Vista - WGA on a daily basis

Can anyone tell me why my Vista Ultimate is being validated each and
every day, the same Ultimate retail I have had for the past year? I have
made no hardware changes for several months and even then I did not have to
revalidate. It only takes about two seconds for the WGA and each validation
is reported as successful. Is this the new "nagging" feature Microsoft now
uses in place of the reduced functionality mode used before? If so, I don't
think it is working properly since each validation is successful.
I did a reformat and clean install a few days ago for the purpose of
finding the causative factor of my non-functioning Microsoft fingerprint
reader. As always, I entered my license key during the install and
successfully validated the OS online upon completion of the install. I have
always installed my OS in this manner and have never had any problems with
validation.
The only thing I can think of is that one of the latest updates
contains a new, revamped WGA application and the information reported to
Microsoft is in some way not being retained in Microsoft's databank. I don't
mind Microsoft validating my OS on a monthly or bi-monthly basis but if this
is going to be something done on a daily basis I think I'll just move over
to OS X. I'd rather use a Linux based OS, with all its limitations, than put
up with this constant mistrust by Microsoft.
It makes me feel as though I'm back in grade school waiting for the
teacher to smack my hand with a ruler. It's irritating as hell. I already
have one Big Brother (U.S. government) looking over my shoulder every day. I
neither need nor desire a second one. This is ridiculous.

C.B.


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Hopefully your reinstall will fix the problem. As you can see this is not a
problem reported here and believe me if this was happening generally you
would see huge strings of postings.

"C.B." <notreallyc.b.mullen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C1180714-5DC4-4830-B344-D04A2F9B923D@xxxxxx

You need to open a WGA support request (free) directly with Microsoft:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...spx?gprid=9860

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"C.B." wrote:

Can anyone tell me why my Vista Ultimate is being validated each and
every day, the same Ultimate retail I have had for the past year? I have
made no hardware changes for several months and even then I did not have to
revalidate. It only takes about two seconds for the WGA and each validation
is reported as successful. Is this the new "nagging" feature Microsoft now
uses in place of the reduced functionality mode used before? If so, I don't
think it is working properly since each validation is successful.
I did a reformat and clean install a few days ago for the purpose of
finding the causative factor of my non-functioning Microsoft fingerprint
reader. As always, I entered my license key during the install and
successfully validated the OS online upon completion of the install. I have
always installed my OS in this manner and have never had any problems with
validation.
The only thing I can think of is that one of the latest updates
contains a new, revamped WGA application and the information reported to
Microsoft is in some way not being retained in Microsoft's databank. I don't
mind Microsoft validating my OS on a monthly or bi-monthly basis but if this
is going to be something done on a daily basis I think I'll just move over
to OS X. I'd rather use a Linux based OS, with all its limitations, than put
up with this constant mistrust by Microsoft.
It makes me feel as though I'm back in grade school waiting for the
teacher to smack my hand with a ruler. It's irritating as hell. I already
have one Big Brother (U.S. government) looking over my shoulder every day. I
neither need nor desire a second one. This is ridiculous.

C.B.


--
It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
and unfortunate among us.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <cnfrisch@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e8w#xHLfIHA.4760@xxxxxx
Hello Mr. Frisch,

I thank you and everyone else for their input. First of all, I did the
clean install a few days ago and everything is fine with it. Secondly,
although the WGA pops up every day it always validates successfully. I am
not suffering from any reduced functionality of any type.
If it persists I will send the information via the link you provided.
It's simply irritating, that is all.

C.B.


--
It is the responsibility and duty of everyone to help the underprivileged
and unfortunate among us.