After many months of normal useage I've started getting nag screens informing me that my copy of Win 7 is not genuine (it is by the way). On checking the "system" tab in Control Panel, the Activation status is "unknown" and the Activation key is missing. HOWEVER, if I leave that window open for about 5 sec, it seems to auto refresh and the Activation key appears. If I close the window and then reopen it, the data is gone again (for about 5 sec).
Any clues what is going on and what I can do about it?
I cannot recall any action/deletion/installation that might be associated with this either.
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(Solved) - Windows Activation status drops out
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Please tell me or post a picture of the contents of the Administrative Events Log.
You can Clean the Log by making a Clean.bat file with this script and Run AS Administrator.
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@echo off
FOR /F "tokens=1,2*" %%V IN ('bcdedit') DO SET adminTest=%%V
IF (%adminTest%)==(Access) goto noAdmin
for /F "tokens=*" %%G in ('wevtutil.exe el') DO (call :do_clear "%%G")
echo.
echo Event Logs have been cleared! ^
goto theEnd
:do_clear
echo clearing %1
wevtutil.exe cl %1
goto :eof
:noAdmin
echo You must run this script as an Administrator!
echo ^
:theEnd
pause>NUL
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Not sure how to do a screenshot and (as you suspected) the log is pretty full of old entries. However here are the details relating to the (daily) error associated with Windows Activation:
Error - Windows Activation Technologies
General - Health Check Failure: hr=0x8004FE21, Health Status: 0x000000000010240
Details (Friendly view):+ System
- Provider
[ Name] Windows Activation Technologies
- EventID 3
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 0
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2012-11-17T21:34:35.000000000Z
EventRecordID 45382
Channel Application
Computer Study
Security
- EventData
0x8004FE21
0x0000000000010240
XML View:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Windows Activation Technologies" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">3</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-11-17T21:34:35.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>45382</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Study</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data>0x8004FE21</Data>
<Data>0x0000000000010240</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
I hope this means something to you as it is way beyond my orbit!
Cheers,
Roy Mac.
Follow directions from Reply #1 on this link.
http://answers.microsoft.com/e.....355db436a4
Remove dash in front of link to download MGADiag.exe
-http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012
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