Key work in virtual PC but not in real one !?

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Thomas H.

For about 3 weeks, Vista Beta 2 worked fine (in a beta way).
After that, (one instance of) svchost.exe began to explode a few minutes
after login, eating up all of my RAM % CPU.
It seemed to have s.th. to do with automatic update.

I did not find a solution, so I decided to do a fresh install of Vista
Beta 2, but surprisingly the setup won't accept my (valid) key. Sad,
because I really want to test Vista a little more.

More surprisingly my key works, when I try to install Vista inside MS
Virtual PC 2004 (disabled network, don't know if that helped).
 
T

Thomas H.

Am 01.08.2006 said:
For about 3 weeks, Vista Beta 2 worked fine (in a beta way).
After that, (one instance of) svchost.exe began to explode a few minutes
after login, eating up all of my RAM % CPU.
It seemed to have s.th. to do with automatic update.

I did not find a solution, so I decided to do a fresh install of Vista
Beta 2, but surprisingly the setup won't accept my (valid) key. Sad,
because I really want to test Vista a little more.

More surprisingly my key works, when I try to install Vista inside MS
Virtual PC 2004 (disabled network, don't know if that helped).
Click to expand...

There's more in vista than TRUE and FALSE.

Either a product key is valid or not. But not in Vista, you only have to
be obtrusive enough:

quoted from "setupact.log" (relevant parts marked with <<<<< #####):
(...)
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Warning IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Product key did
not successfully pass validation. <<<<< #####
Info [0x06012e] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: ProductKey
Value=NULLSTR Error= ERROR_INVALID_DATA Show= 1
Info [0x060130] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Exit
Info [0x0a0135] UI Next rejected. Remaining on Page Product Key.
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Warning IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Product key did
not successfully pass validation. <<<<< #####
Info [0x06012e] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: ProductKey
Value=NULLSTR Error= ERROR_INVALID_DATA Show= 1
Info [0x060130] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Exit
Info [0x0a0135] UI Next rejected. Remaining on Page Product Key.
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Info [0x060125] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Successfully
validated product key <<<<< #####
Info IBS SetVolLicInfoOnBb: Product Key is not a Vol
license key.
Info IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: EditionID for
product key is Ultimate.
Info IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: EulaType
(a.k.a. ChannelType) for product key is [MSDN].
Info DIAG CallBack_EditionID called with notification
for ProductKey
(...)

I did't chnage the key, just hit "next" a few times ;)
 
G

Guest

Maybe contact your MSDN help desk for key replacement. Apparently you are
part of the MSDN Vista Beta channel.

Thomas H. said:
Am 01.08.2006 said:
For about 3 weeks, Vista Beta 2 worked fine (in a beta way).
After that, (one instance of) svchost.exe began to explode a few minutes
after login, eating up all of my RAM % CPU.
It seemed to have s.th. to do with automatic update.

I did not find a solution, so I decided to do a fresh install of Vista
Beta 2, but surprisingly the setup won't accept my (valid) key. Sad,
because I really want to test Vista a little more.

More surprisingly my key works, when I try to install Vista inside MS
Virtual PC 2004 (disabled network, don't know if that helped).
Click to expand...

There's more in vista than TRUE and FALSE.

Either a product key is valid or not. But not in Vista, you only have to
be obtrusive enough:

quoted from "setupact.log" (relevant parts marked with <<<<< #####):
(...)
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Warning IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Product key did
not successfully pass validation. <<<<< #####
Info [0x06012e] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: ProductKey
Value=NULLSTR Error= ERROR_INVALID_DATA Show= 1
Info [0x060130] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Exit
Info [0x0a0135] UI Next rejected. Remaining on Page Product Key.
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Warning IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Product key did
not successfully pass validation. <<<<< #####
Info [0x06012e] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: ProductKey
Value=NULLSTR Error= ERROR_INVALID_DATA Show= 1
Info [0x060130] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Exit
Info [0x0a0135] UI Next rejected. Remaining on Page Product Key.
Info [0x060122] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Entry
Info [0x060124] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Validating
Product Key
Info [0x060125] IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: Successfully
validated product key <<<<< #####
Info IBS SetVolLicInfoOnBb: Product Key is not a Vol
license key.
Info IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: EditionID for
product key is Ultimate.
Info IBS Callback_Productkey_Validate: EulaType
(a.k.a. ChannelType) for product key is [MSDN].
Info DIAG CallBack_EditionID called with notification
for ProductKey
(...)

I did't chnage the key, just hit "next" a few times ;)
Click to expand...
 

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