Windows 10 Home won't activate after clean reinstallation. Error 0x8007232B "DNS name does not exist"

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I bought my laptop last summer, and it came with Windows 8.1. I did an upgrade to Windows 10 Home edition today with the ISO using the media creation tool, and it was activated.

I then did a clean install just to wipe everything clean because it's been a while. Afterwards, it was activated for a couple of hours, but now it's saying that it's not activated anymore. When I try to activate it, I always get Error code: 0x8007232B. Error Description: DNS name does not exist

I'm posting from the laptop so Internet works

Update: I plugged the laptop directly into the modem via Ethernet, and the error changed to Error code: 0x8007007B. Error description: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect...

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asked on Super User Jul 30, 2015 by Alex • edited Jul 30, 2015 by Alex

2 Answers

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Ended up just doing a clean reinstall because I found out I installed Windows in BIOS mode instead of UEFI. Fixed everything, but I still don't know what caused it to begin with...

answered on Super User Jul 30, 2015 by Alex
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I'm guessing somehow your DNS settings got removed/changed.

Run a Command Prompt as Administrator (windows key -> "command prompt" -> right click -> Run As Administrator).

Then type in:

netsh interface ip set dns "Wi-Fi" static 8.8.8.8

If you use Wi-Fi. If you are wired, do:

netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 8.8.8.8

That will set your DNS server to Google's public DNS servers.

answered on Super User Jul 30, 2015 by Dee Eff

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