Cannot Activate Vista Ultimate

[Guest]

I recently purchased Vista Ultimate and installed it.
Every time I try to activate it (by clicking on the link in computer details
to activate it) Windows Explorer Crashes and restarts. No error message
explaining the problem appears, and I cannot activate Vista Ultimate.

What do I need to do to fix this.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I recently purchased Vista Ultimate and installed it.
Every time I try to activate it (by clicking on the link in computer
details
to activate it) Windows Explorer Crashes and restarts. No error message
explaining the problem appears, and I cannot activate Vista Ultimate.

What do I need to do to fix this.

Are there any errors in the event logs (eventvwr.msc)?

 

[Guest]

Yes, there are. Here's the details of one of them.


- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-02-13T04:34:20.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>827</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>TheDell</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>6.0.6000.16386</Data>
<Data>4549b091</Data>
<Data>mcodsax.dll</Data>
<Data>11.2.121.0</Data>
<Data>45ad7bd6</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000016b2</Data>
<Data>11a0</Data>
<Data>01c74ecf98bb7735</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

[Kerry Brown]

The file causing the problem "mcodsax.dll" is part of McAfee. Try disabling
or uninstalling McAfee.

 

[Guest]

Thank you that appears to have solved my problem. I had to uninstall McAfee,
disabling it wasn't sufficient.

Windows Vista Ultimate is now activated and I am re-installing McAfee.

 

[NoStop]

Yes, there are. Here's the details of one of them.


- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2007-02-13T04:34:20.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>827</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>TheDell</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>Explorer.EXE</Data>
<Data>6.0.6000.16386</Data>
<Data>4549b091</Data>
<Data>mcodsax.dll</Data>
<Data>11.2.121.0</Data>
<Data>45ad7bd6</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>000016b2</Data>
<Data>11a0</Data>
<Data>01c74ecf98bb7735</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

I see that Fista's error reporting is just as useless as it is under XP. I
thought Fista was supposed to be an improvement over XP? Guess MickeyMouse
still can't get this stuff right. And they call it "user friendly".

Cheers.


--

"Computer users around the globe recognize that the most serious threats to
security exist because of inherent weaknesses in the Microsoft operating
system." McAfee

"Vista is finally secure from hacking. No one is going to 'hack' the product
activation and try and steal the o/s. Anyone smart enough to do so ... is
also smart enough not to want to bother." philo

 

[Kerry Brown]

If you had tried Vista you would know that there is a radio button on the
page that generates this standard xml report to show the report in a
Friendly View. It's best to know what you are talking about when making a
criticism. Linux users can only hope for an event viewer and
troubleshooting/reporting system that is as rich, configurable, and useful
as the one in Vista.

 

[Kerry Brown]

If McAfee caused this problem it is likely to cause more. It is not a
security solution I recommend.

 

[Guest]

I understand that, but I've got a two year subscription already paid for.
When Microsoft provides a functional anti-virus suite as good as McAfee's I
will probably switch.

Anti-spyware like Windows Defender is good, and so is the Windows Firewall,
especially with the improvements in Vista, but Microsoft doesn't provide an
anti-virus solution so I have to use third pary solutions.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I most emphatically don't recommend Microsoft antivirus products. Windows
Defender is worth what you paid for it. The Windows Firewall is very good.
For antivirus I recommend Nod32. McAfee's product is good at catching
viruses, not so good at removing them, and really not so good at cooperating
with Windows.

 

[NoStop]

If you had tried Vista you would know that there is a radio button on the
page that generates this standard xml report to show the report in a
Friendly View. It's best to know what you are talking about when making a
criticism. Linux users can only hope for an event viewer and
troubleshooting/reporting system that is as rich, configurable, and useful
as the one in Vista.

We don't need to hope, we've had proper error reporting for many many years
now.

Cheers.