Why a Genuine Advantage Notification (GAN) from an Install of anOEM XP Pro?

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Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on the Validate
Windows and/or Validate Office button then restart your computer.

If you weren't able to Validate, proceed as follows:

1. Download this diagnostic tool, saving it to your desktop:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

=> WinXP: Double-click on the executable to run the tool.

=> Vista & Win7: Right-click on the executable and select Run as
Administrator to run the tool.

2. After running the tool, click on the Windows and/or Office tab as
appropriate and then click on Copy to Clipboard.

NB: You may want to open a new Notepad file, paste the contents of your
clipboard into it & save for future reference.

3. Begin a new post in the appropriate Microsoft Genine Advantage forum and
paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed post:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/genuine

4. A troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an
appropriate solution.


W. eWatson wrote:
 
PA said:
Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on the Validate
Windows and/or Validate Office button then restart your computer.

If you weren't able to Validate, proceed as follows:

1. Download this diagnostic tool, saving it to your desktop:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

=> WinXP: Double-click on the executable to run the tool.

=> Vista & Win7: Right-click on the executable and select Run as
Administrator to run the tool.

2. After running the tool, click on the Windows and/or Office tab as
appropriate and then click on Copy to Clipboard.

NB: You may want to open a new Notepad file, paste the contents of your
clipboard into it & save for future reference.

3. Begin a new post in the appropriate Microsoft Genine Advantage forum
and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed post:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/genuine

4. A troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an
appropriate solution.


W. eWatson wrote:
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OK, I'm back after a 3 day trip. I'll do the above this morning.
 
KEVIN said:
Re-Format Your Computer And Install Open Source Linux Ubuntu 9.10 Release To
Web, Open Source Linux Ubuntu 8.04.3 Long Term Support Release To Web, And/Or
Open Source Linux Ubuntu 10.04 Long Term Support Alpha 1 (Available 10/10/2009
@ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com Some Time During The Day Most Likely U.S.A. Pacific
Standard Time). With Ubuntu, Your Microsoft Windows XP Windows Genuine Advantage
Headaches Will Be All Gone!
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Ho, ho. Sorry I used Linux years ago for development purposes, and liked
it, but I'll stick with Win now.
 
KEVIN said:
Your Other Choice Is 2 Get Rid Of XP And Get Windows 7 (If You Don't Want Linux)!
Windows 7 Does NOT YET Push WGA As An Automaic Update (Although It Probably
Will Eventually Once It Becomes More Popular With Home Users And Corporations
(My Mom's Place Of Work Still Runs XP Professional SP3)!
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Sorry, again. This is out of the question. XP will be fine. The PC I'm
asking about is a dedicated to a specific task. I'm upgrading all my
other machines to Win 7.
 
W. eWatson said:
OK, I'm back after a 3 day trip. I'll do the above this morning.
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Well, I was not able to follow exactly above. At some point I veered off
to a Validate button and was then confronted with the possibility of
paying $149 for something. I did get the diag tool, and the resulting
file. I signed up over on Live MS, and am trying to access the site to
show confirmation of my e-mail address. I get rejected by a msg. I'll
come back to this a bit later.

"There's a temporary problem

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you
continue to get this message, try again later."

I do seem to have gotten logged in.
 
W. eWatson said:
Well, I was not able to follow exactly above. At some point I veered off
to a Validate button and was then confronted with the possibility of
paying $149 for something. I did get the diag tool, and the resulting
file. I signed up over on Live MS, and am trying to access the site to
show confirmation of my e-mail address. I get rejected by a msg. I'll
come back to this a bit later.

"There's a temporary problem

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you
continue to get this message, try again later."

I do seem to have gotten logged in.
Click to expand...

Well, I'm completely baffled what this temporary problem is and what to
do next. I am signed in and I can move about to things like About, Mail,
Photos, Profile, but where in the world are the aforementioned Forums
supposed to be?
 
All http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US forums are working fine for me
right now.

W. eWatson said:
W. eWatson said:
W. eWatson said:
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on the
Validate Windows and/or Validate Office button then restart your
computer. ...
2. After running the tool, click on the Windows and/or Office tab as
appropriate and then click on Copy to Clipboard.

NB: You may want to open a new Notepad file, paste the contents of
your clipboard into it & save for future reference.

3. Begin a new post in the appropriate Microsoft Genine Advantage
forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed
post: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/genuine

4. A troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend
an appropriate solution.


W. eWatson wrote:
<snip>
The fact remains Windows techs could not ID the product key.

OK, I'm back after a 3 day trip. I'll do the above this morning.
Click to expand...
Well, I was not able to follow exactly above. At some point I veered off
to a Validate button and was then confronted with the possibility of
paying $149 for something. I did get the diag tool, and the resulting
file. I signed up over on Live MS, and am trying to access the site to
show confirmation of my e-mail address. I get rejected by a msg. I'll
come back to this a bit later.

"There's a temporary problem

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you
continue to get this message, try again later."

I do seem to have gotten logged in.
Click to expand...

Well, I'm completely baffled what this temporary problem is and what to
do next. I am signed in and I can move about to things like About, Mail,
Photos, Profile, but where in the world are the aforementioned Forums
supposed to be?
Click to expand...
 
cf.
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/...p/thread/4b517405-40f4-4ad9-962b-290f092b4c79
All http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US forums are working fine for
me
right now.

W. eWatson said:
W. eWatson said:
W. eWatson wrote:
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
Please visit http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/ and click on the
Validate Windows and/or Validate Office button then restart your
computer. ...
2. After running the tool, click on the Windows and/or Office tab as
appropriate and then click on Copy to Clipboard.

NB: You may want to open a new Notepad file, paste the contents of
your clipboard into it & save for future reference.

3. Begin a new post in the appropriate Microsoft Genine Advantage
forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed
post: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/genuine

4. A troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend
an appropriate solution.


W. eWatson wrote:
<snip>
The fact remains Windows techs could not ID the product key.

OK, I'm back after a 3 day trip. I'll do the above this morning.
Well, I was not able to follow exactly above. At some point I veered off
to a Validate button and was then confronted with the possibility of
paying $149 for something. I did get the diag tool, and the resulting
file. I signed up over on Live MS, and am trying to access the site to
show confirmation of my e-mail address. I get rejected by a msg. I'll
come back to this a bit later.

"There's a temporary problem

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you
continue to get this message, try again later."

I do seem to have gotten logged in.
Click to expand...

Well, I'm completely baffled what this temporary problem is and what to
do next. I am signed in and I can move about to things like About, Mail,
Photos, Profile, but where in the world are the aforementioned Forums
supposed to be?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
W. eWatson said:
Sorry, again. This is out of the question. XP will be fine. The PC I'm
asking about is a dedicated to a specific task. I'm upgrading all my
other machines to Win 7.
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Just ignore that troll, he is not here to help anybody.
 
The way I understand the GAN is that it means the XP Pro install may
somehow not registered with MS. That seems a bit surprising. I bought it
from Newegg. I would have thought these distributions are OK by MS.
Should I be concerned?
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With this long thread going nowhere, here is another reply:

Genuine Advantage Notification is required for both the Retail AND OEM
version. This is a means for Microsoft to control the "pirated"
copies access to enhanced downloads for XP. The only difference
between OEM and Retail versions is that the OEM versions do not come
with direct support from Microsoft. Also, OEM versions can only
normally be "activated" via the Internet the "first" time.
 
Genuine Advantage "NOTIFICATION" is an optional component.

It is not the same thing as the similarly name "Validation Tool" which
is required for access to Microsoft Updates,....

The way I understand the GAN is that it means the XP Pro install may
somehow not registered with MS. That seems a bit surprising. I bought it
from Newegg. I would have thought these distributions are OK by MS.
Should I be concerned?
Click to expand...

With this long thread going nowhere, here is another reply:

Genuine Advantage Notification is required for both the Retail AND OEM
version. This is a means for Microsoft to control the "pirated"
copies access to enhanced downloads for XP. The only difference
between OEM and Retail versions is that the OEM versions do not come
with direct support from Microsoft. Also, OEM versions can only
normally be "activated" via the Internet the "first" time.
 
smlunatick said:
With this long thread going nowhere, here is another reply:

Genuine Advantage Notification is required for both the Retail AND OEM
version.
False.

This is a means for Microsoft to control the "pirated"
copies access to enhanced downloads for XP.
False.

The only difference
between OEM and Retail versions is that the OEM versions do not come
with direct support from Microsoft.
Click to expand...

Hey, hey, hey, this one's true!
Also, OEM versions can only
normally be "activated" via the Internet the "first" time.
Click to expand...

False.

Where did you get this erroneous information?
 
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