Repeated (successful) validation of Vista

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I have run Vista Ultimate for about 15 months now and it is fully up to date
with SP1 but recently and repeatedly I am now getting activation problems.
It is a cycle which repeats about every 7-10 days.
As I logon and just before the desktop appears I get a black screen with a
panel saying that "activation was successful". The next time I logon there
is a notice in the bottom of the desktop screen saying my copy of Windows is
not genuine. So I go to the WGA webpage and do a validation which always
runs fine -- I have the ActiveX control installed. The next time I logon
everything is fine but in 7-10 days time I have to go through the same cycle
again.
Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
 
It sounds like it could be a virus.

When is the last time you ran a scan?

Also have you checked your startup items to see if there is anything odd
there?
 
Hi Shane and thanks for the post,
I have a regular schedule of virus scans on up to date definitions and the
problem certainly predates the last scan, so I don't believe it's that.
I have had a look in startup programs but there's nothing that catches my
eye -- did you have any specifics in mind?
Regards,
 
Not really, but I figured that was a good place to start.

The only thing that I can think of is a corrupt system file, or as mentioned
below that it could possibly be a non-genuine copy of Windows and the recent
updates have broken the crack.

Simpleuser said:
Hi Shane and thanks for the post,
I have a regular schedule of virus scans on up to date definitions and the
problem certainly predates the last scan, so I don't believe it's that.
I have had a look in startup programs but there's nothing that catches my
eye -- did you have any specifics in mind?
Regards,
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