Getting error 0xC004E002 when I am trying to activate Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2

If you are getting error 0xC004E002 during activating windows that means you are using trial version of windows and it does not work properly without activating. The error that you are getting in windows operating system occurs in windows vista, windows server 2008, windows 7 and windows server 2008 R2. When you are trying to activating your windows operating system then you will get the following error message.

Code: 0xC004E002
Description: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license store contains inconsistent data.

Or

Code: 0xC004C003
Description: The activation server determined that the specified product key has been blocked.

Both error messages occur in the same situation. The process to remove windows error code 0xC004E002 is available in this article by which you can easily remove this error.

Causes of occurring error code 0xC004C003 in windows operating system

The problem that you are getting during activating windows is due to incorrect permission set on Tokens.dat file. It may be also the Tokens.dat file becomes corrupt. If you will provide the incorrect activation key then you will also face this error.

Process to remove windows error code 0xC004E002

To fix the error code 0xC004C003/ 0xC004C002 you have to set the correct permission of Tokens.dat file. To set the correct permission in Tokens.dat file you can apply the following setting in your computer and remove the error code 0xC004C002/ 0xC004C003 from windows operating system and activate the windows.

• First of all you have to open command prompt to open it click on start button then type cmd in the program search box and then right click on command prompt and then click on run as administrator.
• If you are using windows vista or windows server 2008 then type the following commands and press enter after each and every command.

icacls %windir%\serviceprofiles\networkservice\appdata\roaming\microsoft\softwarelicensing /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT Service\slsvc:(OI)(CI)(R,W,D)"

The correct permissions for tokens.dat should look like this output from icacls:

tokens.datNT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)

BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)

NT SERVICE\SLSVC:(I)(R,W,D)

• If you are using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 the try these commands and press enter after each and every command.

icacls %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform /grant "BUILTIN\Administrators:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(OI)(CI)(F)" "NETWORK SERVICE:(OI)(CI)(F)"

The correct permisions for token.dat should look like this output from icacls:

tokens.datNT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F)

BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F)

NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE:(I)(F)

Now close the command prompt and try to activate windows again. You can also fix the windows activation error from the tool. I fix my pc from the tool option and today I have not getting any error related windows.