Vista Suddenly given 'Not Authentic' error code, Validation Failed.

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  Hello teenieteenez,
  
    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. If you receive an error, post the exact error message in this thread.
  
    Also tell me if you are using a 32 or 64bit version of Vista and if you have recently used any kind of 'Registry Cleaner' program (and if so, which one)
  
  
  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
  
  
  Note: If you receive error "System error 3 has occurred.  The system cannot find the path specified." then go to the main Vista Validation Forum page http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinevista/threads/, the first link under "Announcements" titled "Fix for ‘Software Licensing service Has Stopped’ on some Vista 64bit systems" has steps that should fix your issue.
  
  Thank you,
  Darin MS

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  • Proposed as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:08 PM
  • Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:52 PM

  Wednesday, March 4, 2009 8:08 PM
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  Id failed to mention due to my limited time yesterday,  that after reading through the forums prior, i'd tried restarting the service. It didn't work. I then tried the next step in the instructions, even though i didnt receive the same error message listed. After i'd created and run the .reg file, i tried to restart the service, which did in fact start. I then simultaneously began typing my original post on the forum, which was a thank you for fixing my issue, and rerunning the windows Validation service. Needless to say, before id finished the message i'd realized that though the service did in fact restart, the problem still existed.
  I have also been using a program that i suspect may have deleted the registry key. It's called CCleaner version 2, and i've used it many times and not experienced problems until these recently.
  When i try now to follow the instructions in your last post, the error i receive says:
  The software licensing service couldnt be started. A system error has occurred. System error 57346 has occured. The system cannot find message text for message number 0xe002 in the message file for BASE.
  Thank you again for ur help!
  

  Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:20 AM
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  Also, i believe i'm using 64.

  Thursday, March 5, 2009 5:21 AM
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  Hi teenieteenez,
  
    Just to confirm, you are still experiencing a Non-Genuine issue?
  
  If so, go ahead and re-generate a new Diagnostic Report so I can see if anything has changed since you followed those steps.
  
  Thanks,
  Darin MS

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  Thursday, March 5, 2009 9:32 PM
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  Diagnostic Report (1.9.0006.1):

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  WGA Data-->

  Validation Status: Invalid License

  Validation Code: 50

  Online Validation Code: 0x80070426

  Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0x80070426

  Windows Product Key: *****-*****-27HYQ-XTKW2-WQD8Q

  Windows Product Key Hash: U8YEZzymoD4DMyaMb32rPrNIS90=

  Windows Product ID: 89578-OEM-7332157-00061

  Windows Product ID Type: 2

  Windows License Type: OEM SLP

  Windows OS version: 6.0.6000.2.00010300.0.0.003

  ID: {2F284E86-06EA-47C3-84E5-E5E617DE7461}(3)

  Is Admin: Yes

  TestCab: 0x0

  WGA Version: Registered, 1.7.69.2

  Signed By: Microsoft

  Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

  Architecture: 0x00000000

  Build lab: 6000.vista_gdr.080917-1612

  TTS Error: 

  Validation Diagnostic: 

  Resolution Status: N/A

  
  

  WgaER Data-->

  ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002

  Version: 6.0.6001.18000

  
  

  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

  WGATray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

  OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

  
  

  OGA Data-->

  Office Status: 100 Genuine

  Microsoft Office XP Professional - 100 Genuine

  OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002

  Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

  Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-604-645_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:\PROGRA~1\MOZILL~1\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>{2F284E86-06EA-47C3-84E5-E5E617DE7461}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0006.1</Version><OS>6.0.6000.2.00010300.0.0.003</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-WQD8Q</PKey><PID>89578-OEM-7332157-00061</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-1914062378-2456029533-3744686952</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Hewlett-Packard</Manufacturer><Model>HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC    </Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Hewlett-Packard</Manufacturer><Version>F.2A    </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="4"/><Date>20080222000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>12323507018400FE</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time(GMT-08:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>HPQOEM</OEMID><OEMTableID>SLIC-MPC</OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>100</Result><Products><Product GUID="{91110409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}"><LegitResult>100</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft Office XP Professional</Name><Ver>10</Ver><Val>8674411D3A43A7A</Val><Hash>uQLVjOdOyzFoPQTShde8K8kTAYE=</Hash><Pid>54186-701-6359014-17252</Pid><PidType>1</PidType></Product></Products><Applications><App Id="15" Version="10" Result="100"/><App Id="16" Version="10" Result="100"/><App Id="18" Version="10" Result="100"/><App Id="1A" Version="10" Result="100"/><App Id="1B" Version="10" Result="100"/></Applications></Office></Software></GenuineResults>  

  
  

  Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002

  
  

  Licensing Data-->

  Software Licensing service is not running.

  
  

  HWID Data-->

  HWID Hash Current: PgAAAAEABwABAAEAAQACAAAAAwABAAEAJJTUyBDedhu84yC+gASIzAaYmGCGNEQs8vTqWg6v/i8AC6xWeKo=

  
  

  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 NVIDIA MCP67-M 

    SRAT AMD   HAMMER  

    HPET PTLTD HPETTBL 

    BOOT PTLTD $SBFTBL$

    MCFG PTLTD  MCFG  

    TCPA Phoeni x      

    SSDT PTLTD POWERNOW

    SLIC HPQOEM SLIC-MPC

  
  

  
  

  Friday, March 6, 2009 5:52 AM
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  Hi teenieteenez,
  
    We have found that there are actually a number of different types of the "Software Licensing Service has stopped (and won't restart)" issue. We clasify them by what error message the user gets whe he/she tries to restart the service.
  
  
  We have a fix (and a root cause) for the "System error 3, The system cannot find the path specified." type. But we do not yet have a fix for the "System error 57346, The system cannot find message text for message number 0xe002 in the message file for BASE." type. 
  
  If you are willing, I would like to have my Engineer contact you directly to troubleshoot the issue.
  
  To do this, we will need you to go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52029 and create a (no cost) Service Request and then post the SR's Confirmation Number in this thread. (Be sure to include, in your SR, an email address and/or a phone number that we can contact you at).
  
  Thank you!,
  Darin MS
  

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  Friday, March 6, 2009 8:35 PM
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  Hi Darin,
  
  No problem.
  
  

  Support request number:1096180873
  Thank you
  

  
  

  Monday, March 9, 2009 10:41 PM
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  Thanks Teenieteenez!
  
  my Engineer will be contact you as soon as possible.
  
  Darin MS

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  • Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:52 PM

  Monday, March 9, 2009 11:55 PM