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Name: Cobra_R
Date: April 30, 2006 at 15:40:35 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon X2 4200+/2GB
Product: Custom
Comment:

I'm getting this odd thing in windows xp Everytime I scroll over a video or a player it it highlights it and ask me to activate this window. i click on it and the highlight goes away but i have to click on it again to start it. This neverh appened until my windows updated itself with one of windows update patches a week or so ago.

Has anyone ran into this issue?

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Name: XpUser
Date: April 30, 2006 at 20:19:29 Pacific
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The reason you have this issue is because the latest Windows Genuine Advantage validation check has detected your Windows to be counterfeit or pirated.

You will forever be nagged until you buy your own copy. There is no way to turn ot off once for all.

i_XpUser


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Response Number 2
Name: Cobra_R
Date: April 30, 2006 at 20:26:34 Pacific
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What? you must be getting confused with what i'm saying it's not an activation window it'a an activate audio and video player window on IE. it highlights it and if i leave my mouse over it it says activate this window i have to click the highlighted part it makes around an audio or video player in IE to make the highlight window go away and then i can press play.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7800GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI



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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser
Date: April 30, 2006 at 20:32:19 Pacific
Reply:

Ops sorry I must be getting tired :-)

i_XpUser


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Response Number 4
Name: gmstr
Date: April 30, 2006 at 20:51:54 Pacific
Reply:

Cobra_R,

This is caused by an optional Windows Update. It draws a box around the Flash content (or Active X, etc.) on a website in IE and makes you click/"activate" it before it works. If you unistall the particular update this will go away. I believe the update number is 912945.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=912945


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Response Number 5
Name: Cobra_R
Date: April 30, 2006 at 21:07:47 Pacific
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Thank you GM. from now on i'm turning my update featureon let me decide when to update.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7800GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI



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Response Number 6
Name: Cobra_R
Date: April 30, 2006 at 22:01:41 Pacific
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does that apply for windows media center because i don't see it?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ OC 2.7ghz
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Response Number 7
Name: tonysathre
Date: May 1, 2006 at 13:36:36 Pacific
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I would assume so. Try it and see what happens.


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