How to fix the Windows 11 activation error 0xc004c003

hey everyone edward here at windows report and in this video i will show you how to fix the windows 11 activation error 0xc004c003 the first solution that you should always take in consideration is to use command prompt to activate windows 11. to do this press the windows key then simply type cmd and run command prompt as an administrator in here just copy paste the following command from the description below now just press on enter and afterwards restart your device once the request is successful and now you can just check if the problem still persists you can also check the windows version you're on to do this press the windows button then select the settings icon and then on the left pane make sure to click on system and then on the right side scroll down until you find the about section and select it then just scroll down to the windows specifications section find the addition section to view the windows 11 edition installed on your pc if your windows 11 matches the previous edition you had installed then this is not the problem that is causing the error code to appear and lastly another great solution is to switch to windows 11 home to do this first of all you have to adjust some registry to install windows 10 home press the windows button then simply type regedit and select registry editor from the search results in here navigate to the following location computer and then hkey local machine then double click on software then double click on microsoft afterwards expand windows nt and lastly double click on current version on the right side just find and double click on the product name value and simply name it to windows 11 home single language then click on ok to save the changes afterwards find and double click on the edition id value in here type core single language and then click on ok to save the changes next just navigate to the following location in the registry editor hkey local machine then double click on software and then find and expand the wow 6432 node then double click on microsoft afterwards expand windows nt and then double click on the current version key in the right pane just look for the product name value and change it to windows 11 home then click on ok to save the changes then just find the edition id double click it and then change it to core single language afterwards just click on ok to save the changes afterwards you can close the registry editor and then you have to obtain a windows 11 iso file so go to the microsoft official web page as i also posted it in the description below and then scroll down to download the windows 11 iso once the iso is downloaded just right click it and select the mount option now windows 11 will be mounted on your disk and then you can double click the setup file in here just click on change how setup downloads updates and then click on not now afterwards just accept the license terms you will then see that you have the option to install windows 11 home edition and then just click on the install button after windows 11 has been installed you can simply restart your device and then check the about section in the settings page now locate the windows home specs and test the version and that's it plenty of options to consider in the long run as usual for more information and details you can check the article in the description below and if you enjoyed this video just make sure to like and subscribe to our channel thank you

Channel: Windows Report

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Keywords: fix, 0xc004c003 error code, windows 11, windows 11 activation error, how to fix

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Length: 3min 30sec (210 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 19 2021