WGA Server may be down until 8/28/2007 ?? in Microsoft Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18947967 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:50:37 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:50:37 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963204 denb45 :
said by DRM Killer :

said by denb45 See Profile :

I'm sorry to say that VISTA seems painfully SLOW on my Duo Core notebook compared to XP PRO, I don't know why..
Not enough memory ? 1 Gig is not really enough for Vista to do justice.
I have 2GB of DDR2 System RAM (can go as high as 4GB of system Ram) that's more than enough for Vista, it's the shared memory & the ATI Xpress 1150 Graphics that Killing the whole Vista Exprience, sometimes it's slow, but other times it's FAST, I have indexing turned off
and nothing but the windows side bar running at start up, I did disable the vista side bar at windows start up , and that seemed to speed things up a bit, , but w/ shared memory & low end on-board graphics, (very typical of a Notebook) not much I can do about that, I don't think more than 2GB of system Ram would really make much of a difference, and the 2GB's sticks that are out on the market right now are Very expensive for a notebook!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963204 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:05:42 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963019 anon :
said by denb45 See Profile :

I'm sorry to say that VISTA seems painfully SLOW on my Duo Core notebook compared to XP PRO, I don't know why..
Not enough memory ? 1 Gig is not really enough for Vista to do justice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18963019 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:34:43 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962952 Oregonian : My Vista Ultimate activated OK this afternoon.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18962952 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:24:33 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18961951 denb45 :
said by Octavean See Profile :

said by denb45 See Profile :

Yeah I built a System about 3 yrs ago, but found out that this was MORE expensive than buying a Retail System, besides, I just don't want to spend a lotta money on a system build for just doing basic computing needs, it's just not worth the time & money to me..... I have 2 Notebooks a Gateway MX6453 & a MX6447 both shipped w/ MCE 2005 the MX6453 is a AMD-64 x2 Duo Core 1.7Ghz & the MX6447 is a AMD Single Core Turion 2.0Ghz both have the exact same specs w/ the exception of the CPU, both have 2GB of DDR2 System Ram & come w/ a ATI Xpress 1150, both can run Vista w/ a WEP Base Score of 3.5 to 4.0, not too shabby, but I don't run any Games on them, they are very stable w/ MEC 2005 or Vista as well........I wanted to put XP PRO on one of them
cuz I can't stand the OEM MEC 2005, I rather have XP on it, but I'm going to have to do a clean install to do this, as a Repair/Upgrade just won't work for MCE 2005 with a XP Retail CD, when I tried all I got was a (invalid product key) notice
and I know that my Product Keys are legit!!! I haven't done the clean install of XP PRO yet, but if I get this notice AGAIN, I'm calling Microsoft so I can get this corrected!!!
Yeah, MCE is OEM only and you cant mix and match Pro / MCE / retail / OEM keys like that.

However, as I recall, MCE (depending on the version) comes in either a two disc or a three disc package. In the case of a three disc package the third disc is an update disc (nothing amazing or remarkable on it). So basically its an XP OS install disc and a MCE disc2 set. If you don’t use disc two XP Pro is installed and the OEM MCE key will work.

There are differences between XP Pro and MCE 2K5 but personally those differences don’t really effect me and my every day use. If you wish you can join a domain with MCE 2K5 but it can get a little tricky,…this is actually one of the few major differences between XP Pro and MCE 2K5.
I just clean installed XP PRO SP2 today it went without a hitch, it even activated over the internet just fine....XP PRO sure is FAST, (been a while) it's a lot FASTER than Vista Home Permium or Ultimate......maybe I'll just keep it instead of Vista.....I'm sorry to say that VISTA seems painfully SLOW on my Duo Core notebook compared to XP PRO, I don't know why, I even bother w/ installing Vista, I keep hoping that it will get better, but it doesn't seem to get any better every time I install it, and I find this VERY ANNOYING!!!
UPDATE!!! went back to Vista Ultimate........I gave in missed the Aero Eye Candy.........LOL!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18961951 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:50:54 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18961158 Octavean :
said by denb45 See Profile :

Yeah I built a System about 3 yrs ago, but found out that this was MORE expensive than buying a Retail System, besides, I just don't want to spend a lotta money on a system build for just doing basic computing needs, it's just not worth the time & money to me..... I have 2 Notebooks a Gateway MX6453 & a MX6447 both shipped w/ MCE 2005 the MX6453 is a AMD-64 x2 Duo Core 1.7Ghz & the MX6447 is a AMD Single Core Turion 2.0Ghz both have the exact same specs w/ the exception of the CPU, both have 2GB of DDR2 System Ram & come w/ a ATI Xpress 1150, both can run Vista w/ a WEP Base Score of 3.5 to 4.0, not too shabby, but I don't run any Games on them, they are very stable w/ MEC 2005 or Vista as well........I wanted to put XP PRO on one of them
cuz I can't stand the OEM MEC 2005, I rather have XP on it, but I'm going to have to do a clean install to do this, as a Repair/Upgrade just won't work for MCE 2005 with a XP Retail CD, when I tried all I got was a (invalid product key) notice
and I know that my Product Keys are legit!!! I haven't done the clean install of XP PRO yet, but if I get this notice AGAIN, I'm calling Microsoft so I can get this corrected!!!
Yeah, MCE is OEM only and you cant mix and match Pro / MCE / retail / OEM keys like that.

However, as I recall, MCE (depending on the version) comes in either a two disc or a three disc package. In the case of a three disc package the third disc is an update disc (nothing amazing or remarkable on it). So basically its an XP OS install disc and a MCE disc2 set. If you don’t use disc two XP Pro is installed and the OEM MCE key will work.

There are differences between XP Pro and MCE 2K5 but personally those differences don’t really effect me and my every day use. If you wish you can join a domain with MCE 2K5 but it can get a little tricky,…this is actually one of the few major differences between XP Pro and MCE 2K5.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18961158 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:44:22 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18960830 inbead : Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA!

I have always been a proponent of Windows over Mac and a lot of people ask me about my opinion.

I bought my Dell PC with windows XP preinstalled but I am getting a WGA notice that my windows is not genuine. This really upsets me and will probably one the reasons to switch over to MAC or even LINUX!

Microsoft needs to fix its WGA Fast!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18960830 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:49:47 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958887 denb45 : Yeah I built a System about 3 yrs ago, but found out that this was MORE expensive than buying a Retail System, besides, I just don't want to spend a lotta money on a system build for just doing basic computing needs, it's just not worth the time & money to me..... I have 2 Notebooks a Gateway MX6453 & a MX6447 both shipped w/ MCE 2005 the MX6453 is a AMD-64 x2 Duo Core 1.7Ghz & the MX6447 is a AMD Single Core Turion 2.0Ghz both have the exact same specs w/ the exception of the CPU, both have 2GB of DDR2 System Ram & come w/ a ATI Xpress 1150, both can run Vista w/ a WEP Base Score of 3.5 to 4.0, not too shabby, but I don't run any Games on them, they are very stable w/ MEC 2005 or Vista as well........I wanted to put XP PRO on one of them
cuz I can't stand the OEM MEC 2005, I rather have XP on it, but I'm going to have to do a clean install to do this, as a Repair/Upgrade just won't work for MCE 2005 with a XP Retail CD, when I tried all I got was a (invalid product key) notice
and I know that my Product Keys are legit!!! I haven't done the clean install of XP PRO yet, but if I get this notice AGAIN, I'm calling Microsoft so I can get this corrected!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958887 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:10:35 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958421 Titus Pullo : Windows ... I don't know how you walk around with those things ... :o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958421 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:56:57 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958418 Octavean :
said by denb45 See Profile :

said by Octavean See Profile :

said by denb45 See Profile :

I'm having a problem trying to install XP PRO,XP Home, MCE 2005, I have tried all 3 Retail Disc and it keeps telling me that all of my product keys are invaild (how can this be) I know for a fact that all 3 Retail Disc are legit, I also know that they are 2 to 3 yrs old with the expection of the MCE 2005.........I can't seem to make heads or tails of any of this? the strange part about all of this is, that I have Norton Ghost backups of all 3 Windows Versions I mentioned above, and they install just fine....and NO, none of them are installed on any other PC's ..........I'm stumped on this one....any Ideas?
I’m not doubting the validity of your software but there is no such thing, as far as I know, as a “retail” MCE 2K5 license. MCE 2K5 is OEM only and as such you may only be able to activate online once with all subsequent activations requiring a call to MS. Validation is another thing though,…
Hey long time no hear? hows the Vista & PC upgrades going?

The MCE 2005 came w/ my notebook, so, it's an OEM, but the other 2 are Full Retail Versions (XP Home & XP PRO) As I stated above, the problem was......MCE 2005's only Repair/Upgrade option/path is Vista....I tried to repair MCE w/ XP Pro, and when that didn't work I tried XP Home, witch you cannot even do that's why both product keys kept comming back as (invalid)....I found that out the hard way!!! but thanks to the Norton Ghost backup I made a while back, I was back up and running again!!!
Really,…?

Well what kind of MCE 2K5 system do you have? I have an HP m1070n MCE system (originally MCE 2K4 but it qualified for a free upgrade to MCE 2K5 on OEM DVD) and it came with everything necessary for a reinstall / clean install. All the OS install files were on the HDD for a clean install optionally additional driver install files and app install files could be installed (or burned to disc for individual install),…and that’s to say nothing about a recovery partition or DVD recovery set. These files were also extractable from the recovery set as well. I was able to extract files from the HDD to make my own MCE OS install CDs.

I also have a Compaq (HP) V2000 series Presario notebooks (AMD Sempron 3000+ / ATI Xpress 200m / XP Home) and again it came with all the necessary OS install files directly accessible on the HDD.

I personally wanted to verify if HP was doing this with their Vista systems but I haven’t had an opportunity to check. I prefer to build my own systems. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958418 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:56:28 EDT Re: There's nothing like designing a single point of failure! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958413 rgillis70 :
said by jabarnut See Profile :

said by denb45 See Profile :

Bill? are you listening to this, you should be?
Sorry, most likely he's very busy with the charitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation these days, and therefore, is probably not listening to you at all. :(
And Steve B. has hearing issues. He never listens... :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958413 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:55:15 EDT Re: There's nothing like designing a single point of failure! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18958078 jabarnut :
said by denb45 See Profile :

Bill? are you listening to this, you should be?
Sorry, most likely he's very busy with the charitable Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation these days, and therefore, is probably not listening to you at all. :(
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said by PamelaTS See Profile :

I'm thinking perhaps now is a good time for a class action against MS for WGA.
Maybe MS should KILL WGA as well as DRM, and put Direct Sound back into Vista where it belongs............this is what happens when Companies go to far!!! Bill? are you listening to this, you should be?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18957939 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:14:49 EDT Re: There's nothing like designing a single point of failure! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18956164 PamelaTS : I'm thinking perhaps now is a good time for a class action against MS for WGA. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18956164 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:45:42 EDT Re: There's nothing like designing a single point of failure! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18953977 javaMan :
said by MooJohn See Profile :

quote:
javaMan said:

This isn't a "phone home" situation. It's a "check that this is a legitimate call" situation. And right now the phones are down.


Wrong. It performed that check at the time the OS was installed. Any checks after that are indeed a "phone home" process. . .
That would depend on the option you select for update checks wouldn't it? "Phone home" implies that the application makes contact without the user authorizing it. At least that's what is used to mean.
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quote:
javaMan said:

This isn't a "phone home" situation. It's a "check that this is a legitimate call" situation. And right now the phones are down.


Wrong. It performed that check at the time the OS was installed. Any checks after that are indeed a "phone home" process; it has decided that my once-legit OS installation may now be suspect and I have no choice but to submit to their inspection again. Next thing you know they'll copy-protect the installation disks and you'll have to keep it in the drive, like a game, for your computer to work at all.

Just wait till a large zombie group decides to ddos the WGA servers. That should prove interesting.
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said by Octavean See Profile :

said by denb45 See Profile :

I'm having a problem trying to install XP PRO,XP Home, MCE 2005, I have tried all 3 Retail Disc and it keeps telling me that all of my product keys are invaild (how can this be) I know for a fact that all 3 Retail Disc are legit, I also know that they are 2 to 3 yrs old with the expection of the MCE 2005.........I can't seem to make heads or tails of any of this? the strange part about all of this is, that I have Norton Ghost backups of all 3 Windows Versions I mentioned above, and they install just fine....and NO, none of them are installed on any other PC's ..........I'm stumped on this one....any Ideas?
I’m not doubting the validity of your software but there is no such thing, as far as I know, as a “retail” MCE 2K5 license. MCE 2K5 is OEM only and as such you may only be able to activate online once with all subsequent activations requiring a call to MS. Validation is another thing though,…
Hey long time no hear? hows the Vista & PC upgrades going?

The MCE 2005 came w/ my notebook, so, it's an OEM, but the other 2 are Full Retail Versions (XP Home & XP PRO) As I stated above, the problem was......MCE 2005's only Repair/Upgrade option/path is Vista....I tried to repair MCE w/ XP Pro, and when that didn't work I tried XP Home, witch you cannot even do that's why both product keys kept comming back as (invalid)....I found that out the hard way!!! but thanks to the Norton Ghost backup I made a while back, I was back up and running again!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18953138 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:30:03 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18952632 Octavean :
said by denb45 See Profile :

I'm having a problem trying to install XP PRO,XP Home, MCE 2005, I have tried all 3 Retail Disc and it keeps telling me that all of my product keys are invaild (how can this be) I know for a fact that all 3 Retail Disc are legit, I also know that they are 2 to 3 yrs old with the expection of the MCE 2005.........I can't seem to make heads or tails of any of this? the strange part about all of this is, that I have Norton Ghost backups of all 3 Windows Versions I mentioned above, and they install just fine....and NO, none of them are installed on any other PC's ..........I'm stumped on this one....any Ideas?
I’m not doubting the validity of your software but there is no such thing, as far as I know, as a “retail” MCE 2K5 license. MCE 2K5 is OEM only and as such you may only be able to activate online once with all subsequent activations requiring a call to MS. Validation is another thing though,…]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18952632 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:34:30 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18950696 RR Conductor : I just installed a brand new, full-retail version of Vista Home Premium Thursday with no problems, and a brand new copy of Office 2007 Home & Student yesterday without a hitch as well.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18950696 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 22:16:46 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949561 denb45 :
said by denb45 See Profile :

said by dminer See Profile :

Microsoft's WGA servers are currently flagging genuine installations of Vista as counterfeit and disabling Aero and other functionality as well as a punishment. You will encounter this if you try to download any files from Microsoft's download site that require that validation to download, for example, DirectX updates. No news from Microsoft as to when they will fix the problem. Most annoying, to say the least!
I'm having a problem trying to install XP PRO,XP Home, MCE 2005, I have tried all 3 Retail Disc and it keeps telling me that all of my product keys are invaild (how can this be) I know for a fact that all 3 Retail Disc are legit, I also know that they are 2 to 3 yrs old with the expection of the MCE 2005.........I can't seem to make heads or tails of any of this? the strange part about all of this is, that I have Norton Ghost backups of all 3 Windows Versions I mentioned above, and they install just fine....and NO, none of them are installed on any other PC's ..........I'm stumped on this one....any Ideas?
OK, the only thing I found about what may have happened with the upgrade/repair installs I was trying to do was this:
Windows XP Media Center Edition: that was what I was using when this occurred

Note: Windows Setup gives an error message that the Product Key is not valid (invalid) if you attempt an upgrade or repair the installation with Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or with Microsoft Windows XP Professional.

So, If I was to do a Clean install of XP Pro, Home or Media center, this would have worked? that's why the upgrade/repair route didn't work for me!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949561 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:11:54 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949129 AB :
said by Mele20 See Profile :

Hmmm...does that mean I can go update DirectX now? :D ;) (I have XP Pro and refuse to "show my papers", although they are legit, in order to get downloads other than critical patches).
There are plenty of other sources besides the Microsoft site to update DirectX.

I just tried to download a non-critical update directly from the individual KB website (KB900485). No go. First using Firefox, then IE6. They still require that you install WGA.
Now, after installing it, perhaps it doesn't go thru the Validation process, but you're still required to install it, or at least I was, and that simply is not going to happen.
My OS is legal, and I could easily install it, get the updates I want, then remove it.
Removing it is a piece of cake (or at least not a major operation), and requires absolutely zero special software or 'crack', btw. I just don't feel like doing it. Guess I just don't want those updates that badly.

So the bottom line remains the same-- you want a non-critical update from them, you will be installing WGA.

*Edit-- Apparently things are back to normal: »Fixed]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949129 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:46:49 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949059 La Luna : »WGA servers down; installs being marked as counterfeit!

Newer info:

»forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18949059 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:32:38 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948870 denb45 :
said by quetwo See Profile :

I was presenting at an IT conference last week, and about 10 minutes before my session, Microsoft decided that my copy of Vista was non-genuine. Thank goodness my partner-in-crime that was there with me let me use his laptop...
Yeah that happend to me w/ Vista Ultimate a while back, but I haven't had any problems w/ that in a while now]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948870 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:54:48 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948856 quetwo : I was presenting at an IT conference last week, and about 10 minutes before my session, Microsoft decided that my copy of Vista was non-genuine. Thank goodness my partner-in-crime that was there with me let me use his laptop... ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948856 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:51:00 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948801 denb45 :
said by dminer See Profile :

Microsoft's WGA servers are currently flagging genuine installations of Vista as counterfeit and disabling Aero and other functionality as well as a punishment. You will encounter this if you try to download any files from Microsoft's download site that require that validation to download, for example, DirectX updates. No news from Microsoft as to when they will fix the problem. Most annoying, to say the least!
I'm having a problem trying to install XP PRO,XP Home, MCE 2005, I have tried all 3 Retail Disc and it keeps telling me that all of my product keys are invaild (how can this be) I know for a fact that all 3 Retail Disc are legit, I also know that they are 2 to 3 yrs old with the expection of the MCE 2005.........I can't seem to make heads or tails of any of this? the strange part about all of this is, that I have Norton Ghost backups of all 3 Windows Versions I mentioned above, and they install just fine....and NO, none of them are installed on any other PC's ..........I'm stumped on this one....any Ideas?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948801 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:37:27 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948099 steve1a :
said by Dan Given See Profile :

I just used my Vista business laptop at a local wifi hotspot and, when I checked for any updates, I received a message to download and install the latest updater software. This I did and was surprised that it took so long to install (not download...not a speed issue). It 'seems' to be running fine after a restart when I went back to the Windows site.
Perhaps this is related to this post?
I had the same thought ..

I don't have Auto update enabled on any of my systems but I do usually run a weekly manual update scan and also got the update for the updater on my one Vista system and my other XP systems yesterday... the XPs gave the install activex prompts while the Vista did not ... all installs did seem to take awhile even with my 8 mb download connection but all went through smoothly and after the updater installed all scans were up to date.

I've personally never run into any WGA problems with Vista, XP, Office 2007, & Office 2003 installed on the various systems.
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said by MooJohn See Profile :

This is what happens when an OS has to "phone home" for every little thing the user wants to do. Yep, that's a great design right there.
This isn't a "phone home" situation. It's a "check that this is a legitimate call" situation. And right now the phones are down.
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Just kidding, of course...
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948040 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:01:37 EDT There's nothing like designing a single point of failure! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18948026 MooJohn : This is what happens when an OS has to "phone home" for every little thing the user wants to do. Yep, that's a great design right there.
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»forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25
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said by Kramer See Profile :

Hmm. Yesterday I was trying to do an Office Update on an Office XP install and it kept telling me the install was counterfeit, when I knew darned well it wasn't. It was a Dell with a pre-installed copy of the application.
May be DELL sold you an illegal copies. :D :D
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I used to be indecisive, now I am not sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947715 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:05:44 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947456 Kramer : Hmm. Yesterday I was trying to do an Office Update on an Office XP install and it kept telling me the install was counterfeit, when I knew darned well it wasn't. It was a Dell with a pre-installed copy of the application. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947456 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:14:48 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947433 Dan Given : I just used my Vista business laptop at a local wifi hotspot and, when I checked for any updates, I received a message to download and install the latest updater software. This I did and was surprised that it took so long to install (not download...not a speed issue). It 'seems' to be running fine after a restart when I went back to the Windows site.
Perhaps this is related to this post?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947414 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:04:35 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18947001 Mele20 : According to this post »Re: Just keeps getting better (not)... Windows Validation Issues

the validation server has been taken down by Microsoft until next Tuesday.

Hmmm...does that mean I can go update DirectX now? :D ;) (I have XP Pro and refuse to "show my papers", although they are legit, in order to get downloads other than critical patches).
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said by MrFixit1 See Profile :

»forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25
Might give some insight to what is going on .
Makes me happy that I decided to revert to XP :)
Thanks for the link. I read over some of those posts there and it seems that MS has had a major screwup with WGA, wow! Its only a matter of time before this forum gets flooded with similar stories if they don't get it fixed. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946731 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:33:09 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946726 MrFixit1 : »forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25
Might give some insight to what is going on .
Makes me happy that I decided to revert to XP :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946726 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:28:38 EDT Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946719 TwKs : Did you get this information from a published source? A link or something would be nice. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946719 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:22:35 EDT [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA! http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946598 dminer : Microsoft's WGA servers are currently flagging genuine installations of Vista as counterfeit and disabling Aero and other functionality as well as a punishment. You will encounter this if you try to download any files from Microsoft's download site that require that validation to download, for example, DirectX updates. No news from Microsoft as to when they will fix the problem. Most annoying, to say the least!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18946598 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:11:08 EDT