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came back with Licensed....but when I reboot it will be invalid again.
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came back with Licensed....but when I reboot it will be invalid again.

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but just for S&amp;G's I ran the slmgr -ipk and the key and it returned a &quot;Error: 0xC004F050 The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is invalid&quot;
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but just for S&G's I ran the slmgr -ipk and the key and it returned a "Error: 0xC004F050 The Software Licensing Service reported that the product key is invalid"

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That's your next starting point. Find out what's up with your key.
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That's your next starting point. Find out what's up with your key.

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Reboot was the trick. <br />
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THANK YOU.....this was driving me nuts.
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Reboot was the trick.

THANK YOU.....this was driving me nuts.

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Can someone explain to me why every time I reboot my machine Windows requires activation? There are a few around the office that all exhibit the same symptoms and I would really like a resolution.
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Can someone explain to me why every time I reboot my machine Windows requires activation? There are a few around the office that all exhibit the same symptoms and I would really like a resolution.

Windows 7 requires activation on every boot

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