Reboot,Firefox,Windows Update Wiill Not Validate XP Operating Sytem!?Help

[Scuderia]

Hi Guys & Girls,

Sorry to say iam not computer minded lol, but i do try my best , but iam beat, and looking for help please,

Long story but i try and keep it short and sweet.......

My XP PC that Ive had for yearsssssss to put it polity has got very slow,so i thought i would reboot using the recovery disc as Ive done before using the recovery disc,now all is well....well pleased,

This is where it all went wrong...Argh!

So the reboot was successful,so i got started i downloaded Firefox and started updating windows...as you do,which all went well until it installed service pack 3 or Firefox became my new browser of choice?for some unknown reason it said that the XP operating system needed to be be validated when on the windows update page,so i followed the on line instructions then i just get a white black screen as if the next page doesn't load?then on one occasion i think it said?, that i wasn't using a legal copy....WTF........I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT IT IS!,AS THIS PC WAS BOUGHT FROM PC WORLD MANY MANY MOONS AGO,

So now i can't seem to go any further with regards to updating and keeping my system up to date?,

It all seems to be working as it once did.......much more responsive than it was....that's for sure,BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET ROUND TO VALIDATING MY WINDOW XP OPERATING SYSTEM USING MY PRODUCT PASS KEY,

Can anyone please shed some light on this for me,ITS CRACKING ME UP!,

Cheers Don

 

[wulliej]

sounds like youre going to have to do a fresh installmore likely youve a virus

 

[wulliej]

i take it you hav downloaded xp genuine validation tool did you download service pack 3 or is it on disk

 

[Scuderia]

sounds like youre going to have to do a fresh installmore likely youve a virus

i take it you hav downloaded xp genuine validation tool did you download service pack 3 or is it on disk

I honestly can't see there being a virus after a reboot but i guess its possible?,

I don't think i have?that said that is ringing bells?,i may have?,leave it with me and I'll go and download it and see whats what,i got the service pack 3 by doing it through the windows update procedure,this is whats confusing me why let me have service pack 3 then tell me it can't be validated?

Cheers Don

 

[Ryanfaescotland]

I'd be pretty surprised if you still had a virus after nuking it and re-installing. It's really hard to say what is causing the problem but if it is an on-line validator tool (i.e. something that just runs in the browser) then you could try using Internet Explorer just in case it's Microsoft being funny over Firefox.

 

[Andi9386]

Don, double post.

 

[Scuderia]

Don, double post.

Shut It! ......lmfao,i was having a bad day Andi!

UPDATE,

Right,

What Ive done this morning is Napam the system again! lmfao,yes i used the reboot disc..... again,so ive just went through another 4 hrs of update downloads using just IE update system,which iam pleased to say all went well!,until it downloaded service pack 3 through the update system then after a restart on the next update it downloaded which was this bloody "Geniune Advantage Validation Tool",and when iam promted to run it i just get a blank white screen and it dosen't load the they way it should???,so iam now left in limbo so to speak with regards to updating the system.......Iam Beat!,

Cheers Don

 

[Andi9386]

I take it there's no local computor repair companies near you then Don??
As for the Shut It :nono:

 

[Scuderia]

I take it there's no local computor repair companies near you then Don??
As for the Shut It :nono:

,

That would be to easy,i have been looking through google and it seems iam not alone with this issue,but i have yet to find a fix!

 

[Andi9386]

I had a laptop that ran XP but it died (hard drive failure), don't even know if we've still got any of the XP stuff here, as the main computor we had ran XP as well.
I also had a laptop running vista, same fate as the one running XP.
Now have a laptop running windows7.

I'll ask my step-dad see if we've still got the old XP software discs kicking about.

 

[Scuderia]

I had a laptop that ran XP but it died (hard drive failure), don't even know if we've still got any of the XP stuff here, as the main computor we had ran XP as well.
I also had a laptop running vista, same fate as the one running XP.
Now have a laptop running windows7.

I'll ask my step-dad see if we've still got the old XP software discs kicking about.

Thanks but don't worry about it pal,whats bothering me is i know for sure my disc is the real thing so Mr Gates butter have a fix for me or else!,I'll get to bottom of it

 

[wulliej]

ive got a copy xp proffesional /service pack2 and 3 you really have to put in srvice pack 2 as well as three causes problems if not ive sorted out several computers lately with similar issues

 

[Scuderia]

ive got a copy xp proffesional /service pack2 and 3 you really have to put in srvice pack 2 as well as three causes problems if not ive sorted out several computers lately with similar issues

OK thanks,leave it with me as its still work in progress,i think all the services packs? are already on my PC as it took me 4 hrs this morning updating it all,

Cheers Don

 

[Scuderia]

confussed.....It seems to have sorted itself out during the night???,well kind off,i had windows update setup to update at 03.00am every day and during the night it installed 66 updates one of which was service pack 2,

BUT

If i check if theres any new updates by doing it myself it takes me straight to this Genuine windows validastion window.....which still isn't loading?,if its updating itself iam just happy to leave it,

Thanks to all who helped,

Cheers Don