Windows 10: Software Protection Service Wont Start

The software protection service (sppsvc) will not start.
When I try to run this command: "net start sppsvc" in an administrator command prompt I get this error:
"The Software Protection service could not be started. A system error has occurred. System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied."

I have tried taking ownership of sppsvc.exe in System32 and setting this registry entry's permissions to full access "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform".
Windows version 1909

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Software protection service cannot start

Hi. My windows 10 is facing an issue that the software protection service (sppsvc) cannot start (or just show "starting"and then "stoped").

when I check the log, there is an Event ID 7000 and it states "the software protection service failed to start due to following error: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion".

i also tried to start it mannually, and got error 1053.

Anyone can help me, please

thank you in advance.

 

Microsoft software protection platform (sppsvc) any other fixes for this?

Hello WulfBreaker,

Microsoft Software Protection Platform Service is a technology that is aimed at helping prevent piracy and protect customers from software tampering while making licensing easier to manage.
Try to disable the SvcRestartTask command. Here's how:

1. Click the Start menu button, type scheduled task and open Scheduled tasks.
2. Enter Task Scheduler Library, then Microsoft,
   Windows, and finally SoftwareProtectionPlatform.
3. Right-click on SvcRestartTask, and choose Disable.
4. In case there are two or more such processes, delete the duplicates.

If the issue still persists, some users suggested using a third-party software to disable the said service. You can check the suggested steps from
Ellio_tt in this thread.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards.

 

Software Protection Service Waking Computer

Hi,

I understand you concern, if you have installed any recent software then this might be triggering the SPS. As of now, I suggest you to please check the status of SPS in services:

• 
  Press Windows Key + R.
  
• 
  Type services.
  
• 
  Check what state the service for SPS is, it should be in
  Automatic, if it is stopped suggest to change it to Automatic.
  

Regards.