Re: WGA Update, part II

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Always reply to the original thread, please.

Please follow this simple troubleshooting procedure, courtesy of MS MVP Carey Frisch:

1. Download and install the WGA Diagnostic Tool
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=56062

2. After running the WGA Diagnostic Tool, click on the "Windows" tab and then click on "Copy to Clipboard".

3. Next, visit the following website and create a post in the "WGA Validation Problems" forum and paste the results of the WGA Diagnostic Data in a detailed post: http://forums.microsoft.com/Genuine/default.aspx?SiteID=25

4. A WGA troubleshooting specialist will analyze the data and recommend an appropriate solution.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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HackerGoAway wrote:
Ghostrider, et al, thanks for your comments.

I am mostly only curious about this. I have my security setting as "Download
updates, but let me decide when to install them." I get the 2nd Tuesday
updates, as usual, and the occasional emergency ones, too. Without a
problem, as far as I can tell. So, something WGA-like is working here...

YET, when I go to the Windows Update site, I can't get any further there
than the latest WGA.

AND, let us not forget, every single time I look at the security certificate
for the ActiveX control necessary to install WGA, it has an EXPIRED date on
it. For crying out loud, WGA is the centerpiece of the Windows security
system. I have spent countless hours with Microsoft trying to get an answer
to this question, and it's the definition of madness--expecting a different
result when you do the same thing.

Cheers!

.



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