How do I get the latest version of GenuineCheck.exe

I couldn't use IE8 because it gave me the same run-around that everybody else it getting; i.e. "This version of the Windows Genuine Advantage validation tool is no longer supported".

Additional information:

I'm another one of those users with decades of experience, and I spent several hours trying different things to try to get those four August 2012 "patches" downloaded.

When I tried the downloads using Internet Explorer 9 (NINE), it first asked for and received permission from me to install an "add-in", i.e. "Windows Genuine Advantage".  (NOTE: not referred to as "ActiveX".)  From that point on, clicking the "CONTINUE" button on dowload sites appears to do the "validation" in the background, because when the site came back, the "CONTINUE" button has changed to "DOWNLOAD".  Internet Explorer 8 (EIGHT) was given permission, but did not appear to successfully install the "add-on"

• the same screen still offered an "alternative" method of validation, which was to download "GenuineCheck.exe" and run it manually, which as we've all discovered doesn't work. 

Admittedly, I'm working on my laptop @ the local public library, but it's also Windows 7 SP1 which I religiously keep up to date.  Since I usually use Firefox here, too, I haven't done much tinkering with IE9 settings, so they're probably pretty close to "defaults" set @ original installation.

Hope this gives you a clue: IE8 doesn't work for me and IE9 does.

@Michael Mills

If the ActiveX is not properly instlaling, that would tend to indicate that your security  software or settings is getting in the way - you need to check that first, and then start a new thread of your own, with details of what you've actually tried, and the results.

@DavidEButcher only! =>

1. Had the McAfee free-trial period already expired by the time you purchased your first McAfee Security Center subscription?
2. Did you (a) uninstall the McAfee free-trialware AND THEN (b) download/run the McAfee Consumer Products Removal Tool & reboot (c) AND THEN do a clean install of McAfee Security Center or did you just purchase your first subscription? [1]
3. Does Advanced SystemCare's Rescue Center contain backups of ALL the changes the application has EVER made to your computer? [2]

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[1] McAfee (and Norton) applications are notorious for not uninstalling or upgrading cleanly.

[2] Injudicious use of Registry cleaners may be playing a role here, as well. TIP: If you ever again think your Registry needs to be cleaned, repaired, boosted, tuned-up, cured, tweaked, fixed, maximized, "swept" or optimised (it doesn't), read http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own conclusions. Also see http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/02/registry-junk-a-windows-fact-of-life.aspx

You MUST use IE for these downloads - Firefox barfs on the ActiveX controls required for proper validation.

Noel,

I have tried IE9 which asks to install the activeX, I tell it to install, and then nothing happens.  I have tried using the Alternate option in IE9 which gives me the validation check download and the subsequent failure for running on Windows7.

I concluded that the installation of the ActiveX is failing since re-visiting the same page prompts again for the re-install of the ActiveX.  I figured since one was only for Windows XP,  the ActiveX may be as well.

There are too many people experiencing the same thing in a small amount of time for this to be a coincidence.  Many of us are veterans with over two decades of professional computer experience.  We are writing here not because we forgot to turn our monitor on, but because something is wrong with your site.

Please let someone know so they can get it fixed.