Hi, We are facing an issue with license activation on a particular server. We have KMS server for license activation however, for some unknown reason, not able to activate this host. OS: Windows 2008 64bit SP2 (Non R2) Below is the event Details, when I try to run net start slsvc, any suggestions would be really helpful. System - Provider [ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC [ Guid] {1FD7C1D2-D037-4620-8D29-B2C7E5FCC13A} [ EventSourceName] Software Licensing Service - EventID 1001 [ Qualifiers] 49152 Version 0 Level 2 Task 0 Opcode 0 Keywords 0x80000000000000 - TimeCreated [ SystemTime] 2012-07-25T11:47:57.000Z EventRecordID 226830 Correlation - Execution [ ProcessID] 0 [ ThreadID] 0 Channel Application Computer server.domain.com Security - EventData hr=0xC004D302, [2, 6] Thanks !

This server may have corruption in license files... Can you try the following: [elevated command prompt] a) Run slmgr.vbs -rilc b) Install KMS and MAK key using slmgr -ipk. c) If MAK key try over the phone using the slui 4 command from the run window. d) slmgr.vbs -ato to activate against KMSDave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog

Thanks Dave. I tried slmgr -ipk but in vain. Following is the error I get Thanks !

I even tried with MAK but no luck :( Thanks !

Perhaps permissions have been altered and are too restrictive. => Go to "C:\users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" and give Full permission to Administrators & Everyone (For testing purpose only). => Then Go to %windir%\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\softwarelicensing folder => Try to add "NT Service\slsvc" with Full Control. => Restart SLSVC service. Then retry steps above. If fail, do a sfc /scannowDave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog

Besides to above posts, I suggest you refer this guide when you do OS activation. This link consists the information about both KMS and MAK activation method. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx#_IntroductionRegards, Ravikumar P

Perhaps permissions have been altered and are too restrictive. => Go to "C:\users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" and give Full permission to Administrators & Everyone (For testing purpose only). => Then Go to %windir%\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\softwarelicensing folder => Try to add "NT Service\slsvc" with Full Control. => Restart SLSVC service. Then retry steps above. If fail, do a sfc /scannow Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog Tried suggestions but didnt work. Any other suggestions please ? Thanks !

Besides to above posts, I suggest you refer this guide when you do OS activation. This link consists the information about both KMS and MAK activation method. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303280.aspx#_Introduction Regards, Ravikumar P Thanks, nothing worked so far.Thanks !

Perhaps permissions have been altered and are too restrictive. => Go to "C:\users\default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft" and give Full permission to Administrators & Everyone (For testing purpose only). => Then Go to %windir%\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\softwarelicensing folder => Try to add "NT Service\slsvc" with Full Control. => Restart SLSVC service. Then retry steps above. If fail, do a sfc /scannow Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog Sorry to hijack this thread but I am also facing the same exact issue. I changed the permissions as suggested and tried starting the slsvc service but that didnt work. I ran sfc /scannow from elevated cmd however, all the OS files were intact and sfc didn't report anything unusual. The server in question in my case is in production and running a critical application, hence OS re-installation is not a very feasible approach for us. Anything else can be looked at ?I do not represent the organisation I work for, all the opinions expressed here are my own. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. - .... .- -. -.- ... --..-- ... .- -. - --- ... ....

Just an update... I rebooted the server as it wasn't restarted for a long time. Post reboot, I could start Software Licensing Service successfully and OS got activated again.I do not represent the organisation I work for, all the opinions expressed here are my own. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. - .... .- -. -.- ... --..-- ... .- -. - --- ... ....

Can you take a look at: 978305 Error 0xC004E002 during activation for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978305/EN-US There are some steps to reset security and rename token.dat, try that.Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog

Can you take a look at: 978305 Error 0xC004E002 during activation for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978305/EN-US There are some steps to reset security and rename token.dat, try that. Dave Guenthner [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.technet.com/b/davguents_blog Fixit did the trick ! After running the fixit, I rebooted the server andWindows Activated. Thanks for all the help :)Thanks !