Re: Windows Genuine Advantage (KB892130) Failed in Windows Update

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Could you please explain to us why then the following sitation occured for me.

I tried to run the system updates since I have been experiencing hardware
problems and just got them resoved. (Power supply: so it should not do much
to change the hardware profile of which windows keeps track.)

When visiting the windows update site if failed to install the update.

I knew about the windows Defender update so I went and downloaded it and ran
into the need to validate my windows . Ran the alternate method using my
non-admin and was able to successfully validate my windows. Not only that I
was able to download and install Windows Defender.

I have since gone back an tried to run the windows update and still running
into problems. I then went back to the Windows Defender download (admin
Account) and ran into the need to validate as I assumed I would. It validated
once more.

Back to the windows update (using the admin account) and both the Express
and Custom updates are not installing the Windows Genuine Advantage
(re-release) update).

So I know I have a valid windows or should Microsoft not trust its alternate
method of validation.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

No, you are wrong. Only folks that "think" they have
a legitimate Windows XP license are affected.

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

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"Dr. Fever" wrote:

| It's affecting plenty of legitimate and genuine users. This screwup
| by Microsoft is the reason against the whole WGA program in the first
| place.
|
|
| On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:56:58 -0600, "Carey Frisch [MVP]"
| <cnfrisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|
| >Purchase a legitimate Windows XP license
| >and you won't have a problem.
|


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