Problem with WGA Notifications (KB905474)

[Super-Magician]

I slipstreamed KB905474 into my Windows XP SP2 English along with other hotfixes and installed it. When I log on, Windows tells me that my computer is not genuine.

However, this cannot be true. I have used my (volume) product key many times before and it has never failed. I even ran the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool (http://www.snipurl.com/MGADiag) on the computer and it gave me the following info.

I'm guessing that this would be better suited for another forum, but I am pretty sure that if I install KB905474 manually later, Windows would not give me the "not genuine" message.

Note: I also slipstreamed KB892130 (regular WGA).

Edit: I used a WINNT.SIF file in my installation. However, this file has been fully tested and works perfectly. In addition, the above-mentioned error only seems to occur during the first logon. I restarted the computer and the message did not reappear.

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Edited July 6, 2006 by Super-Magician

[Tomcat76]

Does anyone else have this problem that XP complains the product isn't genuine at first logon and then not anymore? I can't reproduce it myself; no message is showing here.

[Super-Magician]

Tomcat - did you test it with an HFSLIP'd installation?

[Super-Magician]

Still waiting for some help here!

[Tomcat76]

Still waiting for some help here!

Sorry...

Tomcat - did you test it with an HFSLIP'd installation?

Yes, I have.

Sorry if this sound ironic... but I'm not kidding.

[Super-Magician]

I'm still seeing what I can do about this problem. I'm testing a new HFSLIP (60608a) with the new version of KB905474 (1.5.0532.2) and without my WINNT.SIF file.

Will report back. Hopefully I can fix this.

[Tomcat76]

Don't know if it makes any difference but you can try adding this line into HFSLIP.CMD (right above "EXIT"):

%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\wgatray.exe /b

It's a line that I had in there during the first test releases KB905474 was supported but someone said it's working without it so I left it out.

I can't think of anything else...

[mystek]

XP Pro SP2, Happens every time at first boot. After you tell it to resolve later and logon it goes away. No problem on the Windows Update site.

[Super-Magician]

So I was right about my problem! It does happen!

Will try your solution, Tomcat.

[Tomcat76]

Did it help?

BTW... Are you including LegitCheckControl.cab at the same time? If so, exclude it (it's already part of the WGA Notifications thing).

[Super-Magician]

I bet including LegitCheckControl.cab is probably the reason why it gave me the error.

Sorry, but I haven't had time to test yet. Will report back as soon as I do however.

[cse]

Don't know if it makes any difference but you can try adding this line into HFSLIP.CMD (right above "EXIT"):

%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\wgatray.exe /b

That line worked for me.

[Super-Magician]

cse, I assume you also got the problem before. I think the actual reason is including LegitCheckControl.cab as well as the KB905474 hotfix. I STILL haven't had time to test , but I'm pretty sure that's why Windows was giving me that problem.

[Thunderbolt 2864]

I once encountered that stupid notification on my computer as well. It appeared once and when I logged into the desktop, it went away. And I rebooted the computer and it never appeared again.

[cse]

The WGA notification reappeared for me. I am testing hfslip-1.0b-61017b for XP SP2. I will try to add wgatray /b to HFSLIP.CMD if it helps this time. Perhaps the line should be automatically inserted to HFSLIP.CMD if WGA and KB905474 is installed?