Windows 10: Factory installed Windows 10 Home suddenly deactivated.

A few days ago, I noticed that the "Activate Windows, Go to Settings to activate Windows" message had appeared on my screen in the bottom right corner. I own a store-bought Acer laptop that came pre-installed with Windows 10 Home. I have waited several days because one suggested fix was to wait for Microsoft's activation servers to come online and automatically make the watermark go away. This did nothing, so I clicked on the troubleshoot button in Activation in the Update & Security section of settings. This has done nothing but give me an error message stating:


Troubleshooting has completed.
Something interrupted our troubleshooting. Make sure you're connected to the internet, wait a few minutes, and try again. 0x80070017

We weren't able to activate windows on this device.


Of course, I did what It asked. I was connected to the internet, so I waited a few minutes and tried again. Boom, same problem. I tried it again before posting this question, and it still gave me the same reason. If it helps, I bought this laptop around March of 2018.

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windows xp installation and dual core am

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Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

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