Windows will expire in X days

Situation At Hand:
- You receive an invalid confirmation to activate your copy of Windows.

Error message :
“Windows will expire in X days / hours”.

Possible Root Cause :
- This is due to a beta / pre-release of Windows Vista SP1 which was installed on your computer previously.
- End users are not encouraged to install pre-releases unless of course you are technically equipped

To resolve the issue at hand :
- The pre-release of SP1 has to be removed from your computer.

Steps:
- Go to program and features and attempt to locate Service Pack for Windows to uninstall.
- Search for “Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB936330)”.
- If the beta version is not visible you might need to perform an in-place upgrade or custom installation to resolve the issue.
- After uninstalling KB 936330 you will need to reinstall Windows Vista SP1 manually to overwrite the faulty settings.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1 All Language Standalone (KB936330)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f559842a-9c9b-4579-b64a-09146a0ba746&DisplayLang=en

Hope this helps

!!0xc0190036!!406879767 (l2secHC.mos)

Step 1: Startup repair

- > Boot from DVD > Repair your computer > Startup Repair

> *please not that if Startup repair does not resolve the issue proceed to the next step

Step 2: Rename (xxx)

- > Boot to WinRE + Command prompt

- > Cd c:\windows\System32\WBEM\

- > Ren l2secHC.mos

- > Restart the computer and attempt SP1 installation again by installing the standalone version.

->  This should solve it

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Blank Device Manager & Network Connections

1. Download and install SubInACL

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en

2. Create a blank file named reset.cmd in C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools folder.

3. Edit the reset.cmd file with the following content.

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f

subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f

subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f

4. Enter into the CMD/Command prompt. CD Change Directory to C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

5. Run reset.cmd

7. After subinacl is processed, the permission will be reset,  Ignore any errors.

8. Reboot into Safe Mode (F8)

9. Run regedit and find for entries which have $%&, create a backup and delete all the entries with $%&

10. Restart PC and the issue should be resolved

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