Windows Valadation

[Guest]

I recently downloaded Windows Media Player 11 but have not been able to use
it because Microsoft keeps telling me that my copy of Windows is not genuine.
Copy of their message is attached:








They tell me that to find out why, I should click “Finish†at the bottom of
their message.










When I click “Finish†as per their instructions, I receive a message from
them in some Oriental language, as shown below:




I am presently employed in the Peoples Republic Of China, but
I don’t read or speak the language and my software don’t recognize the
characters, so I fail to gain much enlightenment from the details they
present.




My copy of Windows XP Pro. Is a full retail, full price ($319.00) version
about two years old and they have validated it on at least two prior
occasions.

I am not presently in the mood to spend $40.00 on an international telephone
call to help them correct a problem with their validation equipment, so any
advice on how to solve this some other way would be appreciated.

 

[You Know Who]

I cannot help but wonder why it has had to be validated twice already. At
any rate, simply downloading media player isn't likely to have been the only
source of the problem. At this point, you can either call Microsoft
whenever you get in the mood to do so, or you can go with things as is.

 

[Guest]

Try kb895931 For validation....

 

[GHalleck]

I recently downloaded Windows Media Player 11 but have not been able to use
it because Microsoft keeps telling me that my copy of Windows is not genuine.
Copy of their message is attached:

They tell me that to find out why, I should click “Finish†at the bottom of
their message.

When I click “Finish†as per their instructions, I receive a message from
them in some Oriental language, as shown below:

I am presently employed in the Peoples Republic Of China, but
I don’t read or speak the language and my software don’t recognize the
characters, so I fail to gain much enlightenment from the details they
present.

My copy of Windows XP Pro. Is a full retail, full price ($319.00) version
about two years old and they have validated it on at least two prior
occasions.

I am not presently in the mood to spend $40.00 on an international telephone
call to help them correct a problem with their validation equipment, so any
advice on how to solve this some other way would be appreciated.

Perhaps you might want to join somebody else with the same first
name as you but living in Finland and be enlightened with Linux.
No sense in throwing away any more good money.

 

[Guest]

Thank you know who for your reply. Actually I believe my copy of windows has
been validated three times, my OS was validated the day I installed it. A few
months later I purchased and installed Office Suit. They both had to be
validated before I could use Office Suit. Later on I moved windows to my new
desktop, which required another validation.

Like yourself I can’t help but wonder why they need all this validation.
Before they wasted my time with this nonsense, but now that I am working in
China, they are wasting my time and my money.

Almost any computer mechanic in China will come to my workplace and install
a copy of any Microsoft product I want for $5.00. ($0.50 for XP or Vista, and
$3.50 for the installation). They tell me their copies work and never need
validation, so I probably won’t spend $40.00 on a phone call to Microsoft.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply Adrew E. Actually I am never asked for my Product
Key or any other number, The Media Player downloads, then I see a message
“Wait while your copy of Windows is validated,†followed in a couple of
minutes by this message: “This copy of Windows is not genuine.†Followed by:
“To find out why we were unable to validate that your copy of Windows is
genuine, click finish.†(Both of these messages are in the English language.)

When I click “finish†I see a window with a message in the Chinese language.

 

[Guest]

Thank you G. Halleck for your advice. I know it’s good advice and I probably
should take it, but I have two problems. First of all, I am running a little
over $700.00 worth of Microsoft programs and I suffer pain when I think about
dumping them.

Second, I still think Windows is the best product. Their research and
development team seem to understand about “User Friendly.†Problem is that
their front office don’t seem to appreciate individuals who buy and try to
use their products. They are willing to alienate every one of us in order to
prevent some one from ripping off a few fifty cent copies.

I think I will never buy another legitimate copy of anything Microsoft. If I
spend $5.00 for a rip off copy of Vista I don’t think I will mind at all if I
can’t install media player because Vista won’t validate.

 

[Ghostrider]

Thank you for your reply Adrew E. Actually I am never asked for my Product
Key or any other number, The Media Player downloads, then I see a message
“Wait while your copy of Windows is validated,†followed in a couple of
minutes by this message: “This copy of Windows is not genuine.†Followed by:
“To find out why we were unable to validate that your copy of Windows is
genuine, click finish.†(Both of these messages are in the English language.)

When I click “finish†I see a window with a message in the Chinese language.

It would be interesting to know what was written in Chinese. Nevertheless,
WGA and its follow-on WGA(N) are known to be flawed. There are reported
instances of "false negatives", or installations that are improperly ID'd
as not being genuine. There are ways to shut down the WGA process with the
consequence of being no longer to do automatic updates. And there are also
ways to verify the validity of the error message or the XP installation, as
outlined by MVP Carey Frisch (and described in several of the Windows XP
newsgroups). Maybe there is really nothing to the message, especially if
XP remains validated.

 

[Guest]

I can sympathize with your situation, but what does it matter if they have
the 'best" product if they take your money and then won't let you use it?