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SL_REMAPPING_MDOLLAR_OSR_NOT_ADMIN
Where this result is produced
SL_REMAPPING_MDOLLAR_OSR_NOT_ADMIN is HRESULT 0x803FABBB. It belongs to digital-license hardware-change reactivation. Its narrow boundary is: the current user lacks the local administrator context required to complete hardware-change reactivation.
The OS reactivation path compares a previously associated digital entitlement with the current device and signed-in account. It also evaluates administrator status, policy and anti-abuse limits; a failure here does not by itself invalidate the locally installed edition. The code is not interchangeable with an account association failure; the entitlement may be present but the local token is insufficient.
Windows reports “Error code indicating that user not eligible for reactivation because user is not an admin on device”.
Objects and state transitions
| Different result | If the experiment instead proves “the signed-in account has no usable association between the selected digital license and prior device”, diagnose that condition separately rather than treating it as this HRESULT. |
Recovery without broad resets
To correct this using supported mechanisms, sign in as an administrator and rerun the supported Activation troubleshooter.
Verification must repeat the original operation for the same product or request scope. Confirm the intended license status, binding, policy, record or server response persists after any required restart.
Changes that make this code harder to diagnose
- Avoid selecting unrelated donor devices until one succeeds.
- Avoid assuming every digital license can transfer between devices or editions.
- Avoid publishing raw account tokens or hardware identifiers.
Technical references
- SoftwareLicensingProduct WMI class — official reference for the mechanism surrounding this result.
- MS-ERREF Windows Error Codes.
- Reactivate Windows after a hardware change
- Use the Windows Activation troubleshooter
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