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‎02-16-2022 12:49 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion - 15-cc129tx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Few days ago i got an system update for window 11 OS on my pc. Now a day before yesterday it showed you need to activate your windows.

Error Code:0xC004F012

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‎02-16-2022 07:11 AM

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Hi:

 

The only suggestion I can offer would be to see if this works.

 

Install the free Showkey Plus app from the Microsoft Store.

 

Get ShowKeyPlus - Microsoft Store

 

Run the application, and it should show you an installed product key and an OEM product key, as well as the version of W10 the key is good for.

 

If the installed key is different than the OEM key, change the installed key to the OEM key in the Activation menu, and hopefully that will activate W11 for you.

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