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Answered Validation of Windows XP

  • Saturday, 2 June, 2012 3:10 PM
     
     
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    For the last month a pop up window has been appearing saying "Microsoft windows can't be validated.  You have 30 days to correct.  Click on link".  I have done this three times on three different days.  After clicking on the link Microsoft Security Essentials works (which it doesn't before clicking on the above mentioned link.   The Windows XP (Media Center Edition Service Pack 3) was purchased as part of a Dell computer and has worked for years with no issues about validation until May 24, 2012.  

     

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  • Saturday, 2 June, 2012 4:51 PM
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    "farmera1" wrote in message news:1508026e-5d90-4226-816f-140e26d0764f...

    For the last month a pop up window has been appearing saying "Microsoft windows can't be validated.  You have 30 days to correct.  Click on link".  I have done this three times on three different days.  After clicking on the link Microsoft Security Essentials works (which it doesn't before clicking on the above mentioned link.   The Windows XP (Media Center Edition Service Pack 3) was purchased as part of a Dell computer and has worked for years with no issues about validation until May 24, 2012. 

     
     
    To properly analyse and solve problems with Activation and Validation, we need to see a full copy of the report produced by the MGADiag tool
    (download and save to desktop - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012 )
    Once saved, run the tool.
    Click on the Continue button, which will produce the report.
    To copy the report to your response, click on the Copy button in the tool (ignore any error messages at this point), and then paste (using either r-click/Paste, or Ctrl+V ) into your response.
      - **in your own thread**, please
     
    Please also state the Version and Edition of Windows quoted on your COA sticker (if you have one) on the case of your machine (or inside the battery compartment), but do NOT quote the Key on the sticker!
     
    Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth
     
  • Thursday, 7 June, 2012 1:25 PM
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    Please see: Windows Genuine Advantage does not validate a copy of Windows XP

    Carey Frisch

     
  • Tuesday, 12 June, 2012 12:52 AM
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    No reply from the original Poster.

    Issue is assumed to be resolved.

    Darin MS