Microsoft confirms Windows activation failures after November updates

First reported by BleepingComputer at 4:36 AM ET · Updated 2:32 PM · 2 sources

Microsoft has confirmed that this month's Patch Tuesday security updates are causing Windows activation and licensing failures with 0x80041008 error codes.

Covered by 2 publishers within 10 hours of the first report.

Summary from BleepingComputer.

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Microsoft confirms Windows activation failures after November updates

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