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SSD installation has caused problems with WGA

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Hi There, I own a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (paid for) that I've been using for a couple of years now with my home built PC.
Recently after having boot speed issues I decided to update my hard drive to a SSD. After installing a new OCZ drive, which proved to be unreliable, I reverted back to my old conventional HD (which still had the old windows installation on it - I work from home, so I can't sit around!), 2 weeks later, I then received a replacement SSD, and today reinstalled a fresh copy of windows upon it and instantly saw an improvement.
I rebooted and swapped boot drives over to rescue some files from the old drive, then rebooted back to the new C: (SSD) only to find I got the message "An unauthorised change was made to windows", the WGA process fails as my default browser is chrome, as it opens http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/?OSV=6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.000.09.1033&RFM=2&LegitCheckError=C004D401 I click "Validate now" when I open the legitcheck.hta, it opens in what looks like IE, says validation in progress, then pops up a windows activation dialog over the window, again saying "an unauthorised change was made to windows, learn more online etc" I click close, then the window behind it says "Windows validation was interrupted".
Whats going on... I can't see that I'm doing anything wrong here - whats wrong with booting back to an old installation to recover data? And more importantly, what happens if my new SSD drive also turns out to be faulty, am I going to have the same issue again!
Please can you advise what I should do to resolve this. And No, I'm not going to buy Vista again or upgrade to Windows 7!
I downloaded the WGA diagnostic tool as instructed and here is the validation info.
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid License
Validation Code: 50
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004d401
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-KH8FQ-HMKCR-8C4XY
Windows Product Key Hash: QqPDOE3us2dT/IcUxtNKN2rwxgs=
Windows Product ID: 89587-OEM-7347626-29671
Windows Product ID Type: 3
Windows License Type: OEM System Builder
Windows OS version: 6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.001
ID: {01ABA45E-A1FB-4800-B2B5-720D568C41FD}(1)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
LegitcheckControl ActiveX: Registered, 1.9.42.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Ultimate
Architecture: 0x00000009
Build lab: 6001.longhorn_rtm.080118-1840
TTS Error: M:20111129220409452-
Validation Diagnostic:
Resolution Status: N/A
Vista WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Windows XP 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
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: 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 7.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Users\dirk\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.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>{01ABA45E-A1FB-4800-B2B5-720D568C41FD}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.001</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-8C4XY</PKey><PID>89587-OEM-7347626-29671</PID><PIDType>3</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-3126973397-395722349-3916807894</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>XFX</Manufacturer><Model>MB-750I-72P9</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>V1.4B1</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="5"/><Date>20090204000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>DD303507018400FA</HWID><UserLCID>0809</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>GMT Standard Time(GMT+00:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
Spsys.log Content: U1BMRwEAAAAAAQAACAAAAHMHAAAAAAAAYWECAAAAAABW2unR4q7MARhy9171jCizkdIEkQaJZ66iuAuPVJ36G4sNogzzjYifAX3GMGC0HsImgP2mnW+yoCd7IPmIgITKmLNv1wD2WLb5omxjYkMaRilNzK90m9/q4DkkCd2V0+w0qMw9NW1lJIqaMVS50xsGhTiu2v3HTjLlzsauw1rN6YPtvvhlgmsOgBe4wEVRYcHWzat6M07q88GxBpop0WwiuBXa5HXuzs1OU5kpI4Km83cHZMn5BmY2HdKPD8tNYkwP34K9Ekif+jOQ1ifb1stzrqx+w3WNaAwzkNYn29bLc66sfsN1jWgMM5DWJ9vWy3OurH7DdY1oDDOQ1ifb1stzrqx+w3WNaAw=
Licensing Data-->
C:\Windows\system32\slmgr.vbs(1634, 5) (null): 0xC004D401
Windows Activation Technologies-->
N/A
HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current: PAAAAAEABgABAAEAAQADAAAAAgABAAEAln1+LoIT0ug8h8p2ThhIJAiFJEqqS/L0Yj1gdr1+ol+sVswx
OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
Windows marker version: N/A
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: N/A
BIOS Information:
ACPI Table Name OEMID Value OEMTableID Value
APIC 020409 APIC1726
FACP 020409 FACP1726
HPET 020409 OEMHPET0
MCFG 020409 OEMMCFG
OEMB 020409 OEMB1726
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:27 PM
Answers
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"derekcfoley" wrote in message news:d663ec23-bead-410f-a4b4-4f9b84dde216...
Hi There, I own a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (paid for) that I've been using for a couple of years now with my home built PC.
Recently after having boot speed issues I decided to update my hard drive to a SSD. After installing a new OCZ drive, which proved to be unreliable, I reverted back to my old conventional HD (which still had the old windows installation on it - I work from home, so I can't sit around!), 2 weeks later, I then received a replacement SSD, and today reinstalled a fresh copy of windows upon it and instantly saw an improvement.
I rebooted and swapped boot drives over to rescue some files from the old drive, then rebooted back to the new C: (SSD) only to find I got the message "An unauthorised change was made to windows", the WGA process fails as my default browser is chrome, as it opens http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/?OSV=6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.000.09.1033&RFM=2&LegitCheckError=C004D401 I click "Validate now" when I open the legitcheck.hta, it opens in what looks like IE, says validation in progress, then pops up a windows activation dialog over the window, again saying "an unauthorised change was made to windows, learn more online etc" I click close, then the window behind it says "Windows validation was interrupted".
Whats going on... I can't see that I'm doing anything wrong here - whats wrong with booting back to an old installation to recover data? And more importantly, what happens if my new SSD drive also turns out to be faulty, am I going to have the same issue again!
Please can you advise what I should do to resolve this. And No, I'm not going to buy Vista again or upgrade to Windows 7!
I downloaded the WGA diagnostic tool as instructed and here is the validation info.
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
-----------------------------------------
Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid License
Validation Code: 50
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004d401
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-KH8FQ-HMKCR-8C4XY
Windows Product Key Hash: QqPDOE3us2dT/IcUxtNKN2rwxgs=
Windows Product ID: 89587-OEM-7347626-29671
Windows Product ID Type: 3
Windows License Type: OEM System Builder
Windows OS version: 6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.001
Other data-->
SYSTEM><Manufacturer>XFX</Manufacturer><Model>MB-750I-72P9</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>V1.4B1</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="5"/><Date>20090204000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS
Licensing Data-->
C:\Windows\system32\slmgr.vbs(1634, 5) (null): 0xC004D401
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
You may have a problem.OEM Licenses are locked to the first motherboard on which they are activated.The only acceptable reason for changing the motherboard is failure of the board, and replacement under warranty.Having said that – I don’t see that this is your problem.The problem I *DO* see is getting to be common nowadays – that new Anti-Virus apps get snotty about Vista installations that have not been updated to SP2 level.I suspect that your AV (in Vista) is either Avast, or BitDefender?Look here for a solution.
Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth- Proposed as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:25 AM
- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:02 AM
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:50 PMModerator
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I forgot to mention that the motherboard also failed recently too and I could not get a replacement from the same manufacturer, (e.g. original was Asus, new one is XFX).Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:29 PM
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"derekcfoley" wrote in message news:d663ec23-bead-410f-a4b4-4f9b84dde216...
Hi There, I own a copy of Windows Vista Ultimate (paid for) that I've been using for a couple of years now with my home built PC.
Recently after having boot speed issues I decided to update my hard drive to a SSD. After installing a new OCZ drive, which proved to be unreliable, I reverted back to my old conventional HD (which still had the old windows installation on it - I work from home, so I can't sit around!), 2 weeks later, I then received a replacement SSD, and today reinstalled a fresh copy of windows upon it and instantly saw an improvement.
I rebooted and swapped boot drives over to rescue some files from the old drive, then rebooted back to the new C: (SSD) only to find I got the message "An unauthorised change was made to windows", the WGA process fails as my default browser is chrome, as it opens http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/?OSV=6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.000.09.1033&RFM=2&LegitCheckError=C004D401 I click "Validate now" when I open the legitcheck.hta, it opens in what looks like IE, says validation in progress, then pops up a windows activation dialog over the window, again saying "an unauthorised change was made to windows, learn more online etc" I click close, then the window behind it says "Windows validation was interrupted".
Whats going on... I can't see that I'm doing anything wrong here - whats wrong with booting back to an old installation to recover data? And more importantly, what happens if my new SSD drive also turns out to be faulty, am I going to have the same issue again!
Please can you advise what I should do to resolve this. And No, I'm not going to buy Vista again or upgrade to Windows 7!
I downloaded the WGA diagnostic tool as instructed and here is the validation info.
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
-----------------------------------------
Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid License
Validation Code: 50
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0xc004d401
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-KH8FQ-HMKCR-8C4XY
Windows Product Key Hash: QqPDOE3us2dT/IcUxtNKN2rwxgs=
Windows Product ID: 89587-OEM-7347626-29671
Windows Product ID Type: 3
Windows License Type: OEM System Builder
Windows OS version: 6.0.6001.2.00010100.1.0.001
Other data-->
SYSTEM><Manufacturer>XFX</Manufacturer><Model>MB-750I-72P9</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>V1.4B1</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="5"/><Date>20090204000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS
Licensing Data-->
C:\Windows\system32\slmgr.vbs(1634, 5) (null): 0xC004D401
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC table
You may have a problem.OEM Licenses are locked to the first motherboard on which they are activated.The only acceptable reason for changing the motherboard is failure of the board, and replacement under warranty.Having said that – I don’t see that this is your problem.The problem I *DO* see is getting to be common nowadays – that new Anti-Virus apps get snotty about Vista installations that have not been updated to SP2 level.I suspect that your AV (in Vista) is either Avast, or BitDefender?Look here for a solution.
Noel Paton | Nil Carborundum Illegitemi | CrashFixPC | The Three-toed Sloth- Proposed as answer by Darin Smith MS Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:25 AM
- Marked as answer by Darin Smith MS Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:02 AM
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:50 PMModerator -
No reply from the Original Poster.
Issue is assumed to be resolved.
Darin MSSaturday, December 3, 2011 12:02 AM