My copy of Vista Ultimate turned 'non-genuine' today after I tried to download the Core 2 Duo microcode update. I wasn't able to download it because I needed to verify that my system was genuine.
When I try to run the WGA tool it tells me to activate my system... but it's already activated. I chose "Change product key" and put in the key again and it appears to activate but I still can't get it to 'Genuine'
I *know* my copy of Vista is legit. It was given to me by Microsoft!
Diagnostic Report (1.7.0012.0): ----------------------------------------- WGA Data--> Validation Status: Invalid License Detailed Status: 0x0 Windows Product Key: *****-*****-96CBK-GX7JD-79R4Q Windows Product Key Hash: SpS09moArQq2pSD37cbQ0U9mCng= Windows Product ID: 89580-014-0045516-71007 Windows Product ID Type: 5 Windows License Type: Retail Windows OS version: 6.0.6000.2.00010100.0.0.001 ID: b03c988f-3f61-41d9-b0f8-8cc22a3f0e06 Is Admin: Yes AutoDial: No Registry: 0x0 WGA Version: Registered, 1.7.36.0 Signed By: Microsoft Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate Architecture: 0x00000000 Build lab: 6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205 TTS Error: Validation Diagnostic: Resolution Status: N/A
Notifications Data--> Cached Result: N/A File Exists: No Version: N/A WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002 WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Browser Data--> Proxy settings: N/A User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Win32) Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.exe Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled Active scripting: Allowed Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed
File Scan Data-->
Other data--> Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>b03c988f-3f61-41d9-b0f8-8cc22a3f0e06</UGUID><Version>1.7.0012.0</Version><OS>6.0.6000.2.00010100.0.0.001</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-79R4Q</PKey><PID>89580-014-0045516-71007</PID><PIDType>5</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-3407065535-1790389046-1506716459</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>System manufacturer</Manufacturer><Model>System Product Name</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>1202 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20070328000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>E2333507018400FA</HWID><UserLCID>1009</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time(GMT-05:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>KOZIRO</OEMID><OEMTableID>FRONTIER</OEMTableID></OEM></MachineData> <Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
I tried the suggestion in another thread to manually run the activation and do it by phone. This appeared to work but I have to put in my vote against this genuine advantage stuff. Stop treating us like criminals.