Windows Vista crashded and don't accept product key anymore
Posted by admin on May 1st, 2007
A very nasty incident happened today. I tried to install AuzenTech HDA XPlosion to my 32bit Vista. There were some problems after having installed AuzenTech's beta drivers. I did scanned the memory in order to find possible problems in memory. After the Vista's memory test Vista did allow me to log in, but wanted to have the product key. After having given it, Vista gave me an error message in hexadecimal form (something linke 0x8000000) and began to claim that the operating system is not original.
May 6th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
That's normal when you need to reinstall and reactivate Vista. Just call the activation center number and explain what happened and they will help you reactivate your copy. Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com * NEW! Catch my blog ... msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/ * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * The Website rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... dtsl.org/goodpost.htm "Dass Spiel ist aus" <Dass Spiel ist aus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
May 12th, 2007 at 01:20 am
"Richard G. Harper" wrote: Thanks for your answer. I'm mainly interested in, if a poorly written device driver can cause such a mess. Unfortunately MS's help wasn't able to help me to reinitialize the product, (it is Sunday here). It was impossible to "roll back" the operating system to the point it was before the installation. There were three recovery points, but something was missing from the boot segment, or at least I interpreted the error messages so. I don't think that the copy of my Vista could be a pirate, because it was purchased to me by my employer in order to let me use it in my home office. I think that kind of anti piracy protection is a bit Draconian. I have plenty of my text and source code locked in the machine.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:22 am
The key term here is "beta drivers". Unless you have a known good backup (which you apparently didn't), it's not a good idea to be running beta anything on your main production PC unless your prepared to deal with the possible fallout. Doesn't help you now, but lesson learned maybe. Crosspost, do not multipost blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm How to ask a question support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 How to Post dtsl.org/goodpost.htm dbpc.com "Dass Spiel ist aus" wrote in message
May 21st, 2007 at 05:55 pm
"Dave B." wrote: The good thing is, that I use a simple disk mirroring. It is't obviously not the best backup mechanism in situations like this. I think I need to put the second disk in another computer that can read NTFS and write the contents to a USB drive.Does anyone have better ideas?
May 25th, 2007 at 08:53 am
"Dave B." wrote: The good thing is, that I use a simple disk mirroring. It is't obviously not the best backup mechanism in situations like this. I think I need to put the second disk in another computer that can read NTFS and write the contents to a USB drive.Does anyone have better ideas?