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SL_E_NOT_SUPPORTED
SL_E_NOT_SUPPORTED: diagnose the owning boundary
SL_E_NOT_SUPPORTED (0xC004F016) is documented as The Software Licensing Service determined that the request is not supported. Treat that wording as the specific Software Protection Platform capability or policy boundary; it is more useful than a generic “component failed” label.
Evidence that matters
Record product/SKU identity, licensing API, policy/license object selected, and the first SPP event. Test the exact documented capability or prerequisite rather than resetting unrelated activation state.
Interpretation and verification
Keep the affected object and caller identity stable while changing only the rejected prerequisite. The correction is proven when the original operation crosses this boundary with the intended state or output. If a different HRESULT appears afterward, preserve it as a separate later-stage result rather than folding it back into SL_E_NOT_SUPPORTED.
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