I was horrified to find my version of windows was not legal on the computer I had had built for me. Not being able to contact the person who originaly built the PC I purchased what I though was a legal OEM copy of windowsa XP professional from Amazon. I formatted my disc and installed the software with no problems. I downloaded and installed windows media playerr and all updates etc. The computwer has been running auto updates since Aug 2008 and now suddenly I find an alert flashing upm and staying on the screen saying my copy is illegal. The software is still being sold by I believe the same seller on Amazon. I have dpone the checks I have found linked to the alert and as far as I cqan tell everything looks legal (the packaginf/label etc). The 1 thing that dosent check out is the actual disc does not change from copper to vibrant colour when tilted. I am extremely upset and am not in a position to pay nearly £100 pounds after already paying nearly £80 for what I thought was a genuine copy of XP.
here is the report from the validation check
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0011.0):
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WGA Data-->
Validation Status: Invalid Product Key
Validation Code: 8
Cached Validation Code: N/A
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-P6KB6-6WMCY-6C4BT
Windows Product Key Hash: 3e74jA/QptNjEziU7RxkzTkZAew=
Windows Product ID: 55274-640-7332866-23068
Windows Product ID Type: 1
Windows License Type: Volume
Windows OS version: 5.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0.pro
ID: {C17F8CDC-912E-4635-AC50-814280985C81}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 0x0
WGA Version: Registered, 1.9.40.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Product Name: N/A
Architecture: N/A
Build lab: N/A
TTS Error: N/A
Validation Diagnostic: 025D1FF3-230-1
Resolution Status: N/A
WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A
Version: N/A
WGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: 8
File Exists: Yes
Version: 1.9.40.0
WgaTray.exe Signed By: Microsoft
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: Microsoft
OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: 2.0.48.0
OGAExec.exe Signed By: Microsoft
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: Microsoft
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: Registered, 2.0.48.0
Signed By: Microsoft
Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-230-1
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>{C17F8CDC-912E-4635-AC50-814280985C81}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0011.0</Version><OS>5.1.2600.2.00010100.3.0.pro</OS><Architecture>x32</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-6C4BT</PKey><PID>55274-640-7332866-23068</PID><PIDType>1</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-1659004503-1957994488-725345543</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>Time Computers</Manufacturer><Model>KM266-8237</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>Phoenix Technologies, LTD</Manufacturer><Version>6.00 PG</Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="3"/><Date>20040728000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>5F11366701842E6B</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><File Name="WgaTray.exe" Version="1.9.40.0"/><File Name="WgaLogon.dll" Version="1.9.40.0"/><File Name="OGAAddin.dll" Version="2.0.48.0"/></GANotification></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
Licensing Data-->
N/A
HWID Data-->
N/A
OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
BIOS string matches: yes
Marker string from BIOS: 1085B:Time Computers|1085B:Time Computers
Marker string from OEMBIOS.DAT: N/A, hr = 0x80004005
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
N/A
what steps do I now need to take
thanks in advance for your help
