Restoring a system to factory settings should be a hassle-free experience, but seeing the activation warning immediately after setup made things more complicated. While all files were intact, the system wouldn’t allow basic customizations or updates without a valid key. Looking through activation options, most solutions required access to the original license, which was no longer available. A better alternative turned out to be
You must login or register to view this content., which provided a simple and direct way to get the system fully functional again. With activation restored in minutes, future resets will now always be followed by an activation check to avoid similar issues.