Windows is not activated with valid product key

Anonymous
2018-11-08T08:56:02+00:00

I bought this license and activated this Windows like 1 or 2 years ago, and it's a valid key, I had my Windows Activated and everything works perfectly until today when I saw a watermark at to bottom corner asking me to Activate Windows.

I tried to reenter my product key but it says that I do not have a valid product key and refuse to activate my windows

Is there any solution for this?

P.S. I didn't reinstall my Windows or make any hardware change

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Licensing and activation

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Anonymous
2018-11-08T09:43:25+00:00

Contacted Live Agent Chat, and here is the response given

Thank you for sharing, Daniel. Microsoft has just released an Emerging issue announcement about current activation issue related to Pro edition recently. This happens in Japan, Korea, American and many other countries. I am very sorry to inform you that there is a temporary issue with Microsoft's activation server at the moment and some customers might experience this issue where Windows is displayed as not activated.

Our engineers are working tirelessly to resolve this issue and it is expected to be corrected within one to two business days, Daniel.

Hopefully it'll get fix soonest possible

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2018-11-08T21:51:23+00:00

We are aware of reports that some customers’ Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise machines are not recognizing their licenses as activated. Users may receive the following notification: “Error: you are running Windows 10 Pro, but you have valid digital license for Windows 10 Home," or one of the following error codes 0X803F8001, 0xC004C003.

We are actively working to resolve this within 24 hours. You can still use your PC; however, the watermark will appear until activation is restored. Thank you for your patience.

We will update this post with additional information as needed and once activations are restored.

Paul...

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-11-08T20:32:18+00:00

    Same with me. All of sudden. I wish HP had images for Linux, instead of the laborious work of finding all the f*** drivers.

    I'm having same problem.. Machine is an HP workstation which originaly came with windows 7 pro. a couple of years ago I upgraded (free upgrade from MS) to windows 10 pro and all was fine till today. Now i'm seeing an 'Activate windows' water mark and activation fails. When I run the troubleshooter it is telling me that MS have an online home license associated to this machine! This has been on pro for 2 years, it never had a home license.

    If I try to enter the original windows 7 pro key it tells me invalid key.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-11-08T20:29:05+00:00

    I had that problem back when 1803 came out. Ended up reverting back to 1709, but that broke things, so did image install from backup which corrected all. Just other day tried 1803 and windows installed okay. Only thing about computer is now Office 365 is asking for a activation and its only for Outlook, Word and Excel are fine, no idea if Access has issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-11-08T18:32:46+00:00

    Wow and i stayed all night busting my head and on the phone with Microsoft for hours why my Windows suddenly deactivated and it shows me that my Windows 10 PRO digital license is now Home license, i'm glad is a bug from there side almost was puling my hair!

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