A problem occurred when windows tried to activate. error code 0xc004e003 Ok, so i reinstalled win7 yesterday after a year+ of running it validated with no problems. I think i used the old lenovo blacklisted key yesterday because i woke up today to a black desktop and messages about it not being valid. So i've been lookinga round and i use the slmgr.vbs -upk, then -ipk another key in, validated through the MS website and it says its genuine now, but it still lists it as having 30 days left to activate when i right-click my computer and hit properties, down at the bottom. I click on activate now and it says the key isnt valid or whatever and gives me option to put a key in, so i put a key in, any key, and i get: "A problem occurred when windows tried to activate. error code 0xc004e003" which, i discovered, means "Software licensing service reported that the license evaluation has failed" Help? do i need to readd the cert? I have an asus mobo with dell slic and i installed the cert yesterday with the blacklisted lenovo key, do i need to reinstall it again or is it something else
Ok, so I guess it must have been the cert after all cause i reinstalled it an then i was able to activate w/o getting the error. Now it lists everythign as genuine. The only problem i'm still having, and this could be unrelated i guess, is that i cant get Aero themes to work at all? They worked before all this mess, and now they dont...
Why the hell are you using the blacklisten lenovo key? Change the key. More info in the Windows 7 repository
Argh, so I'm solving my own problems left and right today, and in record timing lol it was a problem with Desktop Window Manager service. Everything peachy now