Vista - VISTA VALIDATION again and again......

Hi there just received my dvd of Vista RC1 build 5600, it installed okay and
for a moment I had full access to all the
functions.....but.........sporadically it gives me an error message telling
me there is a problem with my product key and I cant validate the software,
HELP!!

I can't find a solution to the problem and it seems pointless continuing
with the program when I can't use the aero functions, failing that I'll go
back to good old reliable XP
--
GJS

Hi, Smith
For the Aero, If your hardware support.
you can check these:

1.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
DWORD)
3.restart the "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (DWM)" service in
services.msc

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youyang
Microsoft MVP
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"G.J Smith" <GJSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4904C2E1-5CEF-42B4-B0CF-C326C82BC284@microsoft.com...
> Hi there just received my dvd of Vista RC1 build 5600, it installed okay
> and
> for a moment I had full access to all the
> functions.....but.........sporadically it gives me an error message
> telling
> me there is a problem with my product key and I cant validate the
> software,
> HELP!!
>
> I can't find a solution to the problem and it seems pointless continuing
> with the program when I can't use the aero functions, failing that I'll go
> back to good old reliable XP
> --
> GJS

Thanks for that YOU I've completed the changes as you instructed, lets hope
that has fixed the problem.

If it is any assistance to you the following error code was given to
indicate the problem

0xC004D401
--
GJS


"YouYang" wrote:

> Hi, Smith
> For the Aero, If your hardware support.
> you can check these:
>
> 1.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
> 2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> DWORD)
> 3.restart the "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (DWM)" service in
> services.msc
>
> --
> Regards
> youyang
> Microsoft MVP
> Space:
> http://spaces.msn.com/youyang/
> Blog:
> http://blogs.itecn.net/blogs/youyang
>
> "G.J Smith" <GJSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4904C2E1-5CEF-42B4-B0CF-C326C82BC284@microsoft.com...
> > Hi there just received my dvd of Vista RC1 build 5600, it installed okay
> > and
> > for a moment I had full access to all the
> > functions.....but.........sporadically it gives me an error message
> > telling
> > me there is a problem with my product key and I cant validate the
> > software,
> > HELP!!
> >
> > I can't find a solution to the problem and it seems pointless continuing
> > with the program when I can't use the aero functions, failing that I'll go
> > back to good old reliable XP
> > --
> > GJS
>
>

Nope sorry You took all of ten minutes for the problem to re-occur, any
further suggestions?
--
GJS


"G.J Smith" wrote:

> Thanks for that YOU I've completed the changes as you instructed, lets hope
> that has fixed the problem.
>
> If it is any assistance to you the following error code was given to
> indicate the problem
>
> 0xC004D401
> --
> GJS
>
>
> "YouYang" wrote:
>
> > Hi, Smith
> > For the Aero, If your hardware support.
> > you can check these:
> >
> > 1.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
> > 2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> > DWORD)
> > 3.restart the "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (DWM)" service in
> > services.msc
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > youyang
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Space:
> > http://spaces.msn.com/youyang/
> > Blog:
> > http://blogs.itecn.net/blogs/youyang
> >
> > "G.J Smith" <GJSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4904C2E1-5CEF-42B4-B0CF-C326C82BC284@microsoft.com...
> > > Hi there just received my dvd of Vista RC1 build 5600, it installed okay
> > > and
> > > for a moment I had full access to all the
> > > functions.....but.........sporadically it gives me an error message
> > > telling
> > > me there is a problem with my product key and I cant validate the
> > > software,
> > > HELP!!
> > >
> > > I can't find a solution to the problem and it seems pointless continuing
> > > with the program when I can't use the aero functions, failing that I'll go
> > > back to good old reliable XP
> > > --
> > > GJS
> >
> >

Woohoo!! After much searching through the discussion groups on this subject I
have found a solution, it appears there is a conflict between Spyware Doctor
4.0 and RC1....I removed the Spyware and bingo validated and up and running.

Now for some evaluation
--
GJS


"G.J Smith" wrote:

> Nope sorry You took all of ten minutes for the problem to re-occur, any
> further suggestions?
> --
> GJS
>
>
> "G.J Smith" wrote:
>
> > Thanks for that YOU I've completed the changes as you instructed, lets hope
> > that has fixed the problem.
> >
> > If it is any assistance to you the following error code was given to
> > indicate the problem
> >
> > 0xC004D401
> > --
> > GJS
> >
> >
> > "YouYang" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Smith
> > > For the Aero, If your hardware support.
> > > you can check these:
> > >
> > > 1.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)
> > > 2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
> > > DWORD)
> > > 3.restart the "Desktop Window Manager Session Manager (DWM)" service in
> > > services.msc
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > > youyang
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Space:
> > > http://spaces.msn.com/youyang/
> > > Blog:
> > > http://blogs.itecn.net/blogs/youyang
> > >
> > > "G.J Smith" <GJSmith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4904C2E1-5CEF-42B4-B0CF-C326C82BC284@microsoft.com...
> > > > Hi there just received my dvd of Vista RC1 build 5600, it installed okay
> > > > and
> > > > for a moment I had full access to all the
> > > > functions.....but.........sporadically it gives me an error message
> > > > telling
> > > > me there is a problem with my product key and I cant validate the
> > > > software,
> > > > HELP!!
> > > >
> > > > I can't find a solution to the problem and it seems pointless continuing
> > > > with the program when I can't use the aero functions, failing that I'll go
> > > > back to good old reliable XP
> > > > --
> > > > GJS
> > >
> > >