After using it for years I now get message on screen "Windows Vista Build 6002 This copy of Windows is not genuine "

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After using Windows Vista for years in my Dell Inspiron1420 laptop I now get message on screen

"Windows Vista Build 6002 This copy of Windows is not genuine "

I am then told

This copy of Windows is not activated.Click here to activate Windows now

Product ID 89578-OEM-7332157-00204 Change Product Key

when I do that I am told it is INVALID

Dell confirm they do not preload fake windows software.

What can I do?

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Anonymous

2011-06-01T07:31:41+00:00

Nah - Scotsman, born in England, living in Wales (no wonder I'm daft!)

Sometimes the causes are malware - sometimes a slight disk error, and sometimes they just seem to appear for no known reason.
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Anonymous

2011-05-31T20:20:22+00:00

hello mentioned same problem as cecilia in an earlier message, av got to the point where it says run and copy, its coming up diagnostic report but right click is doing nothing.. if problem is left will windows correct itself?

any help would be appreciated as we are not to good with computers..
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Anonymous

2011-05-31T15:44:36+00:00

I am immensely grateful.I don't know if you have been awarded a community star or are the Community Star!

Was this caused by malware or a windows glitch or something else?

Are you based in the USA? You probably guessed that I am in the UK.
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Anonymous

2011-05-31T11:20:46+00:00

Nope - you got exactly what you should have got :) You are only offered MSE and IE9 if you passed Validation.

Heh! - we'll get you to geekdom yet :)

The output from the two commands is fine - I was worried earlier becuase it's unusual for the SLUINotify service to be running at the time that you shut down the SLSVC, but it was onbiously just a temprorary state.

You should be good to go now.

Good Luck!
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Anonymous

2011-05-31T10:54:04+00:00

Regarding the minor error I get a notice that the valisation process might take a few minutes and not to go away and then I get a MS Windows promotional pages offering a mfree download of Essentials. Am I not waiting long enough or what?

Meanwhile the following is the result of the commands you gave me (having copied on to a pad by hand I discovered I could right click and use select all and then paste on my reply

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>SC QC SLSVC

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: SLSVC

        TYPE               : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS

        START_TYPE         : 2   AUTO_START

        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL

        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Windows\system32\SLsvc.exe

        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   : ProfSvc_Group

        TAG                : 0

        DISPLAY_NAME       : Software Licensing

        DEPENDENCIES       : RpcSs

        SERVICE_START_NAME : NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService

C:\Windows\system32>SC QC SLUINOTIFY

[SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS

SERVICE_NAME: SLUINOTIFY

        TYPE               : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS

        START_TYPE         : 3   DEMAND_START

        ERROR_CONTROL      : 1   NORMAL

        BINARY_PATH_NAME   : C:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService

        LOAD_ORDER_GROUP   :

        TAG                : 0

        DISPLAY_NAME       : SL UI Notification Service

        DEPENDENCIES       : SLSvc

                           : netprofm

                           : EventSystem

        SERVICE_START_NAME : NT AUTHORITY\LocalService

C:\Windows\system32>
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