last windows update

[guncrasher]

I just did a windows update 1 or 2 days ago and I just noticed that I needed to validate my windows key.  I did that and it got rejected.  I havent done any upgrades to my computer and this is the same key I bought from newegg a couple of years ago.

I had to go thru the telephone thing and they validated my key.

the question I have are:

-maybe I didnt notice it before but when looking at key id in the system tab is not the key I entered before.  is it supposed to show a different key or does it just hide the product key for security.

-and why in the heck did I have to validate if I havent done any updates?  did it happen to anybody else?


semp

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Microsoft just pulled a security update stating it caused errors for 'some customers'. I didn't read further on what kind of errors were in question but you may be a victim of those.

[Skuzzy]

You cannot boot after the update, with various errors ranging from corrupt hard drive (there really is not one) to hardware missing errors.

If you run Kaspersky A/V you are susceptible to the problem.  There may be others as well.