Windows 10 1809 IoT Enterprise Offline Activation

Justin Williams 1 Reputation point
2021-03-11T15:21:32.083+00:00

I have Win 10 IoT Enterprise (1809) machines that are out in the field. They were activated before deployment. On site they do not have internet access but we are now seeing some of them showing as not activated again. I read a while back that this can be caused if Windows Update cannot connect to the servers. I disabled Windows Update but it has re-enabled. This is also something new with IoT as that was never an issue before.

What are my options? It seems crazy that this issue exists when IoT is intended for industrial applications.

Thanks in Advance.

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  1. Sean Liming 4,506 Reputation points
    2021-03-11T16:58:06.023+00:00

    Once activated, the system should remain in the activated state.

    Was a major hardware change made to the system, i.e. system board change?

    How did you verify the systems were activated before they left manufacturing?


  2. Teemo Tang 11,326 Reputation points
    2021-03-12T02:30:17.82+00:00

    You mentioned that Win 10 IoT Enterprise (1809) machines were activated before deployment, what about then, do they still activated after deployment?
    You know, KMS activation need clients contact to KMS server every 180 days, if this Win 10 IoT Enterprise (1809) machine use KMS activation and cannot contact KMS host beyond 180 days, its activation state will be lost.
    Besides, major hardware change will also lead to activation state change.

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