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<h1>Licensing Servers Issue</h1>
<p>📌 Update: UTC 10.00 Friday, 28 July, 2023<br />
Microsoft licensing servers are down at the moment. Please wait…</p>
<hr />
<ul>
<li><p>In some cases, <strong>HWID activation</strong> may fail because
system couldnt connect to HWID licensing servers.</p></li>
<li><p>Activation script will inform you about this if that is the case.
We suggest to follow the below guide only when the script tells you to
do it. If you are unsure, you can take the help from <a
href="troubleshoot.html">here</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>This may happen mostly either due to DNS or Issues in MS
licensing servers itself or Firewall rules in the system. Below you can
find listed fixes for it.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>Which method to choose for the fix?<br />
<br />
</strong>If you are located in China then choose <strong>Modify Host
File</strong> option.<br />
If you are not in China then first try <strong>Fix DNS</strong> option,
and if that doesnt work then try <strong>VPN</strong> method or try
another Internet connection.</p></li>
<li><p>If you are still facing issues then check <a
href="troubleshoot.html">here</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
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<div id="fix-dns" class="section level2">
<h2>Fix DNS</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>Download the <code>Fix_DNS.zip</code> file from <a
href="https://www.box.com/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&amp;shared_name=4c66hw8ezuijy5j0trwczy860sf825i7&amp;file_id=f_1146300205040">here</a>.</p></li>
<li><p>Extract the zip file and right click on <code>Fix_DNS.cmd</code>
file and run it as admin.</p></li>
<li><p>Follow onscreen instructions.</p></li>
<li><p>Once done, try HWID Activation.</p></li>
</ul>
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<h2>VPN</h2>
<ul>
<li><p>You can install below VPN to fix issue if script is showing
failed to connect licensing servers.</p></li>
<li><p>Freedome VPN<br />
<a
href="https://download.sp.f-secure.com/freedome/installer/2/Freedome.exe"
class="uri">https://download.sp.f-secure.com/freedome/installer/2/Freedome.exe</a></p></li>
<li><p>Once done, try HWID Activation.</p></li>
</ul>
<hr />
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<div id="modify-host-file" class="section level2">
<h2>Modify Host File</h2>
<p>Around 8 Feb 2023 in China, MS licensing servers failed to properly
connect and it disrupted many Windows services including activation.
Solution to this issue is to simply hardcode another countrys MS
licensing servers IP in hosts file and Windows will use that for
activation. This method can also be used if for any reason DNS is
failing to resolve MS licensing servers.</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Open Powershell or Terminal as admin (dont open CMD).</p></li>
<li><p>Copy paste below lines and press enter,</p></li>
</ul>
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<pre><code>$filePath = &quot;C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts&quot;
Set-ItemProperty -Path $filePath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $false
Set-Content -Path $filePath -Value (Get-Content $filePath | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace &quot;124.108.22.138 licensing.mp.microsoft.com&quot;, &quot;&quot; })
Add-Content -Path $filePath -Value &quot;124.108.22.138 licensing.mp.microsoft.com&quot;
Set-ItemProperty -Path $filePath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>Done. Now try HWID Activation.</li>
</ul>
<p>To restore it, run below commands.</p>
<pre><code>$filePath = &quot;C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts&quot;
Set-ItemProperty -Path $filePath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $false
Set-Content -Path $filePath -Value (Get-Content $filePath | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace &quot;124.108.22.138 licensing.mp.microsoft.com&quot;, &quot;&quot; })
Set-ItemProperty -Path $filePath -Name IsReadOnly -Value $true</code></pre>
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