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

I have the same problem, but the sticker on the bottom of my laptop has worn and I can't see the product ID.

Any suggestions?

Yes please - if only for my own peace of mind :)

You should also run a new MGADiag report and post the results, so that we can confirm everything is as it should be.

PS  I never ran the two last commands at the end of your last e-mail. Did you want me to?

Noel,

Victory at last!  Many thanks.

After a couple of other false starts I managed to get the right spaces where needed. I had indeed missed the one between cd % and finally right at the end between vbs -rilc.

I finally got the desired message : License files reinstalled successfully.

The first time I restarted I got the validation box but no telephone option, so I entered the product keyand voila activation was confirmed. I closed down the computer a second time as instructed. On restarting The black screen came up but the message about this copy of Vista not being genuine had disappeared. I have now replaced the black with a more colourful background.

So your instructions were fine - it was just that I am not familiar with the computer commands and was in new territory and made some elementary mistakes.

One question : when I selected Yes in Step 5 did I remove anything important which needs replacing?

cd   %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareLicensing

should all be on one line - even if it wraps itself (and yes, you need to hit the Enter Key after each instruction line) Make sure that there's a space between the cd and therest of the line, but no other spaces

The actual error message you got is interesting - as the dependencies appear to be the wrong way around.

Please run the following two commands and let me know what the response is

SC   QC   SLSVC

SC   QC   SLUINOTIFY