Windows 10: Error 0xC004F042, Specified Key Management Service (KMS) cannot be used

Volume Licensing Activation Error Code 0xC004F042 shows up when the KMS host cannot activate the […]

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Many service control Manager serious errors

My windows 10 home 1803 has been sluggish in responding lately and the event viewer shows several red exclamation errors. The source of almost all is the "service control Manager",

• The Downloaded Maps Manager service hung on starting.
• The Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service failed to start due to the following error:
  A timeout was reached (30000 milliseconds) while waiting for the Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service to connect. (I checked in services.msc and it is set to "manual" start)
• The Windows Presentation Foundation Font Cache 3.0.0.0 service failed to start due to the following error:
  The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
• The NetTcpActivator service depends on the WAS service which failed to start because of the following error:
  The system cannot find the file specified.
• The NetMsmqActivator service depends on the WAS service which failed to start because of the following error:
  The system cannot find the file specified.
• The NetPipeActivator service depends on the WAS service which failed to start because of the following error:
  The system cannot find the file specified.
• The W3SVC service depends on the WAS service which failed to start because of the following error:
  The system cannot find the file specified.
  
  and
• From "DistributedCOM":
  The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
  {D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}
  and APPID
  {9CA88EE3-ACB7-47C8-AFC4-AB702511C276}
  to the user NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE SID (S-1-5-19) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
  
  How do I fix this mess?
  Thank you

 

Many service control Manager serious errors

IIRC ... those have to do IIS (Internet Information Service) i.e. windows web server. Check Control Panel > Programs & Features > Turn Windows Features On/Off and see if any of the IIS stuff is checked and if you don't want/need IIS then uncheck them to uninstall. It should ask you to reboot and if not reboot any way.

 

Why W10 Build 17741 rs5 upgrade to W10 17763 , office KMS was gone??

thank you for your reply.

but you see

in this 2 web-pages (microsoft official site) , it's say

Activate using Key Management Service (Windows 10) - Windows Deployment
There are three possible scenarios for volume activation of Windows 10 or Windows Server 2012 R2 by using a Key Management Service (KMS) host:

• Host KMS on a computer running Windows 10
• Host KMS on a computer running Windows Server 2012 R2
• Host KMS on a computer running an earlier version of Windows

Configure a KMS host computer to activate volume licensed versions of Office - Deploy Office

• Office 2019: At least Windows Server 2012 or at least Windows 8.1 (volume editions)
• Office 2016: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or at least Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (volume editions)

So , I think it's acceptable? (I'm not sure, but it looks like, and I have KMS Host & Guest licence key)

Did I miss something?