Windows 11 deactivated after 24h2 update

Anonymous
2024-10-02T10:16:31+00:00

Gidday

I updated my computer today to 24H2 and after it rebooted it requested me to activate my copy of Windows Home. I attempted to using the key that I have but it says that it can't.

I have inserted a screenshot below. If you need any further information please let me know.

cheers

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Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-05-09T04:49:27+00:00

    can you please come back to this thread dave?
    maybe you remember me, i replaced a complete computer since windows screwed up my hardware somehow o.O
    now i got this nasty watermark while doing nothing wrong
    i reset windows to an installation before the error occured, still its happening now
    after i reset the system i also had to reinstall powershell
    I changed nothing about my hardware, I even bought and tried out a new license key but it won´t work
    troubleshooter tells me im offline and should try later again, since around 2 days ....

    when you could at least confirm that this error is purely windows related, it would give me some peace

    it really feels like the idea with windows 11 to not make the user standard admin was not the best move for quiet some users and companies. =(

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-08T11:43:23+00:00

    If I remember correctly I rolled Windows back to the previous version and it sort of working fine, at least I can use it. The strange thing is that you not supposed to personalize the settings if Windows is not activated but they are personalized. But I cannot personalize other settings without it asking me to Activate. I am NOT updating until they sort this mess out neither am I going to update Windows, although there appears to be a new update to the same problematical update. Who knows what's going on? For me, I'll leave my PC as it is and ........ wait.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-05-05T21:40:46+00:00

    Same Problem. I have only a serial number and no product key as I bought a Windows 11 Home System Builder Version. How can I roll back the update? And is the activation not lost for the old version too? Any ideas how to repair the issue? What does MS say about this? Any help is welcome!

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  5. Anonymous
    2025-04-28T12:14:03+00:00

    We have build a lot of desktops and used an OEM Windows 11 Pro without any problems.

    But after the update to 24H2 (build 26100.9315) the licenses are deactivated on a lot of them.

    I have tried several times to run this command:

    slmgr.vbs /dlv

    After a restart the license is activated again.

    But it will only last a couple of days (max) and then it's deactivated again.

    I wouldn't mind re-entering the license but most of the computers are either virtual or mounted under workstations (tables) and therefore not accessible.

    I have tried ShowKeyPlus (version 1.1.18.0) from Microsoft Store but it doesn't work.

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    Any ideas what to do?

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