said by antdude :

»it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0···/1819248 reports the issue was fixed.

said by link :

Here are the specific steps that can be taken now to fix this issue on any affected system that is genuine:

1) Delete the data.dat file from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data (The drive letter will depend on where the OS was installed)

2) Revisit »www.microsoft.com/genuine/downlo···ate.aspx to confirm whether the machine is genuine.

3) Run wgatray.exe /b from the command line to ensure that the latest validation is updated for WGA Notifications. This command may be absent from the user’s machine and should not be considered an error. Please ensure that this is run as an Administrator. A reboot may be required to remove all non-genuine notifications.

We also implemented a webpage with special instructions that will receive any traffic from systems that are running on product keys that could have been affected by this issue.

said by EGeezer :

. . Hopefully this will be an event that drives change.

said by AB :

Not unless there's a change at the top at Microsoft Corp., imo.

Mr. Ballmer is hell-bent-for-leather that Microsoft Corp. will be in charge of the OS, not the user. Read any of his comments regarding WGA. He comes across as borderline psychotic.

said by »blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2007/···fix.aspx :

We've been receiving reports on our forum and through customer service starting last night that Windows Vista validations have been failing on genuine systems. It looks now as though the issue has been resolved and validations are being processed successfully.

Customers who received an incorrect validation response can fix their system by revalidating on our site (»www.microsoft.com/genuine). We encourage anyone who received a validation failure since Friday evening to do this now. After successfully revalidating any affected system should be rebooted to ensure the genuine-only features are restored.

said by EGeezer :

Here are the specific steps that can be taken now to fix this issue on any affected system that is genuine:

1) Delete the data.dat file from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Windows Genuine Advantage\data (The drive letter will depend on where the OS was installed)

2) Revisit »www.microsoft.com/genuine/downlo···ate.aspx to confirm whether the machine is genuine.

said by Mele20 :

. . I don't have that file. Of course, I used my default browser, Firefox. I suppose Microsoft still hates Fx so much that it won't allow you to validate if on Fx. . . .

said by chachazz :

There is an alternate method (bottom of page)- no Plugin Installation:

quote:

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If you think your Web browser is not configured to install or run the Windows Genuine Advantage Plug-in, you may use this alternate method.

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..and click the 'continue' button...
»www.microsoft.com/genuine/downlo···ate.aspx

which takes one to:
»www.microsoft.com/genuine/downlo···Validate