Windows 10: Windows 10 not activating after reset

My laptop received a firmware update a few days ago which caused it to crash during boot, So I had to reset it. However, after reset, It keeps telling me to activate windows. My laptop came with a built-in activation which is digitally linked to my Microsoft account. The activation tab is showing that something interrupted our troubleshooting and troubleshooter also doesn't work.


I searched around and found that a service called sppsvc.exe is not starting and it apparently "Enables the download, installation and enforcement of digital licenses for Windows and Windows application". The service, when manually started, says "Windows could not start the service on a Local account. Error 5 : Access is Denied.


Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks.


P.S : I contacted Microsoft Support India and they asked to reinstall windows but cut the call halfway through but I still did it and it still doesn't work.
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