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0xC004E002

Descripton: The Software Licensing Service reported that the license store contains inconsistent data.

The Vista Licensing store has been damaged. Need to reset the licensing the store and recreate it.

From MS Support:

The first set will attempt to reset the Store and the second set will recreate it.  Try the first set and if that doesn't work, move on to the next.

1) Click the option that launches an Internet Browser
2) Type: %windir%\system32 into the address field
3) Find the file cmd.exe
4) Right-click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator
5) Type: cscript %windir%\System32\slmgr.vbs /ilc %windir%\System32\licensing\ppdlic\Security-Licensing-SLC-ppdlic.xrm-ms
6) Hit the Enter key
7) Reboot twice

1) Return to the cmd windows 
2) Type: net stop slsvc  (it may ask you if you are sure, select yes)
3) Type: cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing
4) Type: rename tokens.dat tokens.bar
5) Type: cd %windir%\system32
6) Type: net start slsvc
7) Type: cscript slmgr.vbs -rilc (It may take a long time for this to complete, please be patient)
8) Reboot Twice
9) You may be required to enter the Product Key again and then Activate