Hello IbuHeather,
Right now, your computer has a Volume Licensing edition of XP Pro installed (Line 10), and that installation was done with a now-geographically blocked Volume Licensing Key (VLK) (Line 2). VLKs are blocked by Microsoft at the request of the original keyholder for such reasons as the key was lost, stolen, compromised, misused, or expired. Also, MS may have blocked the key if it notices a pattern of misuse, ie, more installations of XP using that key than authorized.
A geogrpahically blocked key is blocked when it is detected in use outside of the worldwide geographic area(s) covered by its VL Agreement. The particular Product Key you are using, which ends in 3R89F-D2KXW-VPK3J, is a widely pirated key, and it looks like it recently (end of March, 2009 for time zones other than USA, and very recently [last week] for some USA time zones) had a geographic block put on it to try to curb its use, which probably explains why it was showing as Genuine up until recently.
Also note that the installed license for XP Pro is a Volume License. As a rule, VL editions of XP should not be sold to individual consumers. Businesses, schools and gov'ts normally use VL editions for flexibility in installing many computers. Additionally, VL editions are Upgrade licenses ONLY, and therfore cannot be used as the primary or base license for a computer (i.e. No legit computer would come Pre-Installed with a Volume License verion of Windows)
This is why you were seeing the "software counterfeiting" messages on your computer, because the current installation of XP is an unauthorized installation. The current nongenuine installation of XP did NOT come from HP/Compaq. The most common way these things end up this way is if you had your computer "fixed" by an untrained computer repair technician or perhaps by well-meaning friend, who probably used a downloaded copy of XP Pro along with a widely pirated Volume Licensing Key.
Look on the computer or in the materials that came with your computer to see if you have a Windows Certificate of Authenticity (CoA) and/or an Office Certificate of Authenticity.
Windows XP purchased in retail packaging will have the CoA on the retail package boxtop, and will have the Product Key on a yellow-orange label affixed to the CD holder folder inside the box.
1. What edition of Windows XP does the COA (or documentation) say? Is it the same as the one currently on the computer?
2. Does the Product Key on the COA sticker (or on the documents that came with computer) match the Product Key listed in your Diagnostic Report? (DO NOT post the Product Key printed on the CoA.)
If the CoA on your computer is for the same version of XP as is currently installed (in your case XP Pro), and the Product Key is not the same as the one shown in the Diagnostic Report, then the first thing to try is the Product Key Updater Utility here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=45668 Running this utility will attempt to screen about 6,000 files for itegrity and then, if possible, convert your nongenuine installation of XP Pro VLK back to a genuine installation of XP Pro by exchanging the VLK key with the key from the COA. The PK Updater is not always able to handle severely damaged or modified installations of XP.
If the CoA is not for XP Pro, or the PK Updater cannot handle the situation, then your only available alternative is to backup and offload your data and use the Recovery Solution (supplied with the computer) to Recover the computer back to a factory-fresh installation of the original XP installed. The Recovery Solution is usually a hidden Recovery partition, or a set of CDs, or both. (contact the Manufaturer of the computer for assistance if you can't find the recovery software or don't know how to conduct the Recovery).
If the key on the COA (or on the documents that came with computer) match the Non-Genuine VLK Product Key listed in your Diagnostic Report, contact the person or company that sold you the computer and demand the Genuine Microsoft Software that you paid to be included in your computer. I also encourage you to submit a Piracy Report at http://microsoft.com/piracy
Thank you,
Darin MS
