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While the error 0xC004F012 has appeared on Settings\Activation when no hardware change or OS operation was underway over a steadfast history, it's been made particularly accented by the fact it stamped itself on two different devices with different editions (Home, Pro) and separate routines.
What's more, automated phone Support for Windows activation implicitly is not including any undefined occurences of Windows deactivation as of uncreditable origin.
So what's advised to do now that a Windows deactivation has occured without previously any of the assigned reasons in place (hardware change or new deployment etc.)?
I see that it is common for both devices to not have the sppsvc service available at all (it can't start). For example, while the icon is present in /system32
And I don't think to start all over with slmgr /upk will do it any good, as this looks like deep-seated. For example, all command line of slmgr is ended with
(Parenthesis to a key management disquisition)
While Home edition is not equipped for Hyper-V capabilities, a separate Pro device may have created a full version Windows 11pro VM and one Windows 10pro VM; in those VMs it has been used the product key of the host computer to initiate the creation of the VMs but Windows activation from within the VMs is never attempted so as not create any key management issue against the host computer. In the event that afterwards the host computer becomes Windows deactivated, there's absolutely no reason to account for it the VMs since the incapable Home edition became deactivated too? Or could a network which is not configured for interconnection to become accomplish to key misorientation?