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Hello,
I have a problem related to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) and Windows
Product Activation (WPA). I use an OEM license type of Windows XP Home
Edition with SP2.
Recently I enabled the guest user account on my computer. The guest account
is actually the guest user account which it’s turned off by default in
Windows XP. Every time I logged on to that account a pop-up balloon informed
me that I might be a victim of software counterfeiting and my copy of Windows
is not genuine. When I logged off from the guest account I was notified again
on the welcome screen that Windows is not genuine. Further more, when I
logged on to my other user account with administrative privileges a dialog
box informed me again that my copy of Windows is not genuine and I had to
wait a few seconds before continuing.
On the other hand when I logged on to my administrator account just after
Windows was loaded, I didn't receive any notifications neither on the welcome
screen nor in the notification area from the taskbar.
I went to http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and I successfully validated my
copy of Windows, but after logging on the guest account the Windows Genuine
notifications popped-up again. So my guess is that Windows Genuine
notifications were triggered every time I used the guest user account.
There is an entire section with this kind of issues related to WGA available
at http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine and I already requested help there.
Using a third-party tool I managed to obtain the product key for my copy of
Windows and I was surprised to find out it didn't match the product key from
the COA.
Product Key found with third-party tool: *****-*****-*****-2CXKV-GMP22-HF2BQ
Product Key from the COA: *****-*****-*****-*****-*****-B4VHD
I used KeyUpdateTool available at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink...nkId=50346&clcid=0x409 to change the product
key and now I see myself in the situation of dealing with Windows Product
Activation. The activation notifications are displayed on the welcome screen
as well as in the notification area from the taskbar in every user account.
So I'm prompted to activate my Windows copy or else in less than 30 days it
will lock up.
I already tried unsuccessfully to activate my copy of Windows over the
Internet and this concerns me. Windows was pre-installed on my HP notebook
and despite the fact I performed clean installs of Windows, I never had to
activate it. I am aware that for OEM license type activation is not required.
Because Windows was already installed on my computer when I purchased it, I
have contacted my computer manufacturer, but they couldn’t assist me in this
matter. Below is the reply from a HP support specialist. Not very useful I’m
afraid.
<< This is not an issue with HP. We are getting lot of issues regarding the
same. Even though you have a genuine version of windows XP with a valid
product key, you may receive the error Windows activation while updating
windows. Microsoft has to release a patch for this.
Please refer the following link for more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/techn.../evaluate/xpactiv.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;307890 >>
Reinstalling Windows in order to eventually solve this problem is my last
option. I can provide further information, if necessary. I will appreciate if
anyone could kindly help me. Thank you.
I have a problem related to Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) and Windows
Product Activation (WPA). I use an OEM license type of Windows XP Home
Edition with SP2.
Recently I enabled the guest user account on my computer. The guest account
is actually the guest user account which it’s turned off by default in
Windows XP. Every time I logged on to that account a pop-up balloon informed
me that I might be a victim of software counterfeiting and my copy of Windows
is not genuine. When I logged off from the guest account I was notified again
on the welcome screen that Windows is not genuine. Further more, when I
logged on to my other user account with administrative privileges a dialog
box informed me again that my copy of Windows is not genuine and I had to
wait a few seconds before continuing.
On the other hand when I logged on to my administrator account just after
Windows was loaded, I didn't receive any notifications neither on the welcome
screen nor in the notification area from the taskbar.
I went to http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and I successfully validated my
copy of Windows, but after logging on the guest account the Windows Genuine
notifications popped-up again. So my guess is that Windows Genuine
notifications were triggered every time I used the guest user account.
There is an entire section with this kind of issues related to WGA available
at http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine and I already requested help there.
Using a third-party tool I managed to obtain the product key for my copy of
Windows and I was surprised to find out it didn't match the product key from
the COA.
Product Key found with third-party tool: *****-*****-*****-2CXKV-GMP22-HF2BQ
Product Key from the COA: *****-*****-*****-*****-*****-B4VHD
I used KeyUpdateTool available at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink...nkId=50346&clcid=0x409 to change the product
key and now I see myself in the situation of dealing with Windows Product
Activation. The activation notifications are displayed on the welcome screen
as well as in the notification area from the taskbar in every user account.
So I'm prompted to activate my Windows copy or else in less than 30 days it
will lock up.
I already tried unsuccessfully to activate my copy of Windows over the
Internet and this concerns me. Windows was pre-installed on my HP notebook
and despite the fact I performed clean installs of Windows, I never had to
activate it. I am aware that for OEM license type activation is not required.
Because Windows was already installed on my computer when I purchased it, I
have contacted my computer manufacturer, but they couldn’t assist me in this
matter. Below is the reply from a HP support specialist. Not very useful I’m
afraid.
<< This is not an issue with HP. We are getting lot of issues regarding the
same. Even though you have a genuine version of windows XP with a valid
product key, you may receive the error Windows activation while updating
windows. Microsoft has to release a patch for this.
Please refer the following link for more information:
http://www.microsoft.com/techn.../evaluate/xpactiv.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/d...x?scid=kb;en-us;307890 >>
Reinstalling Windows in order to eventually solve this problem is my last
option. I can provide further information, if necessary. I will appreciate if
anyone could kindly help me. Thank you.