Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :(

N_oo_X · 10-04-2008, 08:47 AM

FOR SOME REASON MY VISTA HAS JUST OUT OF THE BLUE STARTED TO COMPLAIN TO ME ABOUT VALIDATION.. WHEN I GO TO THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE.. AND TRY TO VALIDATE.. IT WONT LET ME :S

HERES SOME SCREEN SHOTS!!

http://i38.tinypic.com/11qoj7m.jpg

EVERY TIME I BOOT THIS IS ALSO POPING UP....

http://i33.tinypic.com/2en43g7.jpg

AND MORE!!

http://i34.tinypic.com/2u4hr94.jpg

IVE UNINSTALED MY GAMES.. PROGRAMS... AND ANYTHIN I WOULD OF THOUGHT COULD BE DOIN THIS???

cheers in advance!!!

**blah789** · 10-04-2008, 09:12 AM

Have you installed/upgraded or uninstalled any hardware device when that happened?
Also is everything the same hard-disk-wise? (if you reformatted, and somehow successfully re-copied all the files by hand - an unusual, but plausible recovery method - sometimes the volume serial number of the partition won't match, de-activating Windows). There are many times when people will swap hard drives into a computer with the exact same specifications (all the hardware the same) in the hope Windows will start, but that too will deactivate Windows (usually the MAC address is the main culprit, but it could be other things like hard drive (physical) serial number, CD-ROM initialization strings, ROM serial number in some OEM machines, possibly hardware or firmware serial numbers on some hardware devices like motherboards). Microsoft worked very hard to make sure any copy of Windows works on only one computer.

**sobeit** · 10-04-2008, 09:34 AM

tell where your install of vista come from.

N_oo_X · 10-04-2008, 09:34 AM

not formated..... vista came pre-instaled??
its and ive hot changed any of the hardware/.... ive cleaned the registry?

dunno wat to du... cba restorin... loose all my settings :/

**sobeit** · 10-04-2008, 10:02 AM

is this the same computer you have been having problems with n your other posts?

**blah789** · 10-04-2008, 06:40 PM

I recognize your name now. You're the guy who tried moving partitions around. I wonder if Vista also recognizes partition placement and bases activation on that...

N_oo_X · 10-07-2008, 10:42 AM

LOL getting known around here eh? hehe .. well check out my post im about to make about my battlefield 2 not working after i system restored my Vista laptop (not my Medion Home Pc for you who know me)

erm yeh back to the point.. yes .. my copy of vista came pre-instaled.. and it keeps crashing sadly :(.. but yeh ... windows de-activated itself ... it said something about software possable being courrupt.. so i removed all programs that i had instaled recent to the time when it happened.. it was saying on the microsoft website ''click here to re valdate windows'' i click and it still said your system needs attention.... so i un-instaled ALL of my programs that i had personaly instaled... still no luck... so i emptyed my recycle bin... cleaned up files using performance and maintanance.. and even used a redgestry cleaner to try and get rid of any courrup key entrys... still no luck ... so i system restored it ... so it returned to its FACTORY STATE<<< thats gonna be important in a minuite.

afterwads i found out that a version of microsoft office a m8 give me was illigitamate :/
so thats more than likley it .. but XP on my Medion home pc had no issues with it... its vista man.... its gettin onto dodgy instalations :S..... is there any way of stoppin windows clockin on to you instaling software?? cause one day it will do it to someting important...
and finaly .... i have had battlefield 2 running perfectly smoothly .. exelent refresh rate.... it was all happy and fine until i restored my system.... NOW IT DOSENT WORK... IT JUST COMES UP WITH A BLACK SCREEN.. AND THEN CRASSHES BACK TO THE DESKTOP.. BUT THE THING IS IS IT DID WORK ABSOLUTLEY FINE... I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO DOWNLOAD THE DEMO AND UNINSTAL MY VERSION... AND IT DID EXACTLY THAT SAME THING...
MY LAPTOP (VISTA) IS A COMPAQ CQ50

http://www.cheaplaptops.org.uk/compaq-cq50-110-laptop/

^^^ THATS A LINK TO THE LAPTOP....

^_^

CHEERS IN ADVANCE PEOPLE

dai · 10-07-2008, 11:32 AM

we offer no help with pirated software
you may have taken out the wrong items with the registry cleaner

N_oo_X · 10-07-2008, 12:39 PM

its official lol... got the game wen i got my laptop... its a problem with the settings or summat to du with my graphics card????? anyone??????????

N_oo_X · 10-08-2008, 08:20 AM

any one?? .. im just wondering because i wanna install the full version of office on here.... but dont wanna it up agin??? is there any way to turn off the security features of vista for program management???

dai · 10-08-2008, 08:30 AM

phone microsoft

N_oo_X · 10-10-2008, 04:24 AM

so if illiegal software was instaled without my intention.... through my ignorance?
could that have caused it? cheers! :D

dai · 10-10-2008, 04:37 AM

it does not matter how it got on there we offer no help with illeagal software

N_oo_X · 10-12-2008, 05:06 AM

ahh okay :D... all good.... i know i was shocked when i found out the bell put a copy on there... but all good.... its stayin clean now :D

cheers all :D

10-04-2008, 08:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( FOR SOME REASON MY VISTA HAS JUST OUT OF THE BLUE STARTED TO COMPLAIN TO ME ABOUT VALIDATION.. WHEN I GO TO THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE.. AND TRY TO VALIDATE.. IT WONT LET ME :S HERES SOME SCREEN SHOTS!! http://i38.tinypic.com/11qoj7m.jpg EVERY TIME I BOOT THIS IS ALSO POPING UP.... http://i33.tinypic.com/2en43g7.jpg AND MORE!! http://i34.tinypic.com/2u4hr94.jpg IVE UNINSTALED MY GAMES.. PROGRAMS... AND ANYTHIN I WOULD OF THOUGHT COULD BE DOIN THIS??? cheers in advance!!!

10-04-2008, 09:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,294 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( Have you installed/upgraded or uninstalled any hardware device when that happened? Also is everything the same hard-disk-wise? (if you reformatted, and somehow successfully re-copied all the files by hand - an unusual, but plausible recovery method - sometimes the volume serial number of the partition won't match, de-activating Windows). There are many times when people will swap hard drives into a computer with the exact same specifications (all the hardware the same) in the hope Windows will start, but that too will deactivate Windows (usually the MAC address is the main culprit, but it could be other things like hard drive (physical) serial number, CD-ROM initialization strings, ROM serial number in some OEM machines, possibly hardware or firmware serial numbers on some hardware devices like motherboards). Microsoft worked very hard to make sure any copy of Windows works on only one computer.

10-04-2008, 09:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( tell where your install of vista come from. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

10-04-2008, 09:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( not formated..... vista came pre-instaled?? its and ive hot changed any of the hardware/.... ive cleaned the registry? dunno wat to du... cba restorin... loose all my settings :/

10-04-2008, 10:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( is this the same computer you have been having problems with n your other posts? __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

10-04-2008, 06:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,294 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( I recognize your name now. You're the guy who tried moving partitions around. I wonder if Vista also recognizes partition placement and bases activation on that...

10-07-2008, 10:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( LOL getting known around here eh? hehe .. well check out my post im about to make about my battlefield 2 not working after i system restored my Vista laptop (not my Medion Home Pc for you who know me) erm yeh back to the point.. yes .. my copy of vista came pre-instaled.. and it keeps crashing sadly :(.. but yeh ... windows de-activated itself ... it said something about software possable being courrupt.. so i removed all programs that i had instaled recent to the time when it happened.. it was saying on the microsoft website ''click here to re valdate windows'' i click and it still said your system needs attention.... so i un-instaled ALL of my programs that i had personaly instaled... still no luck... so i emptyed my recycle bin... cleaned up files using performance and maintanance.. and even used a redgestry cleaner to try and get rid of any courrup key entrys... still no luck ... so i system restored it ... so it returned to its FACTORY STATE<<< thats gonna be important in a minuite. afterwads i found out that a version of microsoft office a m8 give me was illigitamate :/ so thats more than likley it .. but XP on my Medion home pc had no issues with it... its vista man.... its gettin onto dodgy instalations :S..... is there any way of stoppin windows clockin on to you instaling software?? cause one day it will do it to someting important... and finaly .... i have had battlefield 2 running perfectly smoothly .. exelent refresh rate.... it was all happy and fine until i restored my system.... NOW IT DOSENT WORK... IT JUST COMES UP WITH A BLACK SCREEN.. AND THEN CRASSHES BACK TO THE DESKTOP.. BUT THE THING IS IS IT DID WORK ABSOLUTLEY FINE... I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS TO DOWNLOAD THE DEMO AND UNINSTAL MY VERSION... AND IT DID EXACTLY THAT SAME THING... MY LAPTOP (VISTA) IS A COMPAQ CQ50 http://www.cheaplaptops.org.uk/compaq-cq50-110-laptop/ ^^^ THATS A LINK TO THE LAPTOP.... ^_^ CHEERS IN ADVANCE PEOPLE Last edited by dai; 10-07-2008 at 11:28 AM. Reason: language

10-07-2008, 11:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( we offer no help with pirated software you may have taken out the wrong items with the registry cleaner __________________

10-07-2008, 12:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( its official lol... got the game wen i got my laptop... its a problem with the settings or summat to du with my graphics card????? anyone??????????

10-08-2008, 08:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( any one?? .. im just wondering because i wanna install the full version of office on here.... but dont wanna it up agin??? is there any way to turn off the security features of vista for program management??? Last edited by dai; 10-08-2008 at 08:29 AM. Reason: language

10-08-2008, 08:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( phone microsoft __________________

10-10-2008, 04:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( so if illiegal software was instaled without my intention.... through my ignorance? could that have caused it? cheers! :D

10-10-2008, 04:37 AM	#13 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( it does not matter how it got on there we offer no help with illeagal software __________________

10-12-2008, 05:06 AM	#14 (permalink)
N_oo_X Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 76 OS: XP	Re: Hellp!! Vista Has De-activated Itself? :( ahh okay :D... all good.... i know i was shocked when i found out the bell put a copy on there... but all good.... its stayin clean now :D cheers all :D Last edited by koala; 10-12-2008 at 05:25 AM. Reason: language