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Windows Genuine Advantage Notification

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I receive the message "updates were unable to be successfully installed" when trying to install KB905474 (Windows Genuine Advantage Notification. Why and Is that preventing me from upgradiing SP2?Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:41 PM
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In order to provide a ready resource for our customers to troubleshoot validation problems we have provided the following diagnostic site:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/
By following the directions on this site you may be able to resolve this issue. If this still fails please provide us with the diagnostics information from the WGA Diag Tool located here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
By using the “copy” button you can paste the information in its entirety to the forum.
Note: Never post Product Keys to the internet or these forums
Hth
dave
Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:10 AM
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tomas41:
Can you download and run the following tool?
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
Please press “copy to clipboard” and paste the response on the forum.
Thanks,
Greg
Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:50 PM -
In order to provide a ready resource for our customers to troubleshoot validation problems we have provided the following diagnostic site:
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/
By following the directions on this site you may be able to resolve this issue. If this still fails please provide us with the diagnostics information from the WGA Diag Tool located here:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
By using the “copy” button you can paste the information in its entirety to the forum.
Note: Never post Product Keys to the internet or these forums
Hth
dave
Sunday, May 21, 2006 8:10 AM -
I have followed these direction and cannot get the notification to install:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=441186&SiteID=25
Please help
WGA Diagnostic Data (1.5.0530.2):
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Genuine Validation Status: Genuine
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-2QPXJ-3W7MX-96DHW
Windows Product Key Hash: 3LjQPl25GpA57VTx/xlD2uiAS1s=
Windows Product ID: 76487-OEM-2265085-76547
Windows Product ID Type: 3
Windows License Type: COA/Sysem Builder
Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro
Download Center code: Retrieving code...
ID: 45b2c8cd-f92a-4e2b-9727-81e1432a3a2a
Is Admin: Yes
AutoDial:
Registry: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.5.530.0.
Signature Type: Microsoft.
Validation Diagnostic:Scan: Complete
Cryptography: CompleteOffice Status: 109
Office Diagnostics: B4D0AA8B-467-80070002Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; 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: AllowedOffice Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>45b2c8cd-f92a-4e2b-9727-81e1432a3a2a</UGUID><Version>1.5.0530.2</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.2.0.pro</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-96DHW</PKey><PID>76487-OEM-2265085-76547</PID><PIDType>3</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-562905656-2068322056-1126240958</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>System manufacturer</Manufacturer><Model>System Product Name</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>0205 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="3"/><Date>20060428000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>6D0730E70184806D</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time(GMT-08:00)</TimeZone></MachineData> <Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
Windows XP Windows Genuine Advantage Notification (KB905474) Wednesday, June 07, 2006 Microsoft Update Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Results
PassedActive scripting allowedPassedDisplay images enabledPassedComputer time and date correctPassedActiveX enabledPassedActiveX controls loadingPassedActiveX controls connect with Microsoft validation serversWednesday, June 7, 2006 4:43 PM