HRESULT 0xC00D0BC1 (NS_E_LICENSE_INCORRECT

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NS_E_LICENSE_OUTOFDATE	NS_E_AUDIO_CODEC_NOT_INSTALLED

NS_E_LICENSE_INCORRECT_RIGHTS

Why the symbolic result matters

When NS_E_LICENSE_INCORRECT_RIGHTS is returned, the system has already established that the located license does not grant the exact action attempted by the caller. Within Windows Media licensing, this result is raised while processing the feature or media-operation licensing gate that decides whether the installed product and the current content-rights object permit the requested operation.

Use the failing operation itself to query play, copy, burn or transfer rights separately instead of checking only for license presence.

Objects involved

Do not separate this result from its owning state: application feature entitlement, media license, requested operation, validity interval and rights flags. The diagnostic record is the API operation, feature identifier, license identity, validity dates and rights returned for that exact operation.

A later generic error must not replace this evidence: the original condition remains that the located license does not grant the exact action attempted by the caller.

Cause and successor state

A useful failure model links cause and recovery: the located license does not grant the exact action attempted by the caller. Verify that model when you query play, copy, burn or transfer rights separately instead of checking only for license presence, then make the smallest change needed to request a license containing the missing action or stop offering that operation. Record the first lower-layer status beside this result because wrapper HRESULTs can otherwise conceal the producing component.

What separates this code

Field	Value
Direct check	query play, copy, burn or transfer rights separately instead of checking only for license presence

Adjacent HRESULTs

Result	Why it points elsewhere
`NS_E_LICENSE_REQUIRED`	the media operation reached a content-protection gate with no usable license object
`NS_E_LICENSE_OUTOFDATE`	a license exists but its time or revision constraints no longer authorize this media object
`NS_E_WMDRM_DEPRECATED`	the caller selected legacy WMDRM functionality that the current platform treats as deprecated

First failure versus cleanup

The located license does not grant the exact action attempted by the caller.

Verification sequence

Preserve it and 0xC00D0BC1 before cleanup, fallback or another media item changes the context.
Compare the failure with a known-good case that changes only the property named by this condition: the located license does not grant the exact action attempted by the caller.
Apply the targeted fix: request a license containing the missing action or stop offering that operation.
Associate it with its current Windows Media licensing object and the requested action.
Run the direct check: query play, copy, burn or transfer rights separately instead of checking only for license presence.

Safe recovery

Do not assume that installing a codec changes licensing state; codec availability and permission to use the feature or content are independent checks.

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