It has a valid license key, it keeps deactivating due to the events I posted.
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Browse All TopicsI just reformatted my system and reinstalled vista. It's been about a month and vista keeps deactivating itself. I looked in the event log and found the following:
Event ID: 8200 : Security-Licensing-SLC
License acquisition failure details.
hr=0xC004C008
Event ID: 1014: Security-Licensing-SLC
Acquisition of End User License failed. hr=0xC004C008
Sku Id=33a7e8d3-e2ab-413b-96a6
Event ID: 8196
License Activation Scheduler (SLUINotify.dll) was not able to automatically activate. Error code:
0xC004C008
Event ID: 1024
The hardware has changed.
All in that order, but 1024 repeats about every 10-15 minutes, which in turn causes vista to deactivate and I have to call MS again.
I have the same hardware and only use a hard drive dock to work on clients systems backing up data. This runs from usb and shouldn't cause that.
Any ideas?
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by: andavariPosted on 2009-10-27 at 10:05:01ID: 25674814
Try to go to Start --> Control Panel --> System. Then scroll down to the bottom where it says "Windows Activation" -- in many cases it will show your grace period (30 days) and the next attempt for automatic activation (3 days). All you need to do is click on the "Change Product Key" link which requires elevation. Then enter your valid licensed product key and the product activation should complete successfully.