Something strange happened with both the Windows validation and WGA validation a few days ago. See, I have reinstalled Windows XP Professional more than once (on the same PC, around 5 times), and have never had any sort of validation problem, until now. I tried to use Microsoft Update and failed due to WGA validation not going through. This is normal, I guess, since the product key that I have used each time without complication suddenly refused to pass, saying that the times you can activate Windows with the key have been exceeded (message number 45092). What to do? I tried to validate by phone, to no avail (no answer?). Surely there must be an easier way.
Here are the results for the Genuine Advantage diagnostics... Diagnostic Report (1.7.0012.0): ----------------------------------------- WGA Data--> Validation Status: Not Activated Detailed Status: N/A Windows Product Key: *****-*****-6DYQ2-49YGK-BJMFM Windows Product Key Hash: 6wmGaGdm7vo3T+Tvm9kflmnwY+Q= Windows Product ID: 76487-OEM-2258623-79720 Windows Product ID Type: 3 Windows License Type: OEM System Builder Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro ID: 53d2138d-988e-43bd-a8d5-a74629811249 Is Admin: Yes AutoDial: No Registry: 0x0 WGA Version: Registered, 1.5.723.1 Signed By: Microsoft Product Name: N/A Architecture: N/A Build lab: N/A TTS Error: N/A 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