Hello as my friend got a problem with her XP OS says :'It is possible that you were victim of a software counterfeit. The key of Windows product installed on your computer is not an original key '(translated from french lang)!as my friend made many times an update for her win xp sp1 and last time when she tried to get the sp2 by updating she got an error message wich i told u about it!!!so what thats mean?and what she sould do?! thnx

First I would compare the CD key [hopefully orinted in the CD label/box] with the key in the registry. Use this tool to read the key from registry: Magic Jelly Bean ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

I doubt the product key was hacked. Is she indeed running a valid license? If so, she can go to Microsoft's website and make sure she has activated her version of XP. Life is more painless for those who are brainless.

Microsoft keeps track of the Product Keys used when you install XP, not directly - they can't tie one to a specific person or computer - but indirectly. What somtimes happens is someone, or many someones, has/have been found to have used the same key fraudulantly, Microsoft now has that info, and Microsoft now considers anyone using that Product Key as using it fraudulantly. That happened to a friend of mine. If your friend has a legitimate XP CD, she will be able to do as my friend did. She can contact Microsoft and tell them her problem, and if she has what is necessary to prove her XP CD is legitimate (e.g. the proper validation sticker, or a bill of sale with the Product Key printed on it, etc.), Microsoft will assign her another Product Key she can use. For more info, go to www.howtotell.com and look around.

remove WGA ... that's it. http://www.firewallleaktester.com/r... Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.' icq 10183575

Or just install w2k and get on with it. ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Remove WGA and uncheck Automatic updates. If you don't then WGA will be reinstalled with the next batch of updates.