I am once again receiving an error that my Vista OS is not genuine. I have been forced to re-activate by phone 5 times in 4 months of using Vista. The only thing I have ever done is add a sound card, a TV card, and an external drive. This latest business must be the result of updating a video or sound driver. After 5 years of development, is this the best Microsoft could do to make the Vista experience more enjoyable for the eng-user? When 90% of the hardware remains the same, why should that trigger a reactivation. Is it too much to tie the hardware flag to the motherboard HWID. I''m a systems admin for a medium sized company. We have rolled out a few Vista platforms, and we do not have these issues with our business version ( non-VLK). Why should the threshold be so low for consumers with a legitimate copy? Here's my report, as I hold the my Software Assurance copy of Vista in my hand (no, it's not on more than one machine)
Diagnostic Report (1.7.0012.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid License
Detailed Status: 0x0
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-JXTFP-HBV77-JXQHJ
Windows Product Key Hash: 2x3KE3M7EmrgXd8ybyZVOt6phfc=
Windows Product ID: 89580-014-0290845-71647
Windows Product ID Type: 5
Windows License Type: Retail
Windows OS version: 6.0.6000.2.00010100.0.0.001
ID: ad13ef50-7e5d-496b-9756-827ea9961b0b
Is Admin: No
AutoDial: No
Registry: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.5.723.1
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
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 100 Genuine
OGA Version: Failed to retrieve file version. - 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: FCEE394C-3178-80070002_B4D0AA8B-530-645_025D1FF3-138-80041010_025D1FF3-324-80040154_025D1FF3-269-80040154_025D1FF3-273-80070002
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>ad13ef50-7e5d-496b-9756-827ea9961b0b</UGUID><Version>1.7.0012.0</Version><OS>6.0.6000.2.00010100.0.0.001</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-JXQHJ</PKey><PID>89580-014-0290845-71647</PID><PIDType>5</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-192211369-537803885-46281877</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>System manufacturer</Manufacturer><Model>System Product Name</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Phoenix Technologies, LTD</Manufacturer><Version>ASUS CROSSHAIR ACPI BIOS Revision 0502</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20070102000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>02313507018400F6</HWID><UserLCID>0409</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/></MachineData> <Software><Office><Result>100</Result><Products><Product GUID="{90120000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>100</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007</Name><Ver>12</Ver><Val>4AF4C0AFBFF9D86</Val><Hash>EKdkVSy51+ZCpsGc/wsJXkRnwAo=</Hash><Pid>89409-707-1554625-65129</Pid><PidType>14</PidType></Product></Products></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
Pissed again,
TK
