<![CDATA[Windows XP Users]]>for those of you who have lost your product key, had your administrator change your product key, or for some other reason that can't be discussed here have a copy of win xp that cannot be updated w/ security patches due to an invalid key, I have the solution to your problems here (I know some of you have probably done this already, just helping those that haven't)

  1. Go to either Windows Updates or Microsoft Updates.
  2. Install KB892130 (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool)
  3. If the validation check doesn't pass, do the following.
  4. In IE, Tools > Manage Add-ons...
  5. Select Show: Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer
  6. Select Name: Windows Genuine Advantage
  7. Select Settings: Disable
  8. Click OK.
  9. Close IE.
  10. Go back to Windows Update or Microsoft Update and it should work.

Hope this works for you guys.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/4806/windows-xp-usersRSS for NodeWed, 27 May 2026 23:59:51 GMTTue, 15 Nov 2005 04:37:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:37:28 GMT]]>yeah, that works too.....

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85894https://fargostreet.com/post/85894Sun, 18 Dec 2005 02:37:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:39:43 GMT]]>

99slowGSX wrote:
.....or when you get to the update page where is says express or custom, just enter this

windows update hack:

javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

you can download service pack 2 straight from microsoft....just enter this java script line

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85879https://fargostreet.com/post/85879Sat, 17 Dec 2005 19:39:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:46:46 GMT]]>you need to download service pack 2 (from someplace other than microsoft....do a search, its out there) before you can get around the validation tool and get the "Manage Add-ins" screen

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85872https://fargostreet.com/post/85872Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:46:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:54:17 GMT]]>

out there wrote:
there is a "tools" menu, it lacks "manage add-ons"

cool, i should have known that you arent that computer illiterate.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85593https://fargostreet.com/post/85593Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:54:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:32:15 GMT]]>there is a "tools" menu, it lacks "manage add-ons"

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85580https://fargostreet.com/post/85580Thu, 15 Dec 2005 02:32:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:25:08 GMT]]>so he doesnt have a tools menu option. Then from there goto manage add ons........the only reason i am asking is because i might have made tjamz screen shot too small.....sorry tjamz.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85550https://fargostreet.com/post/85550Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:25:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:52:41 GMT]]>what if i tell you that this machine has ie 6.0.28 and i can't find a place to get .29? .28 doesn't have the "manage add-ons" menu item, hence the reason that i asked.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85542https://fargostreet.com/post/85542Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:52:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:51:06 GMT]]>I'm crazy like that yo...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85467https://fargostreet.com/post/85467Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:51:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:01:51 GMT]]>haha Chuck, you're breaking the unwritten interw3b rules by having firefox start as your homepage in IE.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85456https://fargostreet.com/post/85456Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:01:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:37:45 GMT]]><u>.</u>

screenshot3sq.jpg

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85407https://fargostreet.com/post/85407Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:37:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:34:49 GMT]]>its a choice under the "Tools" tab of IE6

Doing a screenshot for you here in a sec..

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85406https://fargostreet.com/post/85406Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:34:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:27:57 GMT]]>chuck, i just installed a copy of windows on a paranoid friend's computer... and he is insistent upon getting updates. anyway, i tried the steps you listed, and i cannot find this "manage add-ons" option. a little more help?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/85404https://fargostreet.com/post/85404Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:27:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:07 GMT]]>directx was developed by microsoft, there are plenty of distributable versions of it however it is harder to find beta versions w/o going direct to microsoft. I like to have the beta version as I try to beta test 2-4 games per year and many require that you have the beta versions.

.net was needed only for use of an auto mapping interface used in EQ2.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80638https://fargostreet.com/post/80638Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:49:57 GMT]]>i don't know that i would consider directx a windows update, but a universal set of drivers, a standard if you will. the .net framework... a windows component (similar to office) that is utilized by various programs. correct me if i'm wrong on any of ths stuff, i'm just going from memory

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80621https://fargostreet.com/post/80621Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:49:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:32:02 GMT]]>

out there wrote:
who updates windows? bah...

I don't do all the updates, just the ones that I need/want and the security updates of course. For example, I needed .net framework 1.1, directx 9.0c, and a couple of other things on a machine I recently rebuilt.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80597https://fargostreet.com/post/80597Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:32:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:29:34 GMT]]>banned for warez

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80596https://fargostreet.com/post/80596Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:29:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:14:45 GMT]]>you all make it sound like microsoft is capable of fixing their mistakes 😛

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80573https://fargostreet.com/post/80573Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:14:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:36:07 GMT]]>.....or when you get to the update page where is says express or custom, just enter this

windows update hack:

javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80519https://fargostreet.com/post/80519Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:20:01 GMT]]>I have been updating my laptop with an invalid xp pro version for awhile. You can actually update security patches(minor), you just can't download major programs, like IE 7. The last time I did this was about 3 weeks ago, I don't know if MS have change anything.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80498https://fargostreet.com/post/80498Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:20:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:14:12 GMT]]>I update mine.....that means Im smart lol

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80496https://fargostreet.com/post/80496Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:14:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:11:57 GMT]]>

out there wrote:
who updates windows? bah...

smart people

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80494https://fargostreet.com/post/80494Tue, 15 Nov 2005 05:11:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Windows XP Users on Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:46:33 GMT]]>who updates windows? bah...

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/80479https://fargostreet.com/post/80479Tue, 15 Nov 2005 04:46:33 GMT