Factory Reset Dell Laptop, Windows 8 not getting activated throws error code 0xC004F074

Hi Team,

I have Dell Inspiron 15R, which came with pre installed Windows 8. I had its upgrade to Windows 8.1 and 10 as well with the same product key and dint face any issue doing so.

Recently, I had some software issue, which was making my system slow. So I did a factory reset on my laptop using the Dell backup and recovery tool. The laptop was up and running with Windows 8, but the activation was not proper the expiry date for the product key was provided with one month.

I tried activating the product key of the Windows 8, it throws with Error code 0xC004F074. I googled the error code did almost everything to resolve the activation, with no success.

Could you please how to proceed further?