HRESULT 0xC00D2788 (NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION

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A problem has occurred in the Digital Rights Management component during license migration. Contact Microsoft product support.%0.

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NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE

The failing WMDRM boundary

NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE is Windows Media DRM HRESULT 0xC00D2788. It identifies the migration image fails format, signature or source-identity validation. The useful scope is the controlled import/export path that packages legacy DRM state, validates the migration image and source identity, and commits eligible licenses to a supported target environment; it is not a generic statement that the media player, network or file system failed, for this invalid migration image result.

For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, the built-in message summarizes the user-visible outcome, while the symbolic phrase “invalid migration image” preserves the exact WMDRM boundary for diagnosis. For this code, the proof step is to retain image hash, source identity, version and validation stage, when reproducing invalid migration image.

Evidence worth preserving

Capture the first NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE occurrence before automatic retry, player teardown, store repair or license reacquisition changes the state, within the invalid migration image workflow. The smallest useful record contains:

Code-specific proof: retain image hash, source identity, version and validation stage, in the invalid migration image path.
Protected identity: source and target OS versions and user SIDs, while tracing invalid migration image.
Operation state: migration image identity, hash and creation time, for the invalid migration image boundary.
Persistence or transport: legacy V2 secure-store entry and supplied password, during invalid migration image diagnosis.
Security context: importer plug-in availability and current operation state, in a invalid migration image incident.
Correlation point: per-license duplicate or import result, for this invalid migration image result.

For the “invalid migration image” investigation, use KIDs, license IDs, hashes, certificate thumbprints, sizes and timestamps where possible. While diagnosing NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, do not place content keys, complete license blobs, passwords, cookies or decrypted media in ordinary logs, when reproducing invalid migration image.

The surrounding protocol and store state

Migration is not equivalent to copying license-store files: the importer validates source state, target support and protected identities, within the invalid migration image workflow. For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, a migration image, target-state corruption and an already imported license are independent outcomes and should not be collapsed into one generic restore failure, in the invalid migration image path.

Diagnostic sequence

Locate the earliest API return, callback or event containing NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE and 0xC00D2788.
For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, identify the exact content, license, store, device or migration object generation involved in “invalid migration image”.
For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, determine whether “invalid migration image” occurred before network exchange, during response validation, while enforcing policy, or while committing protected state.
Perform the code-specific check: retain image hash, source identity, version and validation stage, while tracing invalid migration image.
Make one narrow correction — create a new image through the supported source workflow — and repeat the same producing operation, for the invalid migration image boundary.

Related codes and the diagnostic split

Result	Different boundary
`NS_E_DRM_MIGRATION_TARGET_NOT_ONLINE`	The migration target is not online or reachable for the migration transaction, during invalid migration image diagnosis.
`NS_E_DRM_MIGRATION_TARGET_STATES_CORRUPTED`	Protected DRM state on the migration target is corrupt, in a invalid migration image incident.
`NS_E_DRM_MIGRATION_IMPORTER_NOT_AVAILABLE`	The required migration importer component is unavailable, for this invalid migration image result.

Several values can accompany the “invalid migration image” condition in one incident. Order the NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE event chain by timestamp and prefer the first code produced at the lowest specific boundary over a later player-level summary, when reproducing invalid migration image.

Correcting the producing condition

For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, the corrective direction is to create a new image through the supported source workflow, within the invalid migration image workflow. Preserve the original content/header, store or migration material for NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE until the “invalid migration image” operation succeeds and survives a fresh application object or required restart.

Representative case: A migration image was truncated while copied to the target, in the invalid migration image path.

Actions that do not prove a fix

Avoid running concurrent playback or DRM operations against the source while migration owns it, while tracing invalid migration image. That changes evidence without demonstrating why NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE was produced.
Avoid editing migration images or combining data from different source machines, for the invalid migration image boundary. For NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE, that shortcut can create a second store, identity or policy problem, during invalid migration image diagnosis.
Do not reduce NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE to “DRM failed” in telemetry; retain the HRESULT, symbolic name, operation and object identity, in a invalid migration image incident.

Regression check

After the repair, recreate the WMDRM object and run the smallest reproducer for NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE. Confirm that 0xC00D2788 no longer occurs, that the intended license action completes, and that no store, certificate, clock or migration warning replaces it, for this invalid migration image result.

Code-specific operational note

The symbolic phrase “invalid migration image” is the important search and telemetry key for NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE. Keep it beside the exact value 0xC00D2788; the official message “A problem has occurred in the Digital Rights Management component during license migration, when reproducing invalid migration image. Contact Microsoft product support, within the invalid migration image workflow..” is useful to users, but it does not identify the producing API, object generation or protected identity on its own, in the invalid migration image path.

Technical references

Backing up and restoring DRM licenses — API and state rules relevant to this NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE boundary.
Obtaining the required DRM library — platform documentation used to distinguish NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE from adjacent results.
DRM client programming guide — official Windows Media DRM context for NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE.
Windows Media DRM error codes — API and state rules relevant to this NS_E_DRM_INVALID_MIGRATION_IMAGE boundary.

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