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Originally Posted by accyman
there was abug in service pack two or an update shortly afyerwardsthat prevented updates installing
if you havnt got service pack 3 install that and see if it helps
you can download it from microsoft.com downloads section if you cant use windows update
if that fails use teh last wgafix i posted a couple of replies ago( not the forst one i cant remove that one )
http://h1.ripway.com/accyman/xpvalidate/WGA_1991.zip |
Heh so a Windows 'fix' breaks the OS for people in such a way they can't get updates.....
You can't make it up.
Re Odders
You will find if you look back over my > 6K posts that I do offer help to pretty much anyone who asks for it and have been advocating Linux on here for years. As an example less than a month ago I spent over 30 hours of my time fixing a properly broken PC for a friends mum to ensure she didn't lose any data etc.
Ram it down peoples throats, nope, you will find its almost my signature quote on here and people take it as such.
Emzy, you have a legit copy but many people don't. the fact is that you have currently got installed( without your knowledge) a pirated copy of a version that cost a lot more than the version you have paid for. 'Hacking' the WGA to make it work still leaves you in a dodgy position. One of the very reasons I got into Linux was that I didn't want to be using pirated software but at the time couldn't afford a legit version of Windows so I looked for an alternative. At the time that was Mandrake 6 ( 1999 ) I've been Linux since.