After Vista reinstall and successful activation, Windows "thinks"

Hi,

I had to reinstall Windows Vista today. I thought activation of the software
was going to be an issue as there is so much written on the internet about
this, however activation went ok, but ... surprise surprise, after minutes of
being using the system and a couple of drivers installed, Windows started to
display a message suggesting the Windows copy I have is not legal and that I
need to click on a link to validate.

After going through the on-line validation process successfuly again,
Windows still thinks the software is ilegal....

Please help.

Thanks.

 

Hi,

Thanks for your post.

I have just finished the activation process successfully through the phone,
but still have the same problem. Windows still thinks the copy is not
original.

Any more ideas please?

Thanks.

 

Did you talk to a human on the phone? That's been suggested a lot on this
forum for similar problems.

 

The op was not clear. From the sound of it- It's not an activation
problem it's a WGA problem.

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It was a human voice, but just recorded messages taking me through the
activation process.

 

Hi,

Try revalidating it:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/do...en&sGuid=906e419c-70e3-43c2-b7e0-cc326305805f

 

I have successfully revalidated the sofware ten times, but still get the
warning messages and have reduced functionality.

At the right bottom of the screen there is message "Windows Vista TM,
Compilation 6000, This copy of Windows is not original"

 

Visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on "Validate Windows"
then restart your computer.



Hi,

Thanks for your post.

I have just finished the activation process successfully through the phone,
but still have the same problem. Windows still thinks the copy is not
original.

Any more ideas please?

Thanks.

 

Hi,

The link does not work, I get this message from Microsoft´s website: "We´re
sorry, but we are unable to service your request. You may wish to choose from
the links below..."

 

As mentioned on one of my previous emails, I have finished successfully
several times the validation process through www.microsoft.com/genuine and
rebooted the system, but Windows still thinks my copy is not original.

 

I have run the system update from the Windows DVD and after this process
Windows has activated the software ok.

Thanks for your help.

 

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After Vista reinstall and successful activation, Windows "thinks"

Hi,

I had to reinstall Windows Vista today. I thought activation of the software
was going to be an issue as there is so much written on the internet about
this, however activation went ok, but ... surprise surprise, after minutes of
being using the system and a couple of drivers installed, Windows started to
display a message suggesting the Windows copy I have is not legal and that I
need to click on a link to validate.

After going through the on-line validation process successfuly again,
Windows still thinks the software is ilegal....

Please help.

Thanks.

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I would help, but these posts from egghead cafe irritate me to the point
that I don't want to.

You are obviously not aware that the "forum" you are posting in leaches most
of it's posts from the Microsoft News Server in order to make it look far
busier than it is.

You will get a far better experience if you use a newsreader and subscribe
to these groups directly, rather than through the leaching site your using.
Setting up Outlook Express/Windows Mail to access Microsoft newsgroups
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm

Accessing the MS newsgroups in Outlook Express/Windows Mail Newsreader
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroupsetup.mspx