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Windows Update is not updating - Vista error 80070426

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My Windows Update has not installed any updates since March 11th. When I try to run manually, I get error code 80070426. I ran the diagnostic test last week, and it told me my copy of Windows Vista was not valid, which disturbed me greatly, as I was pretty sure I had bought the laptop with Vista already installed from a legitimate source. I did not save those results, I'm sad to say. Anyway, I was reassured so I tried running the diagnostic again today to send the results, and got different results. See below.
This is a Vista 32-bit laptop, if that helps any.
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0019.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Genuine
Validation Code: 0
Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0x80070426
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-6HVMF-TTJ34-P92J4
Windows Product Key Hash: 7KRyNvkpDG8G18qCc8dsDeUtcCg=
Windows Product ID: 89572-OEM-7332166-00042
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 6.0.6002.2.00010300.2.0.002
ID: {156CC72A-1A87-4768-A9B5-D9E7C3BDF198}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.9.42.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Basic
Architecture: 0x00000000
Build lab: 6002.vistasp2_gdr.091208-0542
TTS Error:
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A
WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WGA 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: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 103 Blocked VLK
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 - 103 Blocked VLK
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-604-645_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>{156CC72A-1A87-4768-A9B5-D9E7C3BDF198}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0019.0</Version><OS>6.0.6002.2.00010300.2.0.002</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-P92J4</PKey><PID>89572-OEM-7332166-00042</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-644397847-1330934958-271394337</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>eMachines </Manufacturer><Model>eMachines E620 </Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>eMachines</Manufacturer><Version>V1.03 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20080930000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>F9313507018400F6</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>SA Western Standard Time(GMT-04:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>GATEWA</OEMID><OEMTableID>SYSTEM </OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>103</Result><Products><Product GUID="{90120000-0030-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>103</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007</Name><Ver>12</Ver><Val>ACD7202654E586</Val><Hash>fFic3JgCreGGRxyF8uMWB4R4Jcg=</Hash><Pid>89388-707-1528066-65453</Pid><PidType>14</PidType></Product></Products><Applications><App Id="15" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="16" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="18" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="19" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="1A" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="1B" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="44" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="A1" Version="12" Result="103"/><App Id="BA" Version="12" Result="103"/></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: NgAAAAEAAgABAAEAAwABAAAAAwABAAEAJJS6rdiEfI24kWS2IEemevL0FBi+f8C5HjysVgK0
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 PTLTD APIC
FACP ATI Moray
HPET PTLTD HPETTBL
MCFG PTLTD MCFG
SLIC GATEWA SYSTEM
EINJ PTL WHEAPTL
HEST PTL WHEAPTL
BERT PTL WHEAPTL
SSDT wheaos wheaosc
ERST PTL WHEAPTL
SSDT wheaos wheaosc
Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:50 PM
Answers
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Hello whitebellysheep,
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.
C) If you receive no System Error and the Service start but then stops almost immediately: Something is apparently activity stopping the service. Most likely caused by some other dependent Windows Service or possibly a Malware infection. While the Software Licensing Service, itself, is part of the Anti-piracy sub-system, the running (and stopping) of Windows Services is a Vista core system that I have no insight to and is supported by Vista support at http://support.microsoft.com
Thank you,
Darin MS- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:10 AM
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:10 AM
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Hello whitebellysheep,
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.
C) If you receive no System Error and the Service start but then stops almost immediately: Something is apparently activity stopping the service. Most likely caused by some other dependent Windows Service or possibly a Malware infection. While the Software Licensing Service, itself, is part of the Anti-piracy sub-system, the running (and stopping) of Windows Services is a Vista core system that I have no insight to and is supported by Vista support at http://support.microsoft.com
Thank you,
Darin MS- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:10 AM
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:10 AM -
Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:23 PM
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can hapl me what can i do?
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