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Phyre
08-25-07, 09:14 AM
Has anyone else running Vista run into this issue? This all happened last night when I installed BioShock, did a reboot to see if that helped the BioShock error (BioShock.exe has stopped working.), and some Windows updates had installed during the reboot.

http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2053253&SiteID=25

So, I'm thinking this has to do with one of the updates that happened during the reboot. People are pointing to Definition Update for Windows Defender - KB915597 (Definition 1.21.2842.4) as being the source of the issue.

So, as of right now, my machine is not validated. :(

Phyre
|MaguS|
08-25-07, 09:33 AM
No issues here.
Phyre
08-25-07, 10:16 AM
I called the number to reactivate my machine ("slui.exe 4" from a command prompt) and tried validating at http://www.microsoft.com/genuine, but that was a no go as well.

I sent an email with the information from the WGA Diagnostic Tool to Microsoft. Hopefully, I'll get a response soon.
radekhulan
08-25-07, 10:46 AM
It happened to me 3 months ago after some Windows Update hotfix (from May 23rd, 2007), Windows was activated, but NOT genuine.

http://radekhulan.cz/img/vista_x64/aktivace-vista.png

To solve this, type "slui 4", call hotline, reactivate, restart your computer, go to microsoft.com/geniune, verify your Windows, restart again. It works then.
grey_1
08-25-07, 10:52 AM
I had to reactivate windows after a recent update for defender, not sure which one it was though. I got 2 in 2 days. It went smoothly though.
Phyre
08-25-07, 01:11 PM
I tried what you guys have suggested, and it hasn't worked. But, Microsoft seems to be looking at the issue finally.

http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2054756&SiteID=25

Phyre
Phyre
08-25-07, 02:01 PM
Validation is working fine for me now. :)

Phyre
JOPS
08-26-07, 06:59 AM
This works on LGA but I'm not sure it's possible to upgrade WGA to LGA without dropping most of the proprietary stuff. ;)

http://www.alienos.com/articles/2007/02/02/linux-genuine-advantage-cracked
radekhulan
08-27-07, 06:53 PM
So whole "big problem" with WGA (not being able to see Aero, no reduced functionality) concerned only 12,000 people worldwide, and was fixed within the same day:

http://blogs.msdn.com/wga/archive/2007/08/27/update-on-validation-issues.aspx