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WINDOWS VISTA VALIDATION FAILURE

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Have had problems with update over the past few weeks. When looking into this have discovered that updates are failing because they think Vista isn't validated. When trying to validate Vista get error message 0x80070426. This is on a three year old dell inspiron which came with home premium 32 preinstalled which has had no troubles up to now.
Have run diagnostics and the result is posted here
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine
Validation Code: 0
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0x80070426
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-F4GJK-KG77H-B9HD2
Windows Product Key Hash: iJAth4TbScMi8HdcPurlASXdEkw=
Windows Product ID: 89578-OEM-7332157-00204
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 6.0.6002.2.00010300.2.0.003
ID: {C0B08E8C-DE42-408A-AC55-4BDDBC490B15}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
Architecture: 0x00000000
Build lab: 6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014-0432
TTS Error:
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A
Vista WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Windows XP Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
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 Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: 100
Version: 2.0.48.0
OGAExec.exe Signed By: Microsoft
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: Microsoft
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 100 Genuine
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007 - 100 Genuine
OGA Version: Registered, 2.0.48.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Office Diagnostics: 77F760FE-153-80070002_7E90FEE8-175-80070002_025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3
Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.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>{C0B08E8C-DE42-408A-AC55-4BDDBC490B15}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.0.6002.2.00010300.2.0.003</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-B9HD2</PKey><PID>89578-OEM-7332157-00204</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-3365365587-925371942-1608158280</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Dell Inc. </Manufacturer><Model>Dell DXP061 </Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Dell Inc. </Manufacturer><Version>2.1.2 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="3"/><Date>20061201000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>E6333507018400FA</HWID><UserLCID>0C09</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>AUS Eastern Standard Time(GMT+10:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>DELL </OEMID><OEMTableID>B8K </OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification><File Name="OGAAddin.dll" Version="2.0.48.0"/></GANotification></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>100</Result><Products><Product GUID="{91120000-00CA-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>100</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office Small Business 2007</Name><Ver>12</Ver><Val>7690833978DBDAE</Val><Hash>Wu1gB97+TQIszaDdpItlI98A0Cs=</Hash><Pid>81606-OEM-6472727-78742</Pid><PidType>4</PidType></Product></Products><Applications><App Id="16" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="18" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="19" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="1A" Version="12" Result="100"/><App Id="1B" Version="12" Result="100"/></Applications></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002
Licensing Data-->
Software Licensing service is not running.
Windows Activation Technologies-->
N/A
HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current: LgAAAAEAAAABAAEAAgABAAAAAgABAAEAJJRuIGy1yj5cwcqO8vRaZeLrrFYqhQ==
OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes
Windows marker version: 0x20000
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: yes
BIOS Information:
ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value
APIC DELL B8K
FACP DELL B8K
HPET DELL B8K
BOOT DELL B8K
MCFG DELL B8K
SSDT DELL st_ex
DUMY DELL B8K
SLIC DELL B8K
My understanding is that the service responsible for the validation process seems not to be working. Have tried restarting service without luck. Have tried changing the product key to the one on the sticker on the computer (not the oem it came installed with) again without luck. Tried both slui.exe 3 and slui.exe 4 without luck. With slui.exe 4 get you can call dell for more help but no contact details. Have now run out of expertise and ideas. Help PleaseTuesday, March 8, 2011 10:56 AM
Answers
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Hello DRJAS,
You are correct, the problem is that your Vista's Software Licensing Service has stopped. Vista uses this service to check itself and confirm it is Genuine. When the service is stopped, Vista is unable to confirm it's own Genuine status and may show Genuine or Non-Genuine. The fact that the Service has stopped is also, most likely, the cause of other issues you may be experiencing (such as not having access to the Control Panel).
Normally this is not a big problem, since you can just restart the Service. However, we have seen a number of users that receive an error when they attempt to restart the Service. This indicates a more serious 'root cause' to the service having stopped.
What I would like you to do is to try to restart the service using the 'Service Restart' steps, below. If the service won't restart, you will receive an error.
Service Restart steps:
(If you have access to the Start button):
1) Click the Start button
2) Type: cmd in the Start Search field
3) At the top the Start window, you will see cmd.exe
4) Right Click cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator
5) Type: net start slsvc
(If you do not have access to the Start button):
1) Click the option that launches an Internet Browser
2) A Browser will open, type: %windir%\system32 into the address field
3) Find the file cmd.exe
4) Right Click on the cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator
5) Type: net start slsvc
A) If the error message is "System Error 3, The system cannot find the path specified." or "System Error 2, The system cannot find the file specified": Go to the main Vista Validation forum page http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinevista/threads/ , look in the announcement section and follow the steps found in thread "Fix for ‘Software Licensing service Has Stopped’ on some Vista 64bit systems"
B) If you receive any other error (System Error 5, System Error 57346 or System Error 54273): These occur as a result of massive file corruption. We do not know what the root cause of the corruption is and this can be caused by any situation where files could be corrupted. However, from troubleshooting others that had this issue, the likeliest causes are either Malware Infection or failing Hard Drive. There are a few things you can try to resolve this issue
a. System Scan. The scan will look for bad Windows files and will attempt to repair them, if possible.
i. Login to Vista in Normal Mode (not safe mode)
ii. Launch an Internet Browser
iii. Type: %windir%\system32\ in the browser's address field
iv. Scroll down till you find the file cmd.exe
v. Right-click the file and select 'Run as Administrator'
vi. In the CMD window, type: sfc /scannow
vii. Reboot twice and see if that resolves the issue.
b. repairing Windows using System Restore:
i. Reboot Vista into Safe Mode
ii. Click the ‘Start’ button
iii. In the Start Search field, type: System Restore and hit “Enter” keyboard key
iv. Select "Choose Different Restore Point", Put a check in the box that says "Show restore points older than 5 days", select the restore point that corresponds to the date Before you first noticed the issue.
v. Click the "Next" button.
vi. Reboot back into Normal mode
If neither of these sets of steps resolves the issue, my only other suggestions would be either to contact Vista support at http://support.microsoft.com or reinstall Vista.
Thank you,
Darin MS- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Tuesday, March 8, 2011 10:07 PM
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 10:07 PM