We can’t activate Windows on this device right now. You can try activating again later or go to the Store to buy genuine Windows. (0x80070520). We aren’t able to activate Windows on this device.

If your Windows 11/10 will not activate after a Reset, Clean Install, Windows Update ro BIOS Update, then the solutions provided in this article will help you to fix this issue.

Why do this? Lol Partly because of people like me that would buy $5 windows 7 keys on key reseller sites and use them to activate windows 10/11 on new PCs.

Microsoft will stop old Windows product keys from activating new Windows installs Windows 7 and 8 keys still seem to work for now, but that may be ending.