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WEP_E_NO_LICENSE
WEP_E_NO_LICENSE — 0x88010006
WEP_E_NO_LICENSE means that the provider is installed but cannot activate required encryption because its own product license is absent or inactive.
What the status narrows down
Windows Encryption Provider integration has separate gates for provider licensing, hardware readiness, volume support, provisioning, active protection, device-lock configuration, and EAS compliance. WEPHOSTSVC events should therefore be read alongside the third-party provider’s own inventory and logs, not as a replacement for them.
This code concerns the non-Microsoft encryption provider license, not the Windows operating-system activation state.
Evidence worth preserving
- Provider product/version, license state, entitlement/device assignment, and expiry
- Service/provider events and management-console status
- Volume provisioning attempt and EAS RequireEncryption result
- Network/time/proxy conditions if license activation is online
A controlled diagnostic sequence
- Validate entitlement in the provider console.
- Activate one lab device with the same edition and policy.
- Separate provider license failure from Windows activation or Microsoft Store licensing.
Correction and proof
Apply the smallest change that addresses the first rejected condition: Restore the correct provider entitlement and activation channel, then provision/resume protection through the provider.
Close the incident only when license remains valid offline for the supported interval, encryption activates, and expiry/revocation controls are reported clearly.
Technical references
Use these sources for the formal contract, then combine them with evidence from the returning application or service for this condition:
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