Repeated (successful) validation of Vista

I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to date
with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation problems.
It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen with a
panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon there
is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of Windows is
not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which always
runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I logon
everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same cycle
again.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
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Hopefully

It sounds like it could be a virus.

When is the last time you ran a scan?

Also have you checked your startup items to see if there is anything odd
there?

"Simpleuser" <> wrote in message
news:C1AA98AD-E89E-428F-8A42-...
> I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to
> date
> with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation problems.
> It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
> As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen with a
> panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon
> there
> is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of Windows
> is
> not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which always
> runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I logon
> everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same
> cycle
> again.
> Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
> --
> Hopefully

How to remove the OEM driver activation exploit and the grace timer
activation exploit from a Windows Vista-based computer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948253

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"Simpleuser" <> wrote in message
news:C1AA98AD-E89E-428F-8A42-...
> I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to
> date
> with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation problems.
> It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
> As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen with a
> panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon
> there
> is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of Windows
> is
> not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which always
> runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I logon
> everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same
> cycle
> again.
> Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
> --
> Hopefully

Hi Shane and thanks for the post,
I have a regular schedule of virus scans on up to date definitions and the
problem certainly predates the last scan, so I don't believe it's that.
I have had a look in startup programs but there's nothing that catches my
eye -- did you have any specifics in mind?
Regards,
--
Hopefully


"Shane Nokes" wrote:

> It sounds like it could be a virus.
>
> When is the last time you ran a scan?
>
> Also have you checked your startup items to see if there is anything odd
> there?
>
> "Simpleuser" <> wrote in message
> news:C1AA98AD-E89E-428F-8A42-...
> > I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to
> > date
> > with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation problems.
> > It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
> > As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen with a
> > panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon
> > there
> > is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of Windows
> > is
> > not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which always
> > runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I logon
> > everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same
> > cycle
> > again.
> > Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
> > --
> > Hopefully
>

Not really, but I figured that was a good place to start.

The only thing that I can think of is a corrupt system file, or as mentioned
below that it could possibly be a non-genuine copy of Windows and the recent
updates have broken the crack.

"Simpleuser" <> wrote in message
news523BC48-2DFA-426A-90BD-...
> Hi Shane and thanks for the post,
> I have a regular schedule of virus scans on up to date definitions and the
> problem certainly predates the last scan, so I don't believe it's that.
> I have had a look in startup programs but there's nothing that catches my
> eye -- did you have any specifics in mind?
> Regards,
> --
> Hopefully
>
>
> "Shane Nokes" wrote:
>
>> It sounds like it could be a virus.
>>
>> When is the last time you ran a scan?
>>
>> Also have you checked your startup items to see if there is anything odd
>> there?
>>
>> "Simpleuser" <> wrote in message
>> news:C1AA98AD-E89E-428F-8A42-...
>> > I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to
>> > date
>> > with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation
>> > problems.
>> > It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
>> > As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen
>> > with a
>> > panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon
>> > there
>> > is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of
>> > Windows
>> > is
>> > not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which
>> > always
>> > runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I
>> > logon
>> > everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same
>> > cycle
>> > again.
>> > Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
>> > --
>> > Hopefully
>>