Jan 07, 2014 Application Event Log Warning ID 1058 (Security-SPP) may be logged after reboot on OEM systems. Content provided by Microsoft. Applies to: Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Windows Server 2012 R2.
If you have recently, you might have found some trouble installing new softwares. That is because of a service named Software Protection Service, which runs in the Windows background. The Software Protection Service checks for the authenticity of a software when you try to install one. It also checks for the that you have installed in your computer. If the service finds that the software you are trying to install is not legitimate, it denies you the access to install the software. This can happen even if the Software Protection Service is not running. To see if your Software Protection Service is running or not, open the Run dialog by pressing Windows+R keys together.
Now type in services.msc and press enter. Find Software protection services from the list. If you try to start the service manually and receive the following error, then you might want to check whether your is activated or not.
If your windows is activated and you still received the error, it could be because of some shortcomings. Kindly follow the steps given below to solve the issue. Method 1. Press Windows+E keys together to get to the navigation window. Navigate to the folder C– Windows– System32 and find the file sppsvc.exe. Now for taking ownership of this file. This can be done by typing takeown /F “full path of file” in the command prompt opened in administrator mode.
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After taking ownership of the file sppsvc.exe, retry to start Software Protection service by opening Services, just as mentioned in the beginning. If you still can’t do it, follow the steps below. Method 2. Press Windows+R keys together to open the Run dialog box. Type in regedit and press OK. Once you are done with that, you’ll have the following window on your screen.
Navigate to the following location to change the permission settings of the sppsvc file. HKEYLOCALMACHINE– SOFTWARE– Microsoft– Windows NT– CurrentVersion– SoftwareProtectionPlatform.
Once you are there, right click on SoftwareProtectionPlatform and click on Permisions. Click on sppsvc. Allow Full Control to the sppsvc file by checking the check boxes. Click on Apply and then OK. Now close the registry editor and reboot the machine. When the machine comes to life again, you will find that the problem no longer exists.
Did you just swap the hdd from laptop to PC? Have you clean installed windows since moving it? Was win 10 an upgrade from Win 7 or 8? If so, you could have moved licence across and not be running unactivated today.
You might still be able to if laptop is still around and you have its licence key? Which version of win 10 are you on? Right click start choose run. Type winver and press enter current version is 1803 Build 17134.165 Do you have latest drivers for GPU? About event viewer, many of the errors there can be ignored, the only ones you should look at are critical ones. If you see event 41 just after a restart, its created by windows as a result of a report that checks if PC was restarted normally, and if it finds it wasn't.
It makes event 41. I downloaded the copy of Win10 to a thumb drive and uploaded it to the new PC. I haven't installed it clean yet, though i'm not even sure how I would go about that. The Win10 was an upgrade from Win8, which came with the laptop (a 2013 Dell Inspiron).
I have the laptop, and I had heard about transferring the liscense over, but never really heard how and wasn't really bothered by the watermark, until I discovered it might be causing issues. Windows Version is 1803, OS build 17134.165.
Drivers are up-to-date. When you updated to win 10, did you set up a Microsoft account and give them an email address? Does your user have same email address? If so, try to login here -and look on the devices button on the page and see which device is still attached to your account. If it still shows old PC, try follwoing the steps here under using the activation troubleshooter as it should let you swap across - A fresh install might clean off old drivers that matched your old hardware.
I would get windows activated 1st and then give it a go. Fresh Install Process download the and use it to make a win 10 installer on USB change boot order in BIOS so USB is first, hdd second boot from installer follow this guide: when you reach the screen asking for licence, click 'I don't have a key' and win 10 will continue to install and reactivate once finished.