Windows XP Validation?

[Guest]

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Hello,

I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.

I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will not
accept my version of WinXP.

I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What is the
simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not to have to
reinstall the whole thing.

Thanks a lot,

Bob

 

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ergobob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>
> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will not
> accept my version of WinXP.
>
> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What is the
> simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not to have to
> reinstall the whole thing.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Bob
>
>


If this applies:

The Product Key Used to Install Windows Is Invalid
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q326904

You need to purchase and use a _legitimate_ full retail copy of
WinXP Pro to perform a repair (a.k.a. in-place upgrade) installation,
using the new CD and Product Key.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q315341


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ergobob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>
> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
> not accept my version of WinXP.
>
> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
> to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Bob

Forget about using Windows & Microsoft Update. They just add another
layer of code that can go wrong in the updating process. And with
validation, that adds a second layer of useless and unnecessary BS to
the patching process.

Learn to protect your computer with Common Sense Computing.

http://microscum.com/comsense

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In news:JX4He.6599$p%3.33149@typhoon.sonic.net,
ergobob <ergobob@sonic[REMOVE].net> typed:

> Hello,
>
> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on
> it.
>
> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates
> will
> not accept my version of WinXP.
>
> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right.
> What
> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm
> trying not
> to have to reinstall the whole thing.


I see that you already have answers to the question you asked,
but I wanted to add another point: if I bought a used computer,
the first thing I would do with it would be to reinstall the
operating system cleanly. You have no idea how the computer has
been maintained, what has been installed incorrectly, what is
missing, what viruses and spyware there may be, etc. I wouldn't
want to live with somebody else's mistakes and problems,
possibility of kiddie porn, etc., and I wouldn't recommend that
anyone else do either.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

 

[Sam]

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Apparently, _kurttrail_, on 31/07/05 11:49,typed:
> ergobob wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>
>>I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>>not accept my version of WinXP.
>>
>>I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>>is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>>to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>
>>Bob
>
>
> Forget about using Windows & Microsoft Update. They just add another
> layer of code that can go wrong in the updating process. And with
> validation, that adds a second layer of useless and unnecessary BS to
> the patching process.
>
> Learn to protect your computer with Common Sense Computing.
>
> http://microscum.com/comsense
>


Hi,

Thats some really good advice over there on your page. The section about
updates had some new information for me.

regards,
Sam.

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kurttrail wrote:

> ergobob wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>
>>I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>>not accept my version of WinXP.
>>
>>I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>>is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>>to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>
>>Thanks a lot,
>>
>>Bob
>
>
> Forget about using Windows & Microsoft Update. They just add another
> layer of code that can go wrong in the updating process. And with
> validation, that adds a second layer of useless and unnecessary BS to
> the patching process.
>
> Learn to protect your computer with Common Sense Computing.
>
> http://microscum.com/comsense
>

What is really needed are 50 attorneys who are willing to
file breach of contract suits in each of the 50 States. If
Microsoft cannot meet the terms of its own contracts, EULA's,
and so forth for the legitimate purchasers and users of its
products, then a breach of the agreement(s) exists.

If Microsoft really wants to be smart about its "Genuine
Advantage" initiative, instead of self-serving hype, it should
become the sole seller of the product and each copy-protected
cdrom should have its own unique serial number. Then everyone
will be happy. Who is pirating Apple OS-X these days?

 

[Ash]

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ergobob wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>
> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will not
> accept my version of WinXP.
>
> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What is the
> simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not to have to
> reinstall the whole thing.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Bob
>
>
before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into the
address bar and hit the enter button:

javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a legit
version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because someone at
microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it. This sort of
error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for me.

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that knew. I tell visitors to touch it, it feels real.

 

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[posted and mailed]

Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

> ergobob wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>
>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>> not accept my version of WinXP.
>>
>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>> to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into
> the address bar and hit the enter button:
>
> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>
> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a legit
> version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because someone at
> microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it. This sort of
> error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for me.
>

Is this a permament fix?

 

[Guest]

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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:14:28 -0700, Mistoffolees
<mistyfac01@danang.rvn> wrote:

>
>If Microsoft really wants to be smart about its "Genuine
>Advantage" initiative, instead of self-serving hype, it should
>become the sole seller of the product and each copy-protected
>cdrom should have its own unique serial number. Then everyone
>will be happy. Who is pirating Apple OS-X these days?

That is a good idea. However, I read a somewhere that someone had
trouble activating their copy of windows that was given to them by
Microsoft.

Dell , hp and other companies would not be to happy with that idea.
They like to put their own crude on.

Greg Ro

 

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"Ash" <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> ergobob wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>
>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will not
>> accept my version of WinXP.
>>
>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What is
>> the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not to have
>> to reinstall the whole thing.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Bob
> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into the
> address bar and hit the enter button:
>
> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>
> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a legit
> version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because someone at
> microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it. This sort of
> error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for me.
>
> --
> At home I have a brick wall in my living room. I covered it with wall
> paper with pictures of bricks on it, just so I would be the only one that
> knew. I tell visitors to touch it, it feels real.

Thanks so much Ash. Worked like a charm.

Bob

 

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Cliff & Linda Miata wrote:
> [posted and mailed]
>
> Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
> news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>
>> ergobob wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>>
>>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>>> not accept my version of WinXP.
>>>
>>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>>> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>>> to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into
>> the address bar and hit the enter button:
>>
>> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>>
>> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a
>> legit version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because
>> someone at microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it.
>> This sort of error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for
>> me.
>>
>
> Is this a permament fix?

It is a loophole that is bound to be closed, eventually.

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Preferably after they fix the damned WGA.

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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:ebEBdPhlFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Cliff & Linda Miata wrote:
>> [posted and mailed]
>>
>> Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>> news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>>
>>> ergobob wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>>>
>>>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>>>> not accept my version of WinXP.
>>>>
>>>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>>>> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>>>> to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into
>>> the address bar and hit the enter button:
>>>
>>> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>>>
>>> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a
>>> legit version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because
>>> someone at microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it.
>>> This sort of error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for
>>> me.
>>>
>>
>> Is this a permament fix?
>
> It is a loophole that is bound to be closed, eventually.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt
> Self-anointed Moderator
> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
> http://microscum.com/mscommunity
> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"
>

 

[Guest]

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Mark Randall wrote:
> Preferably after they fix the damned WGA.

LOL! No matter what MS does, it will screw up for someone somewhere
somehow.

Technologies that are meant to limit use, will, and will sometimes limit
use when it is not supposed to.

Best way not to get screwed is not buy any product that has use-limiting
technology associated with it.

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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:ebEBdPhlFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Cliff & Linda Miata wrote:
>> [posted and mailed]
>>
>> Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>> news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>>
>>> ergobob wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>>>
>>>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates will
>>>> not accept my version of WinXP.
>>>>
>>>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right. What
>>>> is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm trying not
>>>> to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>
>>>> Bob
>>>>
>>>>
>>> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text into
>>> the address bar and hit the enter button:
>>>
>>> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>>>
>>> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a
>>> legit version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because
>>> someone at microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing it.
>>> This sort of error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked fine for
>>> me.
>>>
>>
>> Is this a permament fix?
>
> It is a loophole that is bound to be closed, eventually.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt

Already closed.

Alias

 

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Alias wrote:
> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in
> message news:ebEBdPhlFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Cliff & Linda Miata wrote:
>>> [posted and mailed]
>>>
>>> Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>>> news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>>>
>>>> ergobob wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates
>>>>> will not accept my version of WinXP.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right.
>>>>> What is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm
>>>>> trying not to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text
>>>> into the address bar and hit the enter button:
>>>>
>>>> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>>>>
>>>> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a
>>>> legit version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because
>>>> someone at microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing
>>>> it. This sort of error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked
>>>> fine for me.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is this a permament fix?
>>
>> It is a loophole that is bound to be closed, eventually.
>>
>> --
>> Peace!
>> Kurt
>
> Already closed.
>
> Alias

Is it? I don't see how, unless MS has a way to update your browser
without you knowing about it.

It only worked for Windows and Microsoft Update, and it didn't prevent
the WGA component from downloading, only made it unnecessary to run it
before getting an update.

http://kurttrail.com/kblog/kblogarch/00000074.php#comments

Check out Cracker's comment & link left on my blog.

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[Alias]

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"kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in message
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> Alias wrote:
>> "kurttrail" <dontemailme@anywhereintheknowuniverse.org> wrote in
>> message news:ebEBdPhlFHA.1608@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Cliff & Linda Miata wrote:
>>>> [posted and mailed]
>>>>
>>>> Ash <furroash@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote in
>>>> news:Wb5He.67478$Ph4.2122027@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:
>>>>
>>>>> ergobob wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bought a used computer from a guy with WinXP Pro running on it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I just discovered that the new validation required for Updates
>>>>>> will not accept my version of WinXP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know I will probably have to buy something to set this right.
>>>>>> What is the simplest way to get the WinXP Pro to validate? I'm
>>>>>> trying not to have to reinstall the whole thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> before clicking "express" or "custom", place the following text
>>>>> into the address bar and hit the enter button:
>>>>>
>>>>> javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
>>>>>
>>>>> Note: This is probably illiegal, but if you really are running a
>>>>> legit version of windows, you shouldn't have to suffer because
>>>>> someone at microsoft can't write code correctly before releasing
>>>>> it. This sort of error has been happening a lot, but WGA worked
>>>>> fine for me.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is this a permament fix?
>>>
>>> It is a loophole that is bound to be closed, eventually.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peace!
>>> Kurt
>>
>> Already closed.
>>
>> Alias
>
> Is it? I don't see how, unless MS has a way to update your browser
> without you knowing about it.
>
> It only worked for Windows and Microsoft Update, and it didn't prevent the
> WGA component from downloading, only made it unnecessary to run it before
> getting an update.
>
> http://kurttrail.com/kblog/kblogarch/00000074.php#comments
>
> Check out Cracker's comment & link left on my blog.
>
> --
> Peace!
> Kurt

Oh, that's different.

Alias