Re: is microsoft trying to make money from us or am i being scammed???



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.

(Hope you paid the "relatively [!] reputable" store with a credit card.)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Soulrhyder wrote:
i tried to do an update today and microsoft tells me that my copy of windows
is a fake and it has been blocked. now i had it formatted at a relatively
reputable computer store which does pc's for schools and so on, so my
question is this,

Is bill Gates taking me for a ride or is this little pc shop doing the dirty
on my pc? is there any program i can install on my harddrive that will not
allow an unregistered version of windows to be loaded?

thanx

.



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