Validation fails XP Pro SP3 What should I do?

[*BUSY*]

What should i do?

I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and it
worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i built. It
looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a COA label with the
product key on it.

I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to activate nor
was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe it stated that windows
had been activated. I downloaded and installed all the updates and when it
installed kb905474 (WGA update) I was informed that i might have a pirated
copy. I didn't think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro. This time I hid
the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was activated) , and
installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running fine then my curiosity
got the better of me and I installed the kb905474 update. Bam! Black screen
again, telling me about illegal pirates.

I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell you a
genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99, no, They don't
try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that buying a new copy is
the only option by clever web page design. Anyway, after drilling down i
found out that the product key I had is actually a "Volume License" product
key and it had been blocked.

Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary windows
genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and purchase receipt and
wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already filled out the online form
but have not sent anything.

Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on Ebay?

Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?

Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?



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[Shenan Stanley]

*BUSY* wrote:
> What should i do?
>
> I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and
> it worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i
> built. It looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a
> COA label with the product key on it.
>
> I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to
> activate nor was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe
> it stated that windows had been activated. I downloaded and
> installed all the updates and when it installed kb905474
> (WGA update) I was informed that i might have a pirated copy. I didn't
> think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro. This
> time I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was
> activated) , and installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running
> fine then my curiosity got the better of me and I installed the
> kb905474 update. Bam! Black screen again, telling me about illegal
> pirates.
>
> I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell
> you a genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99,
> no, They don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that
> buying a new copy is the only option by clever web page design.
> Anyway, after drilling down i found out that the product key I had
> is actually a "Volume License" product key and it had been blocked.
>
> Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary
> windows genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and
> purchase receipt and wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already
> filled out the online form but have not sent anything.
>
> Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on
> Ebay?
> Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
>
> Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?


You realize you got taken and you are still asking the questions on a
peer-to-peer newsgroup?

Try it (WGA kit); File a complaint on eBay and have them contact the
reseller; installing KB905474 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474) is
optional - but you already know you have an illegitimate copy and who knows
when it might bite you again; You should get a genuine copy somehow - in my
opinion.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

[Daave[_8_]]

*BUSY* wrote:
> What should i do?
>
> I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and it
> worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i
> built. It looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a COA
> label with
> the product key on it.
>
> I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to
> activate nor was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe it
> stated that
> windows had been activated. I downloaded and installed all the updates
> and
> when it installed kb905474 (WGA update) I was informed that i might
> have a
> pirated copy. I didn't think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro.
> This time
> I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was activated) ,
> and
> installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running fine then my
> curiosity got the better of me and I installed the kb905474 update.
> Bam! Black
> screen again, telling me about illegal pirates.
>
> I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell you a
> genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99, no, They
> don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that buying a
> new
> copy is the only option by clever web page design. Anyway, after
> drilling
> down i found out that the product key I had is actually a "Volume
> License"
> product key and it had been blocked.
>
> Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary
> windows genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and purchase
> receipt
> and wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already filled out the
> online form but have not sent anything.
>
> Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on
> Ebay?
> Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
>
> Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?

Sure sounds like you were ripped off.

Why did you buy this is in the first place? Please describe this PC. Did
it come pre-isntalled with an OS, and if so, which one?

[*BUSY*]

"Shenan Stanley" > wrote in message
...
| *BUSY* wrote:
| > What should i do?
| >
| > I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and
| > it worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i
| > built. It looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a
| > COA label with the product key on it.
| >
| > I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to
| > activate nor was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe
| > it stated that windows had been activated. I downloaded and
| > installed all the updates and when it installed kb905474
| > (WGA update) I was informed that i might have a pirated copy. I didn't
| > think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro. This
| > time I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was
| > activated) , and installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running
| > fine then my curiosity got the better of me and I installed the
| > kb905474 update. Bam! Black screen again, telling me about illegal
| > pirates.
| >
| > I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell
| > you a genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99,
| > no, They don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that
| > buying a new copy is the only option by clever web page design.
| > Anyway, after drilling down i found out that the product key I had
| > is actually a "Volume License" product key and it had been blocked.
| >
| > Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary
| > windows genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and
| > purchase receipt and wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already
| > filled out the online form but have not sent anything.
| >
| > Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on
| > Ebay?
| > Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
| >
| > Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?
|
|
| You realize you got taken and you are still asking the questions on a
| peer-to-peer newsgroup?
|
| Try it (WGA kit); File a complaint on eBay and have them contact the
| reseller; installing KB905474 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474) is
| optional - but you already know you have an illegitimate copy and who knows
| when it might bite you again; You should get a genuine copy somehow - in my
| opinion.
|
| --
| Shenan Stanley
| MS-MVP
| --
| How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Sheenan
Thank you for your prompt reply. I basically wanted to put this situation out there for many
people to see in the event that I might be missing something of relevance. Feedback. Your
feedback is valuable and I will probably do just as you said. I don't quite understand what
you meant by "still asking the questions on a peer-to-peer newsgroup?". As opposed to,
posting this in a MS technet forum? I am in the process of realizing i got taken and i will
take what is relevent from the replies here and discard the rest. Like the person that
replied after you, repeating what you said and asking questions that i had already answered
if he had read my post.

Have a Happy New Year












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[Daave[_8_]]

Daave wrote:
> *BUSY* wrote:
>> What should i do?
>>
>> I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and
>> it worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i
>> built. It looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a COA
>> label with
>> the product key on it.
>>
>> I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to
>> activate nor was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe it
>> stated that
>> windows had been activated. I downloaded and installed all the
>> updates and
>> when it installed kb905474 (WGA update) I was informed that i might
>> have a
>> pirated copy. I didn't think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro.
>> This time
>> I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was activated) ,
>> and
>> installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running fine then my
>> curiosity got the better of me and I installed the kb905474 update.
>> Bam! Black
>> screen again, telling me about illegal pirates.
>>
>> I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell you
>> a genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99, no,
>> They don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that
>> buying a new
>> copy is the only option by clever web page design. Anyway, after
>> drilling
>> down i found out that the product key I had is actually a "Volume
>> License"
>> product key and it had been blocked.
>>
>> Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary
>> windows genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and purchase
>> receipt
>> and wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already filled out the
>> online form but have not sent anything.
>>
>> Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on
>> Ebay?
>> Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
>>
>> Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?
>
> Sure sounds like you were ripped off.
>
> Why did you buy this is in the first place? Please describe this PC.
> Did it come pre-isntalled with an OS, and if so, which one?

Oops. Disregard that last paragraph. I now see you built this PC
yourself. My bad.

Here is my recommendation. Purchase an XP *Home* installation CD:

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511

Ninety bucks, including shipping. It is doubtful you need XP Pro as
there are few differences between Home and Pro. Plus there are a number
of tweaks to give Home more of a "Pro-like" functionality.

You can also contact Microsoft. If you report the person who sold you
the bad copy, they might give you a complimentary license/CD to run XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/howtotell/reports/report.aspx

Contact Ebay, too. It can't hurt to try to get your money back.

Then again, there is always the rare possibiliy of a false positive. Do
you have information on this Ebay seller? Check the feedback. Complaints
from others? Or a stellar reputation? Power seller?

[db[_3_]]

microsoft takes software piracy
pretty seriously.

microsoft does provide assistance
to those who inadvertently purchased
pirated software.

don't have the link but you can
begin by going to microsoft.com

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>

"*BUSY*" > wrote in message
. ..
> What should i do?
>
> I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and it
> worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i built. It
> looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a COA label with the
> product key on it.
>
> I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to activate nor
> was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe it stated that
> windows had been activated. I downloaded and installed all the updates and
> when it installed kb905474 (WGA update) I was informed that i might have a
> pirated copy. I didn't think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro. This
> time I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was activated) ,
> and installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running fine then my
> curiosity got the better of me and I installed the kb905474 update. Bam!
> Black screen again, telling me about illegal pirates.
>
> I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell you a
> genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99, no, They
> don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that buying a new
> copy is the only option by clever web page design. Anyway, after drilling
> down i found out that the product key I had is actually a "Volume License"
> product key and it had been blocked.
>
> Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary windows
> genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and purchase receipt and
> wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already filled out the online
> form but have not sent anything.
>
> Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on Ebay?
>
> Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
>
> Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?
>
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
> signature database 4733 (20091231) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>
>

[philo]

*BUSY* wrote:
> "Shenan Stanley" > wrote in message
> ...
> | *BUSY* wrote:
> | > What should i do?
> | >
> | > I purchased XP Pro OEM for system builders on E-bay in July '09 and
> | > it worked ok the first time I installed it on the computer system i
> | > built. It looked genuine, had the hologram cover and came with a
> | > COA label with the product key on it.
> | >
> | > I recently had to reinstall XP Pro and there was no option to
> | > activate nor was i prompted to activate it. When i ran msoobe.exe
> | > it stated that windows had been activated. I downloaded and
> | > installed all the updates and when it installed kb905474
> | > (WGA update) I was informed that i might have a pirated copy. I didn't
> | > think that was right so i reinstalled XPpro. This
> | > time I hid the kb905474 update (msoobe still said windows was
> | > activated) , and installed all the other updates. XP Pro was running
> | > fine then my curiosity got the better of me and I installed the
> | > kb905474 update. Bam! Black screen again, telling me about illegal
> | > pirates.
> | >
> | > I went to the validation website, the one where ms tries to sell
> | > you a genuine copy for a bargain-hunter's dream price of $149.99,
> | > no, They don't try to "sell you", they trick you into thinking that
> | > buying a new copy is the only option by clever web page design.
> | > Anyway, after drilling down i found out that the product key I had
> | > is actually a "Volume License" product key and it had been blocked.
> | >
> | > Do you think this situation would qualify for the "complimetary
> | > windows genuine advantage kit" where i send them the CD and
> | > purchase receipt and wait for them to tell me if I qualify? I already
> | > filled out the online form but have not sent anything.
> | >
> | > Should I try to contact the reseller on Ebay or file a complaint on
> | > Ebay?
> | > Should I just not install kb905474 and continue to use it?
> | >
> | > Should I take my medicine and buy a genuine copy?
> |
> |
> | You realize you got taken and you are still asking the questions on a
> | peer-to-peer newsgroup?
> |
> | Try it (WGA kit); File a complaint on eBay and have them contact the
> | reseller; installing KB905474 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474) is
> | optional - but you already know you have an illegitimate copy and who knows
> | when it might bite you again; You should get a genuine copy somehow - in my
> | opinion.
> |
> | --
> | Shenan Stanley
> | MS-MVP
> | --
> | How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> | http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> Sheenan
> Thank you for your prompt reply. I basically wanted to put this situation out there for many
> people to see in the event that I might be missing something of relevance. Feedback. Your
> feedback is valuable and I will probably do just as you said. I don't quite understand what
> you meant by "still asking the questions on a peer-to-peer newsgroup?". As opposed to,
> posting this in a MS technet forum? I am in the process of realizing i got taken and i will
> take what is relevent from the replies here and discard the rest. Like the person that
> replied after you, repeating what you said and asking questions that i had already answered
> if he had read my post.
>
> Have a Happy New Year
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4733 (20091231) __________
>
> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.
>
> http://www.eset.com
>
>
>
>


The fact that you were able to validate the OS the first time it was
installed leads me to think that it was a legit CD.

Was any hardware changed? If so, it may "think" it's being installed on
a second machine and therefore invalid.

I'd try the phone activation...probably nothing to lose at this point

[Carmel]

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:49:15 -0600
db db > articulated:

> microsoft takes software piracy
> pretty seriously.
>
> microsoft does provide assistance
> to those who inadvertently purchased
> pirated software.
>
> don't have the link but you can
> begin by going to microsoft.com

Is this what you are looking for:



Include as much info as possible. I have used it before and received a
response back from Microsoft.

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