When Windows activation fails with error code 0x8004FE33, you probably have a proxy with authentication. Instead of activating over the Internet you should use a phone, or use a different proxy (one that does not require authentication), or configure your proxy to allow a few URLs without authentication (list of URLs in KB 921471).
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