> I'm experiencing a similar issue...
>
> I just bought a new HP Quad-Core System (Model M8120N) and moving some of my
> hardware (keyboard, USB drive, external hard drive, over).... But my system
> wants to deactivate right now about every 6 hours...
>
> Its a very frustrating issue seeing how I've only had the product less than
> 2 days, I'm spending more time with Microsoft to get the keys settled...
>
> I basically bought a Vista Ultimate Upgrade from Microsoft using the anytime
> upgrade and was able to register it online sucessfully once... After doing
> some of the hardware components, it noticed that it changed and now won't
> activate online anymore saying in layman's terms that the product key has
> been soiled and registered to another device and that I need to buy a new
> product key... So upsetting seeing how I have a legit license that was
> supposedly downloaded electronically thorugh Microsoft via the anytime
> upgrade system!
>
> I feel your pain and hoping others can share work around solutions!
>
> "AcxiDenTe" wrote:
>
> > So, I've gone through extensive troubleshooting, both on my own, and with
> > Microsoft reps, and the problem still seems to be happening. The problem is
> > that every now and then, windows has gotten into the habit of deactivating
> > itself when I restart my computer. I'll do a restart, and windows will come
> > up with the window requiring me to activate or I can't use windows. No
> > activation methods would work at all, online methods would result in error
> > codes, new product keys came up with error codes.. even the phone method
> > wouldnt' provide me an installation ID to use. Eventually we decided to do a
> > reinstall on windows, not a clean install, and so far, the only thing that it
> > has fixed, is I can now get an installation ID from the phone method, and
> > reactivate windows that way, but still, every now and then, it will still
> > deactivate itself for no apparent reason. Following is results of the
> > diagnostic tool..
> >
> >
> >
> > Diagnostic Report (1.7.0012.0):
> > -----------------------------------------
> > WGA Data-->
> > Validation Status: Genuine
> > Detailed Status: 0x1
> > Windows Product Key: *****-*****-HJGX3-VGBTK-RMQQG
> > Windows Product Key Hash: tyhW5XVGRhOarzPqiWJSIa9lQvE=
> > Windows Product ID: 89578-015-2839661-71039
> > Windows Product ID Type: 5
> > Windows License Type: Retail
> > Windows OS version: 6.0.6000.2.00010300.0.0.003
> > ID: 39ea4954-5023-493e-b489-8a20c80d049a
> > Is Admin: No
> > AutoDial:
> > Registry: 0x0
> > WGA Version: Registered, 1.5.723.1
> > Signed By: Microsoft
> > Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium
> > Architecture: 0x00000000
> > Build lab: 6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205
> > TTS Error:
> > Validation Diagnostic:
> > Resolution Status: N/A
> >
> > Notifications Data-->
> > Cached Result: N/A
> > File Exists: No
> > Version: N/A
> > WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
> > WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
> >
> > OGA Data-->
> > Office Status: 102
> > OGA Version: Failed to retrieve file version. - 0x80070002
> > Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
> > Office Diagnostics:
> > FCEE394C-3178-80070002_025D1FF3-138-80041010_025D1FF3-324-80040154_025D1FF3-269-80040154_025D1FF3-273-80070002
> >
> > Browser Data-->
> > Proxy settings: N/A
> > User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Win32)
> > Default Browser: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.exe
> > Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
> > Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
> > Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed
> > Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled
> > Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled
> > Active scripting: Allowed
> > Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed
> >
> > File Scan Data-->
> >
> > Other data-->
> > Office Details:
> > <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>39ea4954-5023-493e-b489-8a20c80d049a</UGUID><Version>1.7.0012.0</Version><OS>6.0.6000.2.00010300.0.0.003</OS><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-RMQQG</PKey><PID>89578-015-2839661-71039</PID><PIDType>5</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-2976792364-3477426834-987145302</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>stem
> > manufacturer</Manufacturer><Model>System Product
> > Name</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends
> > Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>1702 </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2"
> > minor="4"/><Date>20070109000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>15303507018400FC</HWID><UserLCID>1009</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Mountain
> > Standard
> > Time(GMT-07:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/></MachineData>
> > <Software><Office><Result>102</Result><Products><Product
> > GUID="{91120000-0012-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}"><LegitResult>100</LegitResult><Name>Microsoft
> > Office Standard
> > 2007</Name><Ver>12</Ver><Val>911CC0B2BD9225E</Val><Hash>17A+e/wrV0/TMU8KucMF2mYZjKY=</Hash><Pid>81607-303-8368037-64656</Pid><PidType>10</PidType></Product></Products></Office></Software></GenuineResults>
> >
> >
> >
> > so aside from doing a complete clean install, which may not even work
> > anyways for some reason.. does anyone have any ideas? any help would be
> > appreciated, I'm getting really tired of reactivating over the phone .. Thanks
> >
> > --
> > ~AcxiDenTe