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Cannot activate windows 11 Pro after reset

I had to reset my computer. Computer was purchased with Windows 11 Pro installed. I cannot activate the Pro software now.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Licensing and activation

4,878 questions

asked 2026-06-11T11:43:59.45+00:00

accepted 2026-06-16T12:09:30.1766667+00:00

3 answers

How do i remove "Windows driver Policy"

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/the-windows-driver-policy-ecd2a78c-750c-415d-93f2-e37302ce0443 tried the steps on the link but i cant mount any drive letter. And it says the path does not exist on both powershell and cmd

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

23,267 questions

asked 2026-06-16T07:13:00.63+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T12:08:09.4066667+00:00

1 answer

Urdu as support voice typing

Aoa! I hope you are fine. Please add "Urdu language" in

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Input and language

1,966 questions

asked 2026-06-16T12:03:49.1166667+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T12:04:04.82+00:00

2 answers

[VSS] Differential backup on Windows XP

I am trying to implement differential backups on Windows XP using VSS. My understanding is that differential backups require keeping the initial snapshot (or backup baseline) and then creating additional snapshots later for comparison. However, when…

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Files, folders, and storage

11,741 questions

asked 2026-06-15T09:13:51.29+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T12:01:45.5266667+00:00

Lychee-Ng 21,660 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2 answers

How do I get into this computer?

Hi, I’ve been quite frustrated with this lately so I have this laptop that I got around 2022 and it’s been a couple of years since I’ve used it but I’m trying to get back into it and I completely forgot the password to this laptop. I’ve tried everything…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login

9,336 questions

asked 2026-06-15T17:16:30.2266667+00:00

Seika 0 Reputation points

answered 2026-06-16T11:59:14.0933333+00:00

asked 2026-05-11T16:03:02.9+00:00

commented 2026-06-16T11:58:00.2766667+00:00

Ivan B 114.7K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2 answers

STORE_DATA_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION & MEMORY_MANAGEMENT (1a)

heyo, i've been getting bsod for a few days now trying to figure out whats causing it. i checked and did some test that shows thats its not my 4 ram sticks (16GB) hardware not too sure but, its either that or a driver. Im using WinDbg to review my…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

42,694 questions

asked 2026-06-16T00🔞09.4933333+00:00

commented 2026-06-16T11:55:25.5033333+00:00

asked 2026-06-16T11:54:15.68+00:00

asked 2026-06-16T11:48:48.9066667+00:00

edited the question 2026-06-16T11:49:30.15+00:00

asked 2026-06-16T11:13:12.93+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T11:45:14.67+00:00

DaveM121 890.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2 answers

New User added to my computer

I need to add a user to my laptop and create a user for Windows

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Family and online safety

1,615 questions

asked 2026-06-16T11:32:57.43+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T11:43:29.0966667+00:00

2 answers

Explorer onedrive displaying +3 hour time difference than web onedrive

Hello everyone, I have recently synced my onedrive to my windows 10 PC, but the date modified timestamp is forwarded +3 hours ahead on windows explorer than onedrive reports. Please see the screenshots As you can see in the below screenshot, the date…

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

23,515 questions

asked 2026-06-13T07:43:24.4966667+00:00

commented 2026-06-16T11:40:57.7133333+00:00

Lychee-Ng 21,660 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

asked 2026-06-16T11:38:18.99+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T11:38:55.36+00:00

2 answers

Pin does not work

After a Windows update last week, Windows will not accept my PIN. I do get a window to verify my PIN, but do not receive the Code to proceed.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Accounts, profiles, and login

9,336 questions

asked 2026-06-15T20:14:48.4433333+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T11:30:48.0066667+00:00

2 answers

I turned off the display of recent files, but the box where they go persists. I found the setting to make it smaller, but I want it gone completely. How do I do that? This is a work computer. I do not have the option of reverting to Windows 10 or editing…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Desktop, Start, and personalization | Start Menu

180 questions

asked 2026-02-26T16:23:54.8133333+00:00

J G 0 Reputation points

answered 2026-06-16T11:29:34.2433333+00:00

6 answers

I want to talk to a real person

All the support phone numbers give me info and hang up on me. The website takes me in circles. I want a real person to call me.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Microsoft Store

3,108 questions

asked 2026-06-12T14:23:10.14+00:00

answered 2026-06-16T11:26:10.75+00:00

3 answersOne of the answers was accepted by the question author.

PCle USB 3.0 Card will not work for mouse and keyboard

I have installed a Conceptronic 4 port USB 3.0 PCle Card (model EMRICK02G) on a Lenovo ThinkCentre neo 50s Gen 5. I have connected an internal power supply. A TpLink usb WiFi/Bluetooth works fine. USB 2 or USB flash drives work fine. Portable usb hard…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

23,267 questions

asked 2026-06-14T20:20:48.0866667+00:00

accepted 2026-06-16T11:24:02.5966667+00:00

5 answers

CapabilityAccessManager + DB-Wal file

I have read the other successful comments about this issue: C drive gets bloated and the cause is a ballooning .Db-Wal file. The solution seems to be in the CapabilityAccessManager folder. Delete the db-wal file and problem is solved for now. I have…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

11,367 questions

asked 2026-06-16T10:35:40.16+00:00

commented 2026-06-16T11:23:49.0433333+00:00

DaveM121 890.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor

1 answer

Stuck in a loop of driver power state failure after updating drivers

I was checking though my drivers and notice that they were quite outdated. So I updated the drivers to the latest version from Intel's website and it proceeded to start a loop of driver power state failure and this I have since managed to rollback…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers

23,267 questions

asked 2026-06-16T10:08:28.86+00:00

commented 2026-06-16T11:19:09.9+00:00

DaveM121 890.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor

2 answers

Minecraft issue

Currently i've tried and follow multiple steps in attempt to play minecraft multiplayer, I just bought it and extremely disapointed that I am not able to play multiplayer, and this also include going Xbox and Windows 10 privacy settings and checking that…

Windows for home | Other | Gaming

3,901 questions

asked 2026-06-13T09:46:44.22+00:00

edited the question 2026-06-16T11:05:46.9566667+00:00

Carl-L 16,160 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator