"Odd" Vista reactivation requests

UTmaniac

UTmaniac

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In this last week, I've had my Vista-64 HP ask me on several occasions to activate, despite this being a ~3 year old install that was originally activated back in 2007 on this same pc.

If I try to activate online, it says the key is already in use (yes, by me on the same machine it was first installed) and I should use the automated phone activation method.

But then the next time I boot up the pc, My Computer > Properties shows Windows listed as activated.

The most recent component upgrades are the Matrix 7970 Plat (~2 months ago) and a Xonar DGX (~10 days ago, so maybe linked to this upgrade from the integrated ALC889).

Razor Game Booster has been disabling the SLsvc.exe process while gaming for months, so I cannot see this being the cause.

Any ideas, please?
 
Vista activation oddities usually occurred for a lot of pre SP1 hardware changes. You using the latest service pack?

Here

If anything is messing with system services then that could potentially be a cause SPP to force reactivation. If we're switching between system hardware components, sound card and such then it shouldn't really cause this type of issue as it's not a major hardware change.

If SPP stops or restarts in Vista IIRC it can temporarily flag the system as non-genuine until a system restart is performed. Think it was called "reduced functionality mode" or something similar.
 
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