WINDOWS COUNTERFEIT NOTIFICATION APPEARED JUST AFTER YEARS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM

EVERYTHING WAS FINE, THEN I UPDATED MY PROGRAM STOPZILLA... NOTICE OF COUNTERFEIT WINDOWS APPEARED AND ALSO LOST MY DESKTOP BACKGROUND, A POP-UP WINDOWS IS NOW TELLING ME THAT MY WINDOWS XP CANNOT BE VERIFIED.  I HAVE no SYSTEM RESTORE for SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE this CHANGE HAPPENED... HE MADE NO DIFFERANCE.   ANY SUGGESTIONS? Help!... Thank you

Hello

·        You are able to boot to the desktop without any problem?

·        What is the exact error that you are experiencing?

·        This error appears randomly or whenever you access any application?

·        You have a genuine copy of Windows XP is installed on the system?

I suggest you to check if the Windows XP that is installed on the system is authentic. Click on the link below.

Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/905474

I suggest to update your product key on the system and check if the problem is resolved.

Update your Windows product key

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/help/genuine/product-key

Once you have updated the product key, windows xp validate and verify.

Validation is as easy as 1-2-3!

http://www.Microsoft.com/genuine/validate/validatenow.aspx

Maybe it's that your system is infected. I suggest you to scan your system for viruses and malware using a care Microsoft and Microsoft security essentials. Check the links below.

Live Onecare

http://OneCare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

Microsoft Security Essentials

http://www.Microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Malicious software removal tool

http://www.Microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.aspx

Thanks and regards.

Thahaseena M
Microsoft Answers Support Engineer.
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