Friggin WGA

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DanS

Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2 his PC
has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version of XP on his
computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of XP on
his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to M$, and
everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
 
DanS said:
Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2 his PC
has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version of XP on his
computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of XP on
his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to M$, and
everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
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Dan,

Look into this forum that with deals WGA issues only::
http://forums.microsoft.com/genuine/default.aspx?siteid=25

HTH,
John7
 
DanS said:
Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2 his PC
has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version of XP on his
computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of XP on
his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to M$, and
everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
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Try using System Restore to go back to before the malware/spyware was
installed.

Alias
 
Alias said:
And why should the OP have to do that? It's a genuine version of Windows
so he shouldn't have to do *anything* but use the license he paid for.
MS should send a tech -- free of charge -- to fix the flawed
malware/spyware.

Alias
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What is the Genuine Advantage of false positives ....
$ 350 / EU 290 for MS' assistance, @#$%^&*
 
DanS said:
Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2
his PC has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version
of XP on his computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of
XP on his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to
M$, and everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
Click to expand...

Yeah, it's a shame MS is such a scumbag distributor of malware. Have
your bro-in-law contact his state Attorney General about his MS malware
problem.

In the meantime, get rid of MS's Beta Malware:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/...s-genuine-advantage-notifications-nag-screen/

http://patch-info.de/WinXP/2006/06/07/05-47-32.html

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/removewga.htm

--
Peace!
Kurt Kirsch
Self-anointed Moderator
http://microscum.com
"It'll soon shake your Windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'."
 
DanS said:
Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2
his PC has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version
of XP on his computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of
XP on his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to
M$, and everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
Click to expand...

I have seen a couple of false positives when a user profile was corrupted by
removing malware. I fixed it by logging on as a non-corrupted user, fixing
the profile, then rebooting and logging on as the regular user. The illegal
version messages went away. The corrupted user profiles had somehow had the
NTFS permissions changed on some folders in the profile. I reset them and
WGA was fixed.
 
I have seen a couple of false positives when a user profile was
corrupted by removing malware. I fixed it by logging on as a
non-corrupted user, fixing the profile, then rebooting and logging on
as the regular user. The illegal version messages went away. The
corrupted user profiles had somehow had the NTFS permissions changed
on some folders in the profile. I reset them and WGA was fixed.
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Sorry Kerry, but it happens on ALL user profiles.
 
Yeah, it's a shame MS is such a scumbag distributor of malware. Have
your bro-in-law contact his state Attorney General about his MS
malware problem.

In the meantime, get rid of MS's Beta Malware:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/04/26/disable-and-remove-windows-gen
uine-advantage-notifications-nag-screen/

http://patch-info.de/WinXP/2006/06/07/05-47-32.html

http://www.firewallleaktester.com/removewga.htm
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Thanks for posting the links again Kurt, I was getting sick of looking
them up over and over again.
 
DanS said:
Sorry Kerry, but it happens on ALL user profiles.
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Then the WGA forum is probably your best bet. You can turn off/uninstall WGA
as others have mentioned. I don't want to start a flame war on the merits or
ethics of this but turning it off may lock you out of future updates.
 
Courtesy of MS MVP Carey Frisch.

Please follow this simple troubleshooting procedure:

1. Download and install the WGA Diagnostic Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

2. After running the WGA Diagnostic Tool, click on the "Windows" tab and
then click on "Copy to Clipboard".

3. Next, visit the following website and create a post in the "WGA
Validation Problems" forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data
in a detailed post:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?SiteID=25

4. A WGA troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an
appropriate solution.
 
Alias said:
And why should the OP have to do that? It's a genuine version of
Windows so he shouldn't have to do *anything* but use the license he paid
for.
MS should send a tech -- free of charge -- to fix the flawed
malware/spyware.
Click to expand...

XP was good when it left the factory. Why should Micros~1 have to pay for
things beyond its control (incompatible hardware, incompetent users,
viruses, etc.).

You're saying a car flooded by Katrina should be fixed by General Motors
(even though it's a Ford).
 
XP was good when it left the factory. Why should Micros~1 have to pay
for things beyond its control (incompatible hardware, incompetent
users, viruses, etc.).
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Wrong Johnny......how is pushing a flawed WGA notification module down
through M$ updates disguised as a critical update anyone's fault EXCEPT M
$'s?
 
Courtesy of MS MVP Carey Frisch.

Please follow this simple troubleshooting procedure:

1. Download and install the WGA Diagnostic Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

2. After running the WGA Diagnostic Tool, click on the "Windows" tab
and then click on "Copy to Clipboard".

3. Next, visit the following website and create a post in the "WGA
Validation Problems" forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic
Data in a detailed post:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?SiteID=25

4. A WGA troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and
recommend an appropriate solution.
Click to expand...

Uh....yeah....Carey, I'll do that right away.
 
DanS said:
Wrong Johnny......how is pushing a flawed WGA notification module down
through M$ updates disguised as a critical update anyone's fault EXCEPT M
$'s?
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My point was ironic.
Ignorant users might think or made believe, they blew it and pay for M$
assistance in fixing WGA crapware issues.
The Genuine Advantage is purely on M$' side.
 
Courtesy of MS MVP Carey Frisch.

Please follow this simple troubleshooting procedure:

1. Download and install the WGA Diagnostic Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

2. After running the WGA Diagnostic Tool, click on the "Windows" tab
and then click on "Copy to Clipboard".

3. Next, visit the following website and create a post in the "WGA
Validation Problems" forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic
Data in a detailed post:
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?SiteID=25

4. A WGA troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and
recommend an appropriate solution.
Click to expand...

Sorry for calling you Carey PA Bear. That was what I saw at the top of the
post.
 
My point was ironic.
Ignorant users might think or made believe, they blew it and pay for
M$ assistance in fixing WGA crapware issues.
The Genuine Advantage is purely on M$' side.
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While the whole time M$ tries to push WGA as to 'protect the user' and to
offer 'special' utilities.

DOH !
 
Well, my bro-in-law called last night saying for the last week or 2
his PC has been giving him a message that he has an illegal version of
XP on his computer.

So this is my first false-positive that I have to support. Absolute,
positively a false positive as I am the one that did the reinstall of
XP on his PC when his HD crapped out. Activation required a call to
M$, and everything was good to go for over 2 years.

What a bummer.
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Update.......

After running the WGA tool, it tells me that it is an 'invalid key'.

DOH! The key that _M$_ gave to me on the phone when activating is invalid
!!!

......they can't even write a good keygen for their own OS.

Regards,

DanS
 
Kerry Brown said:
Then the WGA forum is probably your best bet. You can turn off/uninstall WGA
as others have mentioned. I don't want to start a flame war on the merits or
ethics of this but turning it off may lock you out of future updates.
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"Lock you out of future updates ..."
That would leave many ppl with numereous security holes.
Hence allowing criminals to still take over ppl's pc's and spread malware.
I thought MS had security as a prime focus?

The reason of ppl being mad is that even legitimate users, run into problems
because of false positives, unablity to boot, loss of revenue, etc.
must spend time and money (appart from frustration) to have a problem
fixed they did not cause.

Is MS on the wrong path ? ....
 
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