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Solved Windows will not activate and Microsoft store won't load after a fresh OS install
Just did a fresh OS install (did one just two weeks ago without any problems) and Windows refuses to active and the Microsoft store will not load.
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel Core i5-14600KF
Motherboard
MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4
Memory
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
GIGABYTE 4080 Gaming OC
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VZ249 23.8 inch Full HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500GB, Kingston KC600 1TB
PSU
Lian Li Edge EG0850G 850W Gold
Cooling
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
Keyboard
Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical
Mouse
Steelseries Prime
Browser
Firefox
Like a rolling drone.
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Reads like you have an internet issue. Does your browser work or are you surfing here using a mobile device?
OS
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build 22631.5039
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Sin-built
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Keyboard
Corsair K95 / Logitech diNovo Edge Wireless
Mouse
Logitech: G402 / G502 / Mx Masters / MX Air Cordless
Internet Speed
1000/400Mbps
Browser
All sorts
Antivirus
Kaspersky Premium
Other Info
I’m on a horse.
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.4249
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO Yoga 7i EVO OLED 14" Touchscreen i5 12 Core 16GB/512GB
CPU
Intel Core 12th Gen i5-1240P Processor (1.7 - 4.4GHz)
Memory
16GB LPDDR5 RAM
Graphics card(s)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics Processor
Sound Card
Optimized with Dolby Atmos®
Screen Resolution
QHD 2880 x 1800 OLED
Hard Drives
M.2 512GB
Antivirus
Defender / Malwarebytes
Other Info
…still on a horse.
Like a rolling drone.
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Do you have any errors showing in your device manager?
To open Device Manager. Press the Windows logo key and the R key simultaneously. This should open a Run Box.
Type: devmgmt.msc.
Click OK or press the Enter key.
Device Manager opens
OS
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build 22631.5039
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Sin-built
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz (4th Gen?)
Motherboard
ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
Memory
32.0 GB of I forget and the box is in storage.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super OC 6GB
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
5 x LG 25MS500-B - 1 x 24MK430H-B - 1 x Wacom Pro 22" Tablet
Screen Resolution
All over the place
Hard Drives
Too many to list.
OS on Samsung 1TB 870 QVO SATA
PSU
Silverstone 1500
Case
NZXT Phantom 820 Full-Tower Case
Cooling
Noctua NH-D15 Elite Class Dual Tower CPU Cooler / 6 x EziDIY 120mm / 2 x Corsair 140mm somethings / 1 x 140mm Thermaltake something / 2 x 200mm Corsair.
Keyboard
Corsair K95 / Logitech diNovo Edge Wireless
Mouse
Logitech: G402 / G502 / Mx Masters / MX Air Cordless
Internet Speed
1000/400Mbps
Browser
All sorts
Antivirus
Kaspersky Premium
Other Info
I’m on a horse.
Operating System
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Build: 22631.4249
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
LENOVO Yoga 7i EVO OLED 14" Touchscreen i5 12 Core 16GB/512GB
CPU
Intel Core 12th Gen i5-1240P Processor (1.7 - 4.4GHz)
Memory
16GB LPDDR5 RAM
Graphics card(s)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics Processor
Sound Card
Optimized with Dolby Atmos®
Screen Resolution
QHD 2880 x 1800 OLED
Hard Drives
M.2 512GB
Antivirus
Defender / Malwarebytes
Other Info
…still on a horse.
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My internet seems to be working just fine, browsing and downloading (on the PC itself).
No errors in the Device Manager.
Last edited: Feb 22, 2024
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel Core i5-14600KF
Motherboard
MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4
Memory
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
GIGABYTE 4080 Gaming OC
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VZ249 23.8 inch Full HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500GB, Kingston KC600 1TB
PSU
Lian Li Edge EG0850G 850W Gold
Cooling
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
Keyboard
Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical
Mouse
Steelseries Prime
Browser
Firefox
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My internet seems to be working just fine, browsing and downloading (on the PC itself).
No errors in the Device Manager.
Why would the store not work. You can try run in CMD prompt, SFC /scannow to check for damaged file system
OS
windows 11
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
some kind of old ASUS MB
CPU
old AMD B95
Motherboard
ASUS
Memory
8gb
Hard Drives
ssd WD 500 gb
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Why would the store not work. You can try run in CMD prompt, SFC /scannow to check for damaged file system
Yeah I did that and also tried the following:
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel Core i5-14600KF
Motherboard
MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4
Memory
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
GIGABYTE 4080 Gaming OC
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VZ249 23.8 inch Full HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500GB, Kingston KC600 1TB
PSU
Lian Li Edge EG0850G 850W Gold
Cooling
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
Keyboard
Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical
Mouse
Steelseries Prime
Browser
Firefox
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Yeah I did that and also tried the following:
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
How about from Powershell:
Code:
Get-AppXPackage *WindowsStore* -AllUsers | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}
OS
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
CPU
2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
Memory
24428 Megabytes
Graphics Card(s)
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
Sound Card
Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
Screen Resolution
FHD 1920X1080 16:9
Hard Drives
2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
PSU
19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
Cooling
Dual Fans
Mouse
MS Bluetooth
Internet Speed
Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
Browser
Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Other Info
VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
Operating System
Windows 11 Insider Canary
Computer type
Laptop
Manufacturer/Model
ASUS X751BP
CPU
AMD Dual Core A6-9220
Motherboard
ASUS
Memory
8 GB
Graphics card(s)
AMD Radeon R5 M420
Sound Card
Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
17.3
Screen Resolution
1600X900 16:9
Hard Drives
1TB 5400RPM
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Fixed.
It's either the the Time Zone (changed it to my current location) or the Country or Region (changed it to my current location).
Thanks all.
OS
Windows 11 Pro
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel Core i5-14600KF
Motherboard
MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI DDR4
Memory
G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16GB
Graphics Card(s)
GIGABYTE 4080 Gaming OC
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VZ249 23.8 inch Full HD
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
SAMSUNG 860 EVO 500GB, Kingston KC600 1TB
PSU
Lian Li Edge EG0850G 850W Gold
Cooling
ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360
Keyboard
Logitech G513 Carbon LIGHTSYNC RGB Mechanical
Mouse
Steelseries Prime
Browser
Firefox