Activating windows - Software protection service not starting

[iiLearner]

Hello!


Recently I encountered an issue with my windows where it got deactivated automatically, I tried running the troubleshoot however no luck.

Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/w5TwJW8

View: https://i.imgur.com/w5TwJW8.png

https://imgur.com/P2T2tFT

View: https://i.imgur.com/P2T2tFT.png





I then went ahead and bought a copy of "Windows 10 pro" thinking perhaps my windows has been deactivated or expired. Anyway, when I tried using the product key I kept getting an error that's below in the screenshot.

Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/wdgZrzn

View: https://i.imgur.com/wdgZrzn.png




After researching a bit, I was told this happens when the Software protection service is not running properly, therefore I navigated to services and attempted to start the specified service, however, there was access denied error.

Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/hXGyG34

View: https://i.imgur.com/hXGyG34.png





I searched on the web and various solutions were found, I tried them all but no luck at all. Here are some of them that I have tried:

(Transferring the ownership of the file) Fix Software Protection Service Issue in Windows 10

(Adding a new one) Fix Windows Activation failed due to Software Protection Service error code 0xc0000022


And basically lot more that mostly say the same things, but here are the screenshots about how it currently looks like:

Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/udFGtMJ

View: https://i.imgur.com/udFGtMJ.png




Yes, I have rebooted the windows several times.

Yes, I have installed all updates.

However I'm still unable to start the software protection service! any help please?


Thank you!

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