for very long... And I'm sure there is more than one physical server...

Bonhomie

MouldyOldDough said:

Newcad said:

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

But is the server actually down? 

Have you actually done anything about it as of yet?

MouldyOldDough

Is it possible to validate a windows key code on-line without actually installing windows?
Because I reckon that MSI have used my windows key again 

MouldyOldDough

Neil_Jones said:

MouldyOldDough said:

Newcad said:

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

But is the server actually down? 

If it happens to be down it won't be down for very long... And I'm sure there is more than one physical server...

Try 3 days - that's how long I have been unable to validate my kry

MouldyOldDough

Newcad said:

That message seems clear enough - the servers were/are down at Microsoft (error, maintenance?).

Once they are up and running again then it should be back to normal.
Or reboot and try again later.

In the meantime you can just keep using it as usual, Windows will run unactivated mostly as normal, you just cant access some personalisation settings, and certain things like Office365 may act oddly (but I use Softmaker so I'm not sure if that is an issue or not).

I have/use an unactivated Win 10 laptop, (old upgraded XP laptop not worth the cost of a new Windows licence), It is linked to a MS account, (I usually use a local account though), it runs as normal and can even download from the MS Store.

Office 2017 acts peculiarly too..... 

400ixl

If you run slmgr /dli from a command window what results does it give you? Is it a retail, OEM or volume license key?