dminer
join:1999-12-11
San Francisco, CA
| [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA!
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! |
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TwKs
join:2007-04-29 | Did you get this information from a published source? A link or something would be nice.  |
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MrFixit1
join:1999-11-26
Madison, WI
| »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 |
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TwKs
join:2007-04-29
| 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. |
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Mele20
Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
| 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?   (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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howie
New York Giants
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-08
Little Falls, NJ
| reply to dminer
Hmmm... for fun I just downloaded a file that requires validation and there's no problem at all (Vista Ultimate). Maybe they fixed it. 
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Dan Given
Premium
join:2001-03-16
Tustin, CA
clubs:
| 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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Kramer
Premium,Mod
join:2000-08-03
Richmond, VA
clubs: | reply to dminer
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. |
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ChiTang
Premium,MVM
join:2002-08-23
Alhambra, CA
| I had no problem here too.
said by 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. May be DELL sold you an illegal copies.
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geierr
Computer Nut
Premium
join:2001-07-07
Yakima, WA | reply to dminer
I am having this problem as well this morning. Tried to validate last night and experienced the same problem. Annoying to say the least! |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs: | reply to dminer
Odd, I'd swear people have always complained about the same problem about XP since it was released.  |
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macyh
Ex-Isp
Premium,MVM
join:2001-04-24
Medina, OH
 ·Armstrong Zoom In..
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August 25th, @12:50PM
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WGA Server may be down until 8/28/2007 ??
Activation of XP, Win2003 and Vista are all affected. Notes from MS Forums indicate activation servers may be down for a couple more days.
»forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25
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MooJohn
join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA | reply to dminer
There's nothing like designing a single point of failure!
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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howie
New York Giants
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-08
Little Falls, NJ
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August 25th, @01:09PM
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Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA!
That's what you people get for using non-genuine software!
Just kidding, of course... |
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javaMan
Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-15
San Luis Obispo, CA
| reply to MooJohn
Re: There's nothing like designing a single point of failure!
said by 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. 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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steve1a
Premium,MVM
join:2001-05-07
Berkeley, CA
·Comcast
| reply to Dan Given
Re: [Vista] Urgent Warning about WGA!
said by 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? 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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denb45
join:2001-02-04
Albuquerque, NM
·Comcast
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August 25th, @05:55PM
| reply to dminer
said by 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! 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? |
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quetwo
That VoIP Guy
Premium
join:2004-09-04
East Lansing, MI | reply to dminer
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... |
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denb45
join:2001-02-04
Albuquerque, NM
·Comcast
| said by 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... Yeah that happend to me w/ Vista Ultimate a while back, but I haven't had any problems w/ that in a while now |
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La Luna
Surviving Ashraful
Premium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
clubs:
·Optimum Online
 ·Vonage
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August 25th, @04:35PM
| reply to dminer
»WGA servers down; installs being marked as counterfeit!
Newer info:
»forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/Sho···iteID=25 |
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