| Subject: aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiting |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 6:11:01 AM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?RGFyaXVz?= [Email Address Protection] |
Hi all, I have a problem. I had a genuine vista, bought before two months with Sony PC. Everything was fine, but couple day ago i installed a Microsoft Flight simulator, and now i got some problem with my PC. Everytime i starting my PC, i'm having error, that "aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiting". Also i cannot do an updates. Getting error 8000FFFF. it is releated with a genuine Steps, which i made to try to troubleshout. I made clean boot- the same. Check if my windows is activated - Activated Check a validation at www.microsoft.com/genuine - validation is succesfull Checked if a Software Licensing Aoftware - running So any ideas, what can i do next. Thanks in advance. |
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| Subject: Re: aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiting |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 6:22:14 AM |
| From: "Mark L. Ferguson" [Email Address Protection] |
It's likely that you are running out of resources for both Aero, your Theme, and Flight Sim, both of which are extreamly resource intensive. Turn off the Aero theme if you want to run Flight Sim, and the error will probably stop. I would guess that you can safely ignore the warning about being a "victim of software counterfeiting" even if you decide to keep both going. -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "Darius" <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F034531F-937B-4914-830A-0E8834967B2B@microsoft.com... > Hi all, > > I have a problem. I had a genuine vista, bought before two months with > Sony > PC. > Everything was fine, but couple day ago i installed a Microsoft Flight > simulator, and now i got some problem with my PC. > Everytime i starting my PC, i'm having error, that "aero not working, you > can be a victim of software counterfeiting". > > Also i cannot do an updates. Getting error 8000FFFF. it is releated with a > genuine > > Steps, which i made to try to troubleshout. > > I made clean boot- the same. > Check if my windows is activated - Activated > Check a validation at www.microsoft.com/genuine - validation is succesfull > Checked if a Software Licensing Aoftware - running > > So any ideas, what can i do next. > > Thanks in advance. > |
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| Subject: Re: aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiti |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:06:22 AM |
| From: Adam Albright [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 16 May 2008 06:28:03 -0700, Darius <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >Thanks for an opinion. >But problem is, that it is related with updates. Then i'm trying to do an >updates, it is saying me error 8000FFFF and suggested to check if i have >genuine copy at Microsoft.com/genuine. After i'm checking it, again promoting >to install updates and again please check genuine. I want to get rid of these >errors somehow You've probably been unfairly targeted by the much hated WGA (Windows Genuine Advance) SPY program! Are you sitting down? Unknown to most users Microsoft is deliberately SPYING on you and everyone else in a sneaky way, behind your back. Not once to confirm you have a legal copy of Windows, but over and over again. This spying is built into the latest versions of XP and of course was always part of Vista, yet another reason Vista is sluggish. This sinister WGA routine is suppose to check your Windows license key against a database of keys at Microsoft headquarters. If your key is marked as counterfeit you may see some popup and likely won't be able to apply Windows Updates. How or if it interferes with your use of Vista varies widely. Of course Microsoft assumes we all are guilty until it can prove you're innocent. Most people would be upset knowing this, not the moronic fanboy crowd that are too stupid to know anything. I encourage anyone unlucky enough to experience this to really curse out the numbskulls at Microsoft calling their free support phone numbers. Then demand they apologize and fix what is most likely their blunder. If you're SURE you have a real copy of Vista, still have the packaging, original disk, etc., be shocked again to learn that up to 90 percent of WGA counterfeit notices are false positives. Something that Microsoft has been forced to sheepishly admit to. One way to fix it is to get the morons at Microsoft to remove your FALSE counterfeit product key from their Database, another is to get them to give you a new one. |
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| Subject: Re: aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiti |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/16/2008 7:21:15 AM |
| From: Adam Albright [Email Address Protection] |
On Fri, 16 May 2008 08:42:01 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >You are prompted to activate Windows Vista after you install Windows Vista >Service Pack 1: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947519 When will you realize you're not helping? Hint: Your posts aren't helpful at all, they usually contain wild off target guesses, they are usually poorly thought out copy and paste canned answers, often not designed for the question you responded to like above or you are just making wild guesses making yourself look REALLY dumb. You keep asking for comments if your answer was helpful. Well, I just gave you mine thoughts. Stop spaming this newsgroup with your moronic web based canned answers that are 99% off target and accordingly next to useless. How would I rank your answers? On a scale of 1 to 100, you get at best a 5 and only that on the rare times just by luck your answer may come close to being appropriate to the question. Most of the them your answers totally miss the mark. |
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| Subject: Re: aero not working, you can be a victim of software counterfeiting |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.general |
| Date: 5/23/2008 6:41:58 PM |
| From: "PvdG42" [Email Address Protection] |
"Darius" <Darius@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F034531F-937B-4914-830A-0E8834967B2B@microsoft.com... > Hi all, > > I have a problem. I had a genuine vista, bought before two months with > Sony > PC. > Everything was fine, but couple day ago i installed a Microsoft Flight > simulator, and now i got some problem with my PC. > Everytime i starting my PC, i'm having error, that "aero not working, you > can be a victim of software counterfeiting". > > Also i cannot do an updates. Getting error 8000FFFF. it is releated with a > genuine > > Steps, which i made to try to troubleshout. > > I made clean boot- the same. > Check if my windows is activated - Activated > Check a validation at www.microsoft.com/genuine - validation is succesfull > Checked if a Software Licensing Aoftware - running > > So any ideas, what can i do next. > > Thanks in advance. > What is the source of this "Microsoft Flight simulator"? "Unofficial", perhaps? It sounds to me like you've been infected by a virus or some form of malware. Is your AV up to date? What about anti-malware tools? Have you performed *complete* scans? |
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