Windows XP Genuine Issue?

[s3pHiX]

Hey Guys,

Got an HP Pavilion 552w with MS Windows XP Home I'm working on for a client, and when the system boots up, it's displaying a message about this copy of windows is not Genuine, and ask if you would like to get genuine. I've tried numerous repairs, and other bypass things to try and get around this, but I'm not making any progress with it at all. I was wondering has anyone ever seen this on a name brand PC, that has a legitimate copy of Windows XP loaded on the PC.

Is there a way around this to re-register the copy of XP loaded on the PC??? or what options do I have to resolve this issue for this client????

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

[AdverseDeviant]

uh phone microsoft?

[Darkinspiration]

i assume you have to contact hp they are the one who created the rescue image they should have an update that fix it. If you bought a boxed copy then phone microsoft

[MazX_Napalm]

I've seen it on factory loaded notebooks. Never desktops though. I use the WGA reset method.

@ECHO OFF

IF EXIST "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine 
Advantage\data\data.dat" (
ECHO Deleting data.dat
attrib -R "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine 
Advantage\data\data.dat"
DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine 
Advantage\data\data.dat"
)

IF NOT EXIST %WINDIR%\system32\WGATray.exe (GOTO END)
ECHO WGA Validation in progress. Please wait...
WGATray.exe /b

:END
ECHO Done

[Lt-DavidW]

Can you access Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del)? If so, try uninstalling IE7 (if installed) from Add or Remove Programs. You can open this dialog in Task Manager by File, Run Process > appwiz.cpl

If you cannot uninstall IE7 this way, you can try uninstalling it from Recovery Console by doing a batch command on spuninst.txt

Microsoft Support do not offer any many other troubleshooting steps. If you do not have IE7 or this fails, then the last option is a repair reinstall or a format reinstall.

[MazX_Napalm]

try uninstalling IE7

Wouldn't work on a fresh install becasue.......

You can't install IE7 without first validating Windows.

[severach]

Other solutions may be found in the MSFN Crosspost.

[RaisinCain]

Download & run This. Then reinstall WGA (if you so choose).

[NEVER85]

Download & run This. Then reinstall WGA (if you so choose).

That was taken down ages ago.

[Lt-DavidW]

Wouldn't work on a fresh install becasue.......

You can't install IE7 without first validating Windows.

New PCs are often slipstreamed with the latest updates.