Windows Activation Error : Error Code 0x80070005

Activate Windows 7 manually:
1. Click Start, and in the Search box type :  slui.exe 4

2. Press ENTER on your Keyboard

3. Select your Country.
4. Select the Phone Activation option, and hold on for a real person.

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Andre Da Costa http://adacosta.spaces.live.com http://www.activewin.com

When i try to do phone activation , the Installation ID comes blank so the Microsoft support says you you have to do a clean installation again?

Is there any other option remaining?

Hi Carey, when i run cmd.exe as administrator

and then run commands like

slmgr.vbs/dli

 

slmgr.vbs/dlv it gives access denied error..

Also i have disabled UAC and even then the same error is coming

It gives me following error

 

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Windows Script Host
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Script: C:\Windows\system32\slmgr.vbs
Line: 1333
Char: 5
Error: Permission denied
Code: 800A0046
Source:  Microsoft VBScript runtime error

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OK  
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Does any one has any idea about this?

I have the exact same problem. Is there a solution, none of the above suggestions work.

Do you have the problem with a Windows 7 machine under a GPO?
If the situation is that, please contact me and will give you the answer.

Best Regards!

Hmm ,the error comes when you add your machine to the domain..this happed to me when i added it to my corporate domain..

Do you have a solution for this, if yes let all us know.

Thanks,
Amit

Ok, here is the deal.
The problem happens because you have the "Plug and Play" service set by GPO. Sounds weird but have an explanation.
When you set the "Plug and Play" service by GPO, the service is set with default permissions:

Allow - BUILTIN\Administrators - Full Control
Allow - NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM - Full Control
Allow - NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE - Read

The permissions granted to the "Plug and Play" Service do not grant the Licensing Service (sppsvc) the appropiate rights to access the Plug and Play service.
So, you have 2 solutions

A- Disable the "Plug and Play" service by GPO and let the default configuration works instead the configuration set by GPO. After that, make "gpupdate /force /target:computer" to update the computer policy without restart.

B- Set the permissions in the "Plug and Play" service in the GPO to allow the activation. This issue happens in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.

1- Open the Plug and Play service in the GPO. Go to Computer Configuration / Policies / Windows Settings / Security Settings / System Services.
2- Open the service and click in Edit Security.
3- Add the "SERVICE" user with the following allow permissions.

Query template
Query status
Enumerate dependents
Interrogate
User-defined control
Read permissions

Run "gpupdate /force /target:computer" to update the computer policy without restart.

Best Regards

Thank you Martinuzzi!  I had this exact problem and your solution was exactly what I needed.