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TechGuy77
Copper Contributor
Jul 06, 2023

AD server wont perform windows Activation. Server 2016 build 1607. Possible issue with services.

So I believe the issue is related to the 'Software Protection' service won't run. it returns a 1058 error.

 

I've rebooted the server, done DISM cleanups and can't seem to fix it.

 

This is the 2nd AD server, and it got hit with a malware attack last month, we got Sophos involved and they cleaned it up. but ever since then, the 'Activate Windows' shows up in the bottom right hand corner and none of the steps I've taken will allow me to register it.

 

When i tried to register it, i got  0xc004f012, that's when I noticed some of the services were not in proper states, so i sorted those out.

 

I even tried the slmgr.cbs script only to get 'slui.exe 0x2a 0x80070422'

 

Looking for some next steps and suggestions on this as im outa idea.

 

  • Dave Patrick's avatar
    Dave Patrick
    Jul 07, 2023

    TechGuy77 just checking if there's any progress or updates? please don't forget to mark helpful replies.    

     

     

  • These one-offs like this are never worth spending any time on. The much cleaner / simpler / safer method is to stand up a new one for replacement.   

         

    I'd use dcdiag / repadmin tools to verify health `correcting all errors found` before starting `any` operations. Then stand up the new 2016, patch it fully, license it, join existing domain, add active directory domain services, promote it also making it a GC, transfer FSMO roles over, transfer pdc emulator role (optional), use dcdiag / repadmin tools to again verify health, when all is good you can decommission / demote old one.    


      

     

     

    • Dave Patrick's avatar
      Dave Patrick
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      TechGuy77 just checking if there's any progress or updates? please don't forget to mark helpful replies.    

       

       

      • TechGuy77's avatar
        TechGuy77
        Copper Contributor

        Dave Patrick Thanks for the suggestion, ill close this out. Did not really want to rebuild this from scratch.

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