Right-click on WPA, and choose Permissions…Ĭlick the Add… button. Paste this command in and press the Enter key to run it: icacls %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT Service\sppsvc:(OI)(CI)(R,W,D)" "NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(F)" Almost done! Next, click Start, type command, and run Command Prompt as an administrator.
Right-click in the blank space, choose New -> Folder, and call the new folder: SoftwareProtectionPlatform You may have to confirm your admin access to several of these folders. If the SPS can’t run, you will get an error message saying that you can’t activate Windows – but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with your product key!īefore you go calling Microsoft and swearing a lot, try this: Fix it Good!įirst, open (file) Explorer, click the View tab, and check the Hidden items checkbox in order to see all the files/folders on your puter.Ĭ:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft It also checks and activates your copy of Windows. The Software Protection service is a Windows component that verifies the authenticity of software you try to install. Then, click the Start button…Ĭongratulations! The problem is that the Software Protection service can’t start… which you probably figured out since you just tried to start it. Make sure that Startup type is set to Automatic (Delayed Start). Next, scroll down and find Software Protection, and double-click it to view the settings: Check the SPSįirst, click Start (the windows logo button on the taskbar). If you’re having a similar activation error – especially with resetting an OEM version of Win 10 on your puter – then the first thing to do is verify that the SPS is the culprit. The error 0xc0000022 means that the Software Protection Service (SPS) wouldn’t start. Now, don’t ask me WHY a perfectly clean, fresh install of Windows 10 Home would have a failed core Windows service.
It turns out the culprit was an ‘ access denied‘ error in the Software Protection service… Instead, I got error code 0xc0000022, and the perfectly valid built-in OEM key would not re-activate the same Windows on the same hardware – no matter what I did. All I did was use the built-in Win 10 “factory reset” that should have wiped everything, reinstalled Win 10, and then reactivated just fine.
Recently I reset a laptop with OEM Windows 10 Home for a friend. With Windows Activation, the fun never ends!
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