Windows Enterprise Subscription Activation issues

Intro

The issue happens when Windows has problems upgrading from Windows 11 Pro to Enterprise. Users will see the following pop up notifiction when signing into Windows “Your account requires attention. Please sign into your work or school account to verify your information”.

When you click on the notification, it takes you to Windows Activation and asks you to sign in to verify your information.

The Problem

This problem is that the activation process needs to create registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\MfaRequiedInClipRenew. Since this registry key is under HKLM so you need administrative privileges to complete this change. If you are using a standard user account, the the process will fail and you will continue to see the above pop-up everytime you sign into Windows.

The Fix

Microsoft has release update KB5040527 which addresses this issue. However, some user have reported that they are still facing issues even after installing the update. You can also try the ‘Revoke Sessions’ option in Microsoft Entra if you still have issues are the KB update.

Another quick fix is to add your account to local administrators group.

Add-LocalGroupMembers -Group Administrator -Member AzureAD\JohnDoe

Once you complete the activation process you can remove your administrative privileges and you should no longer see the persistent pop when you sign into Windows.

References

[Windows Subscription Activation

Final Fix

27868.1000](https://call4cloud.nl/subscription-activation-mfarequired-user/)

[Windows 11 KB5040527

Fixed the Subscription Activation](https://call4cloud.nl/kb5040527-fixes-subscription-activation/)