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ok....i payed a guy quite a bit of money(atleast the price of 1 legit xp license) alot of money to do a fresh install of xp pro sp2 on my computer because i got a pretty nasty trojan and it was much easier to just reinstall the os. i honestly thought he was a pretty good guy until i go to run windows updates to download some security patches and it comes back saying "your computer did not pass Microsoft genuine validation...im pretty ticked off! i could have put a counterfeit version of xp pro for free that would have passed wga but im not dishonest like that! but is there any way i could download the patches NOT SP3 just certain patches that i need without it always bugging me about it being counterfeit?
-Michael-
If you're interested, PM me with your e-mail. I have a fix that may or may not be illegal (I don't know). It has worked for me for bypassing WGA messages that I've received in error. To be safe, I'd rather not post it here.
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On that page that tells you your copy might be counterfeit is a link to report it to Microsoft. If you follow that link and call/e-mail them your story they will often give you a legit copy of Windows at a discounted price....in exchange for the guy's name.
First you should contact the guy who you paid, explain the problem, and tell him to put a legit copy of Windows on your computer. If that doesn't work, he gives you the run around, ignores you, whatever, then talk to Microsoft.
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That is perhaps better advice than my suggestion.
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yeah...i was going to make the guy buy me a legit copy until i found out that he had moved out of state.
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HE sounds...shady. I guess if yo cannot get in contact with him, go the Microsoft route. There is no reason you should have to pay full price for ANOTHER copy of Windows, and there is no reason this guy should get paid for scamming you.
-Ryan Adams
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If your original installation of XP was legal, just reuse the old product key. Use a program such as Magic JellyBean keyfinder to find out which key the "guy" used then change it to your legal key.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/produ...
BTW, if you already know how to install XP, why would you pay someone to do it for you?
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His moving out of state is probably just a striking coincidence .... live & learn.
As hinted in some of the suggestions above, buy a genuine license from M$ & make things right with Redmond.
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yes i could have done a fresh install but i wanted to see if he could just remove the Trojans/viruses but he just backed up my files and swiped my harddrive and put a non-legit copy of wxp pro sp2. this was before i really got intrested in computers.
-Michael-
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Like I said in my other response, if your original install of XP was legit & you have the original product key, all you have to do is change the "illegal" key to your legit key.
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