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SL_E_LICENSE_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED
The exact failure point
HRESULT 0xC004F022 is exposed as SL_E_LICENSE_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED by the local Software Protection Platform. The code says more than the friendly message: license evaluation completed but the license does not authorize the requested operation.
Windows reports “The Software Licensing Service reported that the license authorization failed”.
Inputs worth preserving
| Different result | If the experiment instead proves “the service found the license but could not decrypt its protected payload”, diagnose that condition separately rather than treating it as this HRESULT. |
Supported correction and proof
To correct this using supported mechanisms, identify the requested right, product state and policy inputs and use the correct entitlement.
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