Despite being user friendly, Windows can sometimes feel like a mystery wrapped in a mystery. This is especially true for Windows activation and services. Case in point, if you've ever experienced Windows Activation Error: 0x80000048, check this out:
Even though it's not explicitly mentioned, accessing Windows' toll-free activation numbers requires two services. These services are routing and remote access and remote access connection manage. Why these two are needed to access numbers I'm not sure. But if you enable both, you'll be able to proceed with activation normally.
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