Validation Incomplete

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Just finished a fresh XP Pro installation. Used the real, legal CD (it's
even got a copy of my friend's purchase receipt taped to the CD case). Ran
Windows Update to get SP2 and the billions of other downloads, and after
being told the installation needs to be validated, and clicking the button,
I'm taken to a page that says "Validation Incomplete". Down lower: "You have
encountered an unknown error". No kidding!

I need to get this done today. Found the script below in an earlier thread
on the subject. First of all, does this script achieve the same thing, so I
can continue with updating? If yes, how do I run this script?


strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colWindowsProducts = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_WindowsProductActivation")
For Each objWindowsProduct in colWindowsProducts
ObjWindowsProduct.ActivateOffline("1234-1234")
Next

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Windows Genuine Advantage - Diagnostic Site
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/

The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check process
does not complete when you try to validate your copy of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905226/en-us

You receive a "Validation Incomplete: Online Validation Failure"
error message or a "0x80080204" error code when you try to validate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906533/en-us

Windows Genuine Advantage Newsgroup
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Just finished a fresh XP Pro installation. Used the real, legal CD (it's
| even got a copy of my friend's purchase receipt taped to the CD case). Ran
| Windows Update to get SP2 and the billions of other downloads, and after
| being told the installation needs to be validated, and clicking the button,
| I'm taken to a page that says "Validation Incomplete". Down lower: "You have
| encountered an unknown error". No kidding!
|
| I need to get this done today. Found the script below in an earlier thread
| on the subject. First of all, does this script achieve the same thing, so I
| can continue with updating? If yes, how do I run this script?
|
|
| strComputer = "."
| Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
| & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
| Set colWindowsProducts = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
| ("Select * from Win32_WindowsProductActivation")
| For Each objWindowsProduct in colWindowsProducts
| ObjWindowsProduct.ActivateOffline("1234-1234")
| Next

 

[Alias]

Windows Genuine Advantage - Diagnostic Site
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/

The Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation check process
does not complete when you try to validate your copy of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905226/en-us

You receive a "Validation Incomplete: Online Validation Failure"
error message or a "0x80080204" error code when you try to validate Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906533/en-us

Windows Genuine Advantage Newsgroup
http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=125&SiteID=25

I wonder how many copies of Windows one could buy with all the R&D that
went into this and to pay the thousands of activators all over the world.

Alias

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

I wonder how many copies of Windows one could buy with all the R&D that
went into this and to pay the thousands of activators all over the world.

Alias

Hey....my time is worthless, right? Why should vendors give any thought to
what it means when I waste hours fixing THEIR problems?

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Thanks, Carey. Now: The CD I'm working from is from before ANY updates were
made available. While waiting for your first response, I manually
downloaded, but did not install SP2. In between the CD's "birth" and the
arrival of SP2, there were certainly a bunch of little updates. Is it safe
to assume that SP2 will take care of all the "in betweens"?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

SP2 includes all the critical updates that were available from the
time Windows XP was originally released up until the time SP2
was released. In the future, you will find it easier to install
Windows XP if you create a new Windows XP CD with SP2
"slipstreamed" in.

Either one of the following utilities makes slipstreaming
(integrating) SP2 into Windows XP a breeze:

Windows Slipstreaming and Bootable CD Guide
http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&showarticle=49

or

AutoStreamer 1.0.33 (preferred)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=223562

Windows XP Service Pack 2 - Direct Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...BE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| Thanks, Carey. Now: The CD I'm working from is from before ANY updates were
| made available. While waiting for your first response, I manually
| downloaded, but did not install SP2. In between the CD's "birth" and the
| arrival of SP2, there were certainly a bunch of little updates. Is it safe
| to assume that SP2 will take care of all the "in betweens"?

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Thanks again. Please stay tuned in case the earlier solution to the
validation problem doesn't work. I will then undertake something insane:
Look at the update history on a machine that's current, and try and find
each one of them manually. Blech.

 

[jonah]

Just finished a fresh XP Pro installation. Used the real, legal CD (it's
even got a copy of my friend's purchase receipt taped to the CD case). Ran
Windows Update to get SP2 and the billions of other downloads, and after
being told the installation needs to be validated, and clicking the button,
I'm taken to a page that says "Validation Incomplete". Down lower: "You have
encountered an unknown error". No kidding!

I need to get this done today. Found the script below in an earlier thread
on the subject. First of all, does this script achieve the same thing, so I
can continue with updating? If yes, how do I run this script?


strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colWindowsProducts = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_WindowsProductActivation")
For Each objWindowsProduct in colWindowsProducts
ObjWindowsProduct.ActivateOffline("1234-1234")
Next

Joe,

You can try this after you have installed SP2

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/

Only works with Firefox but it will get all the updates you need
without requiring Validation (bear in mind its not an official MSFT
site) it is however very useful when having update / validation
problems, if nothing else it will list the updates you require. Once
you have the box updated you can try the official updates site again
and validation should work.

If that don't work run the diagnostic tools Carey posted and it should
fix the Validation problem, I assume it Activated OK?

Jonah

 

[Doug Kanter]

Joe,

You can try this after you have installed SP2

http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/

Only works with Firefox but it will get all the updates you need
without requiring Validation (bear in mind its not an official MSFT
site) it is however very useful when having update / validation
problems, if nothing else it will list the updates you require. Once
you have the box updated you can try the official updates site again
and validation should work.

If that don't work run the diagnostic tools Carey posted and it should
fix the Validation problem, I assume it Activated OK?

Jonah

Thanks, Jonah. I manually installed SP2 and afterward, there were no more
complaints from the WU process. It downloaded 40+ updates and happily
installed them. However, I'm going to bookmark the link you provided.
Murphy's Law says this will happen again.

Can you imagine if hammers behaved like computers? There'd be riots in the
streets.

 

[Gene K]

As Carey suggested, when you have the time, merge (slipstream) your XP
original with SP2 in order to save significant time on a repair/reinstall of
XP. Once you install SP2 separately your original disc alone will be
rejected since you have a newer version of XP installed. Be sure you hit
Windows Update immediately thereafter to pick up later updates (be certain
you have a anti-virus and firewall up and running before you use the
internet).
Gene K

 

[JoeSpareBedroom]

As Carey suggested, when you have the time, merge (slipstream) your XP
original with SP2 in order to save significant time on a repair/reinstall
of XP. Once you install SP2 separately your original disc alone will be
rejected since you have a newer version of XP installed. Be sure you hit
Windows Update immediately thereafter to pick up later updates (be certain
you have a anti-virus and firewall up and running before you use the
internet).
Gene K

I've saved the slipstream idea for the next XP reinstall. For this one, I
installed SP2 and the validation problems vanished.