XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect except
for Windows Media Player.

WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must check that
it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.

Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation complete. Thank
you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he closes Internet Explorer
and goes to use Windows Media Player, that says "Windows Media Player must
check that it is genuine......"

How does he get out of this continuous loop?

TIA
Bill (asking for a friend who doesn't have usenet access)

On Oct 19, 3:45*am, "Bill Payer" <d...@bother.com> wrote:
> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect except
> for Windows Media Player.
>
> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must check that
> it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>
> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation complete. Thank
> you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he closes Internet Explorer
> and goes to use Windows Media Player, that says "Windows Media Player must
> check that it is genuine......"
>
> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>
> TIA
> Bill (asking for a friend who doesn't have usenet access)

Has the Windows been "activated"...either by phone or on line? It is
checking to see if the Windows is genuine (activated).

sandy58 wrote:
> On Oct 19, 3:45 am, "Bill Payer" <d...@bother.com> wrote:
>> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect
>> except for Windows Media Player.
>>
>> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must
>> check that it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>>
>> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
>> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation
>> complete. Thank you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he
>> closes Internet Explorer and goes to use Windows Media Player, that
>> says "Windows Media Player must check that it is genuine......"
>>
>> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>>
>> TIA
>> Bill (asking for a friend who doesn't have usenet access)
>
> Has the Windows been "activated"...either by phone or on line? It is
> checking to see if the Windows is genuine (activated).

Yes, Windows XP has been validated and activated. Thanks for your reply.

Bill

Go to this link,locate & press the button "validate windows"..
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/val...displaylang=en

"Bill Payer" wrote:

> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect except
> for Windows Media Player.
>
> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must check that
> it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>
> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation complete. Thank
> you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he closes Internet Explorer
> and goes to use Windows Media Player, that says "Windows Media Player must
> check that it is genuine......"
>
> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>
> TIA
> Bill (asking for a friend who doesn't have usenet access)
>
>
> .
>

Andrew E. wrote:
> Go to this link,locate & press the button "validate windows"..
> http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/val...displaylang=en

Thanks Andrew but as I wrote in reply to Sandy58 about 12 hours before your
posting, Windows XP is already validated as genuine and activated.
Everything else on the machine works well, it's just this thing that WMP
wants to check if it's genuine, finds that it is, and doesn't believe itself
:o)

Any other ideas (anyone)? I can't believe my mate is the first that this has
happened to :o)

Bill

> "Bill Payer" wrote:
>
>> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect
>> except for Windows Media Player.
>>
>> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must
>> check that it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>>
>> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
>> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation
>> complete. Thank you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he
>> closes Internet Explorer and goes to use Windows Media Player, that
>> says "Windows Media Player must check that it is genuine......"
>>
>> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>>
>> TIA
>> Bill (asking for a friend who doesn't have usenet access)

Bill Payer wrote:
> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect except
> for Windows Media Player.
>
> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must check that
> it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>
> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation complete. Thank
> you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he closes Internet Explorer
> and goes to use Windows Media Player, that says "Windows Media Player must
> check that it is genuine......"
>
> How does he get out of this continuous loop?

The edugeek.net site offered the following script. Copy/paste the
script below to Wordpad, save as a .bat file and run. Or just locate
the file mentioned and delete it:

@ECHO OFF

IF EXIST "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
Advantage\data\data.dat" (

ECHO Deleting data.dat
attrib -R "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
Advantage\data\data.dat"
DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
Advantage\data\data.dat"

)

IF NOT EXIST %WINDIR%\system32\WGATray.exe (GOTO END)

ECHO WGA Validation in progress. Please wait...
WGATray.exe /b

:END

ECHO Done

Here's the link to the article:
http://www.edugeek.net/forums/script...alidation.html

--
Joe =o)

Elmo wrote:
> Bill Payer wrote:
>> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect
>> except for Windows Media Player.
>>
>> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must
>> check that it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>>
>> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
>> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation
>> complete. Thank you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he
>> closes Internet Explorer and goes to use Windows Media Player, that
>> says "Windows Media Player must check that it is genuine......"
>>
>> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>
> The edugeek.net site offered the following script. Copy/paste the
> script below to Wordpad, save as a .bat file and run. Or just locate
> the file mentioned and delete it:
>
> @ECHO OFF
>
> IF EXIST "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
> Advantage\data\data.dat" (
>
> ECHO Deleting data.dat
> attrib -R "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
> Advantage\data\data.dat"
> DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
> Advantage\data\data.dat"
>
> )
>
> IF NOT EXIST %WINDIR%\system32\WGATray.exe (GOTO END)
>
> ECHO WGA Validation in progress. Please wait...
> WGATray.exe /b
>
>> END
>
> ECHO Done
>
> Here's the link to the article:
> http://www.edugeek.net/forums/script...alidation.html

Thanks Elmo, I'll give it a go. I don't know where you are, you could be
anywhere in the world and so could the author of that article you link to
but he gives his location as The Fylde, UK - which is exactly where I live
:o)

I love the internet :o)

Bill Payer wrote:
> Elmo wrote:
>> Bill Payer wrote:
>>> XP SP3 with all updates applied. All works properly in every respect
>>> except for Windows Media Player.
>>>
>>> WMP opens up and says something like "Windows Media Player must
>>> check that it is genuine. Click here to continue", so he does.
>>>
>>> Internet Explorer opens up and goes to some Microsoft site that says
>>> something like "Validation in progress" and then "Validation
>>> complete. Thank you for buying genuine Microsoft software", so he
>>> closes Internet Explorer and goes to use Windows Media Player, that
>>> says "Windows Media Player must check that it is genuine......"
>>>
>>> How does he get out of this continuous loop?
>> The edugeek.net site offered the following script. Copy/paste the
>> script below to Wordpad, save as a .bat file and run. Or just locate
>> the file mentioned and delete it:
>>
>> @ECHO OFF
>>
>> IF EXIST "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
>> Advantage\data\data.dat" (
>>
>> ECHO Deleting data.dat
>> attrib -R "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
>> Advantage\data\data.dat"
>> DEL "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\Windows Genuine
>> Advantage\data\data.dat"
>>
>> )
>>
>> IF NOT EXIST %WINDIR%\system32\WGATray.exe (GOTO END)
>>
>> ECHO WGA Validation in progress. Please wait...
>> WGATray.exe /b
>>
>>> END
>> ECHO Done
>>
>> Here's the link to the article:
>> http://www.edugeek.net/forums/script...alidation.html
>
> Thanks Elmo, I'll give it a go. I don't know where you are, you could be
> anywhere in the world and so could the author of that article you link to
> but he gives his location as The Fylde, UK - which is exactly where I live
> :o)
>
> I love the internet :o)

What! You're not in Louisville, Ky.!!?!

--
Joe =o)