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Windows 11 Pro x64 occasionally prompts for activation, after almost 2 years of service!
Recently I have noticed a text in the lower right-hand corner of my home screen asking me to activate Windows. I already did so in September 2023, when I had installed 23H2, and have used Windows wi...
The activation prompt and the error code 0xC004F213 you're seeing — especially with a domain-joined Windows 11 Pro — suggest that Windows is losing its activation status, possibly due to an upgrade or domain-related configuration change. The fact that it was working fine since September and then started prompting again after an update (like the 24H2 upgrade) supports this.