gennisis Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 I verfied the XP installation and windows thanked me !!....no problems for a week.Then it asked me to verifyand?or register again...this I did,I was thanked.! then everyday on startup this happened....then it told me that the verification number code,(taken from the OEM computer I bought in Dubai ) had been used too many times and I should contact Microsoft for a new code. So,I telephoned and got a 7 x 6 group of numbers and all was OK...for 2 days! Now on each startup i have to go throught the process with the 6 x 7 group. Windows tells me and thanks me for installing a verified copy, all updates can be downloaded including Media Player 11 which is not possible without verification. So...can someone suggest something so that I can just start in the normal manner ??? ...and reading the forum about Vista ...thank goodness I dont have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Go to Windows Update and try re-downloading the Windows Genuine Advantage tool again. It might just be that the current install of it is not saving the info like it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxexile Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 (edited) i had an xp verification problem a few days ago , on bootup i was told that i was running a bootleg copy. this is after 2 years of using a geniune copy and receiving all the updates etc. there is a help facility associated with the message , and it gives a fix for those who know that their copy is genuine , mentioning something to do with activex controls being involved in the verification process. i can remember uninstalling a track eraser program a couple of days ago, and as i was uninstalling it , spybot asked me if i wanted to proceed with certain registry changes it had noticed , i clicked 'yes to all" and noticed the word activex coming up a few times as registry changes. it happened too quick to note the actual file names. rather than go through the complicated microsoft fix , i system restored back a few days and since then have had no problems with microsoft and have downloaded some updates. its not exactly the same problem as the original poster , but this post might contain some info. useful to somebody else. p.s. i have no idea what activex actually is. Edited March 5, 2007 by taxexile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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