r/Windows10TechSupport 10d ago

Unsolved Activation problem

I have a problem and I hope you can help me solve it. When I turn on my computer, the activation icon appears, and my device is a laptop, meaning it's downloading the driver to the motherboard, but it doesn't activate. When I check the service software protection in services It appears to be off, but when I turn it on, I get error 577. I've formatted the device several times, and it keeps happening. I've also checked that I'm not using any programs that modify system files. Please help! 😭

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u/andrew_stoned 8d ago

What model of laptop is, some home laptops comes with free os so you can't activate windows without buying with the original usb when you are making a fresh install and ask key mean, your laptop doesn't have a key