Error Code 0x80040057

[Guest]

I am having the same problem. Here's what happened. I tried to install 256 mb of RAM. It worked fine the first time I started windows. I then installed a game - unreal tournament 2004 - and when I restarted I ran a test that HP notes said I should run, and the I got the error code and "windows is having trouble accurately checking the license on this computer." I can get on my computer every 5th try or so, either through a default profile or something else. It tells me I do not have enough virtual memory/insufficient system resources to open my profile. I read the notes on this site and it said something about the anti-virus affecting something, so I uninstalled AVG 6.0 for windows (by Grisoft) and also the game. That didn't seem to work yet. I'm using an HP Pavillion 751n and did not receive a Windows disk w/ it. Running XP Home Edition. I was told the XP software is in the computer. I would love to not have to reinstall windows, can anybody help me. Also, I'm not sure about the whole renaming files process, so if anyone can give a little more detail, that would be great

Also, why did 3 or 4 people (those that posted here), plus however many else out there who didn't post here, have this same problem around the same time? Are we all running the same program?

Thanks
Derek Abbot
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[Jym]

Most of the time , the cause of a problem is what was changed or add prior
to a problem occurring . A conscience is always possible , but reversing the
changes still should be the first step in troubleshooting . Jym

I am having the same problem. Here's what happened. I tried to install

256 mb of RAM. It worked fine the first time I started windows. I then
installed a game - unreal tournament 2004 - and when I restarted I ran a
test that HP notes said I should run, and the I got the error code and
"windows is having trouble accurately checking the license on this
computer." I can get on my computer every 5th try or so, either through a
default profile or something else. It tells me I do not have enough virtual
memory/insufficient system resources to open my profile. I read the notes
on this site and it said something about the anti-virus affecting something,
so I uninstalled AVG 6.0 for windows (by Grisoft) and also the game. That
didn't seem to work yet. I'm using an HP Pavillion 751n and did not receive
a Windows disk w/ it. Running XP Home Edition. I was told the XP software
is in the computer. I would love to not have to reinstall windows, can
anybody help me. Also, I'm not sure about the whole renaming files process,
so if anyone can give a little more detail, that would be great.

Also, why did 3 or 4 people (those that posted here), plus however many

else out there who didn't post here, have this same problem around the same
time? Are we all running the same program?

 

[Guest]

Yeah, I removed the RAM, the anti-virus, a game demo and the game itself. These were the only significant changes that were made to my computer in the days before the problem

 

[Jym]

Doing a research on Google I found only one site that addressed the error
code that you have provided . It talks about insufficient hard drive free
space or a bad hard drive. Do either one of these apply to you ? Jym

Yeah, I removed the RAM, the anti-virus, a game demo and the game itself.

These were the only significant changes that were made to my computer in the
days before the problem