Windows 10: Purchased Windows 11 but wont activate and support pages saying Access Denied

I recently built a new computer but put my old SSD's into it, with everything working smoothly. I understand that new hardware means a new copy of Windows needed to be purchased, which I have done and paid for. Except it just keeps saying 'Something happened and we couldn't make your copy of Windows 11 genuine'. The problem is I have paid for it, its under my account orders, it has been drawn from my bank account. But it wont activate. And now any support page I try to view says Access Denied.

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net user administrator /active:no keeps saying access denied.

Hi Rebekah,

It's possible that you're not using an elevated command prompt, causing the Access Denied error. We suggest following these steps to properly disable the built-in administrator account:

• Right-click the Start button.
• Choose Command Prompt (Admin).
• Copy and paste net user Administrator /active:no and press
  Enter. If the command isn't successful, please post a screenshot so that we can study it further.

Let us know if you're able to hide the administrator account after following these steps.

 

Windows backup recovery access is denied

Hi Mostafa,

Let's take care of the issue. We suggest visiting the support article
"Access Denied" or other errors when you access or work with files and folders in Windows,
follow the steps provided and see if it helps.

Looking forward to your response.

 

LAPTOP is not accessible ..... Access is denied.

I am trying to share a folder on a LAPTOP. I have other a number of other systems that have folders Shared and they work fine, but with this one I get the error "LAPTOP is not accessible ..... Access is denied." when I try to access it from a different Win10 system. So I went thru the entire "How to Share Files and Folders Over a Network in Windows 10" tutorial step by step. File and Print Sharing is enabled, SMB1.0 client & server are running, and Everyone has Full Access to the Share. Still get the error. I have tried it with the Network Public and Private, with the same result. Any suggestions ? Microsoft Windows 10 Home Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042