RE: The Genuine Windows Validation Component, Vista

"HDL" wrote:

> I'd my first "Problem report and solution" (KB941649) notification and I was
> also taken aback by the necessity to install this component. I'd been
> getting updates (Vista) for months, and they are always tidily nestled in the
> "sleep/lock session/shutdown" buttons in the start menu screen. They install
> when I shut down, and configure when I next start up. I'd had to wonder
> whether this "Problem report and solution" thing wasn't actually a pop-up
> from some spy-ware people masquerading as Microsoft, asking me to disable my
> Active-X blocking, and everything. Without any intentional irony, I'd like
> to know, for asking me whether my Vista is genuine, are you genuine Microsoft
> yourselves? Why doesn't this update just magically percipitate like all the
> others?
>
I have a similar problem with Active X instillation. I can not validate my
Vista as genuine , can not load X and therefore cannot load 941649. When i
try the alternative method of validation Internet explorer just closes down.
any thoughts???
paul