Re: Genuine Advantage Problem - It IS a genuine copy!! XP Pro

Try the following workaround:

The WGA Diagnostic Tool has been updated to
correct a problem experienced by some users.
Please download and execute it from:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012

After running the tool, please return to Windows Update and try again.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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"silverback" wrote:

| The new Genuine Advantage Update tells me I am running counterfeit software.
| I have the original bill of sale, the product key on the back of the PC, and
| had no problems with Update's previous validation process.
|
| I have spoken to the local PC manufacturer that sold me the windows
| preinstalled computer in May 2004, who in turn spoke to Microsoft - between
| them could I not get a satisfactory answer, but hey, I can still get critical
| updates so what's the problem?
|
| Has this been seen by anyone else? Could my product key have been phished?
| Am I condemned to Genuine Advantage pop-up hell until I upgrade to Vista?

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