KB905474 Windows Genuine Advantage Notification

Hi
I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done it
says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
install. Any help would be appreciated

If update 905474 fails to install but downloads:-

In the Run box, type: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download
Click OK.
You will see some folders with long names.
Locate the folder which contains the wgatray.exe

Once you locate that folder and file, you'll notice an update folder in the
folder you have located the wgatray.exe.

Open the Update folder - and you'll find a file called update.exe.

If you double click on that file, the update may install.

Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474

otherwise
On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed update
(red mark) and see if there is an error code.
If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the alternative, do
a search for the error code.


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"tippy" <> wrote in message
newsFE34F82-B32B-46BB-8D8C-...
| Hi
| I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
| downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done it
| says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
| install. Any help would be appreciated

tippy <> wrote:

> I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474
> it downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates
> were done it says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing
> it just won't install.

A potential fix has been previously in this newsgroup. Here it is
again:

A problem with registry key permissions may cause the installation of
KB905474 to fail.

These permissions can be repaired using Registry Editor as follows:

1. Click Start, and then click Run
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK
3. Expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
4. Locate the subkey HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck
5. Right-click the subkey and select Permissions..
6. Ensure that groupname Administrators allowed Full Control
permission
7. Ensure that username SYSTEM allowed Full Control permission
8. Repeat steps 3-7 for the subkey
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LegitCheckControl.LegitCheck.1

If that does not fix your problem, please post the contents of your file

C:\WINDOWS\WgaNotify.log

in a follow-up in this thread

--
Robin Walker [MVP Networking]

Hi
I tried to use the wgatray.exe but when I click on it nothing happens. The
error number in the failed attempt is 0X8007F205 Thanks for any insight you
can give me.

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> If update 905474 fails to install but downloads:-
>
> In the Run box, type: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download
> Click OK.
> You will see some folders with long names.
> Locate the folder which contains the wgatray.exe
>
> Once you locate that folder and file, you'll notice an update folder in the
> folder you have located the wgatray.exe.
>
> Open the Update folder - and you'll find a file called update.exe.
>
> If you double click on that file, the update may install.
>
> Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474
>
> otherwise
> On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed update
> (red mark) and see if there is an error code.
> If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the alternative, do
> a search for the error code.
>
>
> --
>
> ===========================
> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
> ===========================
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
>
>
> "tippy" <> wrote in message
> newsFE34F82-B32B-46BB-8D8C-...
> | Hi
> | I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
> | downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done it
> | says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
> | install. Any help would be appreciated
>
>
>

Read this:

Microsoft: Users May Have To Prove Legal Windows Use

Microsoft is piloting an opt-in notification service for its Windows
Genuine Advantage online verification program in the U.S., which may
make it mandatory for users to get Automatic Update or Windows Update
Rights.


By Paula Rooney, CRN
May 5, 2006
URL:
http://www.informationweek.com/story...leID=187200796



Microsoft may make it mandatory for Windows users to prove they have a
genuine copy of Windows – or Office -- in order to get updates from
Automatic Update or Windows Update.

Last fall, the Redmond, Wash. software giant extended its year-old
Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy online program that
notifies Windows customers if they are using counterfeit or illegal
copies of Windows.

A pilot of the notification service – called Genuine Software
Initiative (GSI) -- was initially launched in November in Norway and
Sweden and then later in five additional countries.

This week, Microsoft expanded the WGA notifications pilot to a "random
subset" of English speaking customers in the U.S., U.K., Malaysia,
Australia and New Zealand.

Microsoft said the notification service for Windows Genuine Advantage
in pilot is voluntary but acknowledged that it may become mandatory
later this year.

"The WGA Notifications pilot is opt-in, so all participants are given
a choice about whether or not they wish to participate. Users can
choose to suppress the notification," according to a statement issued
by Microsoft to CRN Thursday. " While the pilot is presently opt-in,
as it expands later in the year, AU and WU customers may be required
to participate."

Launched in July 2005 WGA is an online validation tool that enables
customers to determine whether they have a genuine, legal copy of
Windows on their PCs. This week, that program was expanded to include
Office, called Office Genuine Advantage (OGA).

The notification service is currently in pilot testing for Windows
Genuine Advantage, Microsoft said.

As part of the notification service, customers who opt-in to the pilot
and are found to be running non-genuine versions of Windows will get a
message during log-on that they are running non genuine Windows and
will be directed to the WGA web site for details or a recommendation,
Microsoft said.

Microsoft said if the customer chooses not to obtain a legal copy of
Windows at that time, they "will receive reminders" until they are
running genuine Windows,

Microsoft on Thursday said it filed lawsuits against eDirectSoftware
of Montana and two Chicago-area resellers -- Nathan Ballog and Easy
Computers-- for allegedly distributing illegal copies of Windows.

In the case against Nathan Ballog, for example, Microsoft said it
received electronic evidence of alleged wrongdoing via its Windows
Genuine Advantage (WGA) online program.

Last September, Microsoft filed eight lawsuits against computer
companies in Arizona, New York, Minnesota, California and Illinois.

In one of the cases, against MicroCity4less.com, of Torrance, Calif,
Microsoft relied in part on evidence submitted by consumers through
the WGA program.

The notification service is currently in pilot testing for Windows
only.

While privacy advocates may take issue with making it mandatory to get
updates, many resellers and system builders – whose business is
undermined by unscrupulous resellers who load illegal copies of
Windows on PCs, Microsoft says – have endorsed WGA.

At least one Microsoft solution provider and system builder, however,
said the notification service may go too far if it harasses customers.

"Microsoft already has a major issue with customer respect and trust.
Often times an end user isn't aware of the main components of their
system, let alone their authenticity," said Mike Healey, CEO of
TenCorp, Needham, Mass. which was recently acquired by Greenpages.
"I'm not defending real crooks, but notifications to an end user are
simply too confusing. Let's hope the notification gives them an 800
number with a tech support person that will help them resolve their
question - rather than leave the customer frustrated."

Microsoft is attacking the piracy problem on both technical and legal
fronts.

In the cases filed Thursday against eDirect Software, of Billings,
Montana, and Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, in the District of
Montana, Microsoft alleges violations of copyright and trademark law,
the Digital Millenium Copyright Act and Anti-Counterfeiting Amendments
Act.

Microsoft claims that eDirect Software – "a well known Internet
company in the channel" has repeatedly distributed counterfeit
software, tampered with software and provided illegal product keys
with unlicensed software not authorized for resale.

In the other two cases, Microsoft alleged counterfeit and hard disk
loading violations against the two Chicago area resellers based on
complaints called into its anti-piracy hotline and Microsoft's own
test purchase program to net violators.

One observer said Microsoft has rolled out the WGA program slowly to
ensure it could handle the number of validations and flag false
positives and claims it benefits resellers as well as customers.

'Microsoft has offered incentives to people who have been defrauded to
get a genuine copy [of Windows]," said Michael Cherry, an analyst at
Directions on Microsoft, a newsletter in Kirkland, Wash.

"There are definite risks to customers running non-genuine Windows, if
files were altered or substituted to get around activation or to
otherwise create the pirated version, then the customer is at risk for
damaged data or security vulnerabilities," Cherry added. "I don't
think Microsoft has to supply security patches to customers who cannot
validate that their copy is genuine."



Copyright © 2005 CMP Media LLC



On Fri, 5 May 2006 19:05:02 -0700, tippy
<> wrote:

>Hi
>I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
>downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done it
>says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
>install. Any help would be appreciated

0x8007f205
-2146962939
STR_UPDATE_ALREADY_RUNNING
Setup has detected that another update is in progress. Please complete that
installation or removal and try again.

Have you rebooted?

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"tippy" <> wrote in message
news:F3835741-9A92-42BA-A396-...
| Hi
| I tried to use the wgatray.exe but when I click on it nothing happens. The
| error number in the failed attempt is 0X8007F205 Thanks for any insight you
| can give me.
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
|
| > If update 905474 fails to install but downloads:-
| >
| > In the Run box, type: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download
| > Click OK.
| > You will see some folders with long names.
| > Locate the folder which contains the wgatray.exe
| >
| > Once you locate that folder and file, you'll notice an update folder in the
| > folder you have located the wgatray.exe.
| >
| > Open the Update folder - and you'll find a file called update.exe.
| >
| > If you double click on that file, the update may install.
| >
| > Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
| > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474
| >
| > otherwise
| > On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed
update
| > (red mark) and see if there is an error code.
| > If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the
alternative, do
| > a search for the error code.
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > ===========================
| > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
| > ===========================
| > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
| >
| >
| > "tippy" <> wrote in message
| > newsFE34F82-B32B-46BB-8D8C-...
| > | Hi
| > | I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
| > | downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done
it
| > | says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
| > | install. Any help would be appreciated
| >
| >
| >

Hi I just checked to see what the error codes that I have on the failed
install attemps are. The 0x8007f205 must be from the second time I tried to
install the update. The first update that failed has this error code
ox800706be maybe that one will shed light on why it didn't download, thanks
for your help and info

"TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:

> 0x8007f205
> -2146962939
> STR_UPDATE_ALREADY_RUNNING
> Setup has detected that another update is in progress. Please complete that
> installation or removal and try again.
>
> Have you rebooted?
>
> --
>
> ===========================
> TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
> ===========================
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
>
>
> "tippy" <> wrote in message
> news:F3835741-9A92-42BA-A396-...
> | Hi
> | I tried to use the wgatray.exe but when I click on it nothing happens. The
> | error number in the failed attempt is 0X8007F205 Thanks for any insight you
> | can give me.
> |
> | "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
> |
> | > If update 905474 fails to install but downloads:-
> | >
> | > In the Run box, type: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download
> | > Click OK.
> | > You will see some folders with long names.
> | > Locate the folder which contains the wgatray.exe
> | >
> | > Once you locate that folder and file, you'll notice an update folder in the
> | > folder you have located the wgatray.exe.
> | >
> | > Open the Update folder - and you'll find a file called update.exe.
> | >
> | > If you double click on that file, the update may install.
> | >
> | > Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
> | > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474
> | >
> | > otherwise
> | > On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed
> update
> | > (red mark) and see if there is an error code.
> | > If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the
> alternative, do
> | > a search for the error code.
> | >
> | >
> | > --
> | >
> | > ===========================
> | > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
> | > ===========================
> | > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> | > "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
> | >
> | >
> | > "tippy" <> wrote in message
> | > newsFE34F82-B32B-46BB-8D8C-...
> | > | Hi
> | > | I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474 it
> | > | downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were done
> it
> | > | says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
> | > | install. Any help would be appreciated
> | >
> | >
> | >
>
>
>

Have a look at this thread by Robert Aldwinckle

http://groups.google.com.au/group/mi...7edac32d2567a6
or
http://tinyurl.com/zspns


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"tippy" <> wrote in message
newsEB02A32-D51F-499D-9779-...
| Hi I just checked to see what the error codes that I have on the failed
| install attemps are. The 0x8007f205 must be from the second time I tried to
| install the update. The first update that failed has this error code
| ox800706be maybe that one will shed light on why it didn't download, thanks
| for your help and info
|
| "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
|
| > 0x8007f205
| > -2146962939
| > STR_UPDATE_ALREADY_RUNNING
| > Setup has detected that another update is in progress. Please complete that
| > installation or removal and try again.
| >
| > Have you rebooted?
| >
| > --
| >
| > ===========================
| > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
| > ===========================
| > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
| >
| >
| > "tippy" <> wrote in message
| > news:F3835741-9A92-42BA-A396-...
| > | Hi
| > | I tried to use the wgatray.exe but when I click on it nothing happens.
The
| > | error number in the failed attempt is 0X8007F205 Thanks for any insight
you
| > | can give me.
| > |
| > | "TaurArian [MS-MVP]" wrote:
| > |
| > | > If update 905474 fails to install but downloads:-
| > | >
| > | > In the Run box, type: %windir%\SoftwareDistribution\download
| > | > Click OK.
| > | > You will see some folders with long names.
| > | > Locate the folder which contains the wgatray.exe
| > | >
| > | > Once you locate that folder and file, you'll notice an update folder in
the
| > | > folder you have located the wgatray.exe.
| > | >
| > | > Open the Update folder - and you'll find a file called update.exe.
| > | >
| > | > If you double click on that file, the update may install.
| > | >
| > | > Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application
| > | > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=905474
| > | >
| > | > otherwise
| > | > On the WU Website, select your history of updates - now click on failed
| > update
| > | > (red mark) and see if there is an error code.
| > | > If there is an error code, write it down and post back or in the
| > alternative, do
| > | > a search for the error code.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | >
| > | > ===========================
| > | > TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2006
| > | > ===========================
| > | > http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
| > | > "Need more help? http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=ph;en-us;6527
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "tippy" <> wrote in message
| > | > newsFE34F82-B32B-46BB-8D8C-...
| > | > | Hi
| > | > | I have automatic updates and today when I got the update for KB905474
it
| > | > | downloaded but it won't install, when I check to see if updates were
done
| > it
| > | > | says this one failed. I tried twice and the same thing it just won't
| > | > | install. Any help would be appreciated
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >