Just lately I have been getting erratic behaviour from the (Microsoft) Validation checker tool. Sometimes it will generate a code which I can use to download from the download centre and some times it won't. Even worse on some occasions the code generated
makes the download centre unable to verify that my genuine XP is genuine. MGAD.exe does it's scan and always comes up with the continue button and not the resolve button, when the Validation checker is run after this, it generates a code the download centre
can accept.
I try to keep a "clean" computer, and generally try to use genuine MS products where I can. I regularly run security scans and AV checks, twice or more each week, I run a fully patched OS and use IE8 as my default browser. This is an issue that has occured
just of maybe the last 2-3 months, I've been running this XP pro version since 2004 with no prior issues with validation or wga. I have down loaded the Validation checker numerous times, to see if it was maybe an issue with the tool, it isn't, it appears that
something in my system is causing adverse effects on the tool itself, causing it to only work randomly. The wga diagnostic tool performs correctly every time.
What do I do now?
