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SL_E_LICENSE_DECRYPTION_FAILED
What the constant narrows down
HRESULT 0xC004F023 is exposed as SL_E_LICENSE_DECRYPTION_FAILED by the local Software Protection Platform. The code says more than the friendly message: the service found the license but could not decrypt its protected payload.
Windows reports “The Software Licensing Service reported that the license is invalid”.
Evidence to keep before remediation
| Different result | If the experiment instead proves “license evaluation completed but the license does not authorize the requested operation”, diagnose that condition separately rather than treating it as this HRESULT. |
What successful remediation must prove
To correct this using supported mechanisms, preserve package and security-processor versions and restore matching signed components.
Technical references
- Troubleshoot Windows activation error codes.
- MS-ERREF Windows Error Codes
- SoftwareLicensingProduct WMI class
- SoftwareLicensingService WMI class
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