I purchased a Dell laptop w/ OEM Vista Business in April. Windows always said it was active. About 2 weeks ago, I was checking system properties and I noticed that it said 8 days left to activate windows. I tried to activate and it says "The Vista Business Product key you entered is invalid for activation". I tried to enter the key that is on the label on the bottom, but that didn't work.
I have not made any recent hardware changes. Windows is up to date. It is also listed as genuine when I test it on microsft.com. I also have not received any dialog boxes or prompts asking me to activate; only in system properties does it say to activate. I have tried installing update 931573 but it said that the update doesn't apply to my system. Most interesting, the countdown seems to be going in weeks instead of days, i.e. last week it said 7 days left to activate, and this week it says 6 days left to activate.
Dell was unable to help with the problem, and they suggested to contact Microsoft.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Here is the WGA diagnostics info:
Diagnostic Report (1.7.0066.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine
Validation Code: 0
Online Validation Code: 0x0
Cached Validation Code: 0x0
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-VRCTY-3V3RH-WRMG7
Windows Product Key Hash: l2HYuM058SkcIU57PqWaCOL7rEU=
Windows Product ID: 89576-OEM-7332141-00054
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 6.0.6000.2.00010100.0.0.006
CSVLK Server: N/A
CSVLK PID: N/A
ID: {AA8CF112-F841-4595-BDA7-52A76EA84409}(1)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.7.59.1
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Business
Architecture: 0x00000000
Build lab: 6000.vista_gdr.071009-1548
TTS Error:
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A
Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 100 Genuine
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: FCEE394C-2989-80070002_025D1FF3-282-80041010_025D1FF3-170-80041010_025D1FF3-171-1_025D1FF3-434-80040154_025D1FF3-178-80040154_025D1FF3-179-2_025D1FF3-185-80070002_025D1FF3-199-3
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-->
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Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002
