Error 0x8004fe22: "Copy of Windows not genuine"

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  1. NoelDP
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       New #11

    Windows Activation Technologies-->
    HrOffline: 0x00000000
    HrOnline: 0x00000000
    HealthStatus: PASS
    Event Time Stamp: 8:17:2015 12:33
    WAT Activex: Registered
    WAT Admin Service: Registered
    That's what I was looking for

    The whole report looks good now, and you should no longer be seeing non-genuine notifications.

    It sounds to me as if there is something getting in the way of your Software Protection Service - most likely it's ASC.
    I really do think you'd be better off uninstalling it completely and installing MSE. I see too many problems relating to ASC products - mostly the Registry destroyer Cleaner to be confident that they have any idea what a computer looks like!
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  3. Tactical Z
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    Ok I just went the extra mile and uninstalled all my IOBit utilities. I only like to give support to products I think I can trust and they've lost that.
    I'll post again if something else crops up. Thanks for all your help.

    Now... if I can figure out why my desktop doesn't show unless I restart Explorer (yea that might fall under 'why didn't you say something?' but it's a problem that's been around for a couple of weeks and I was just working around it while I looked for the problem).
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  4. torchwood
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    Although many people decry Iobit Products, i Have used and still do use them.
    Like most optimiser programmes "the one click cures all" is what causes most problems.
    Users DO need to be aware that they should NOT ever effect any registry changes.

    However as you are running ASCU (which you have paid for) just dissable or not use all of the other functions. The AV is based on a >>licensed<< copy of Bitdefender which actually comes out quite well within AV tests.

    Roy

    What very few people seem to know is that Iobit is actually run/owned by a couple of Americans.
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  6. Tactical Z
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    While it's true I never had a problem until recently (my aformentioned problem with explorer on boot up seems to have disappeared as well), something affecting me this drastically tends to make me gun-shy on the whole product.
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  7. torchwood
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    BUT you do need an AV.

    Roy
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  8. NoelDP
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    Iobit is not - so far As I am aware - owned by Americans but by Chinese. Check the ownership of their website.
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  10. torchwood
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    Website is not owner and i actually know their names there brothers

    Roy
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  11. Tactical Z
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    MSE has an AV component, from what I see. How's it rated as an AV, anti-spyware and as a Firewall?
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  12. NoelDP
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    Iobit owners feel the need to hide the domain ownership behind a flag of convenience company in the Cayman Islands...
    Domain Name: IOBIT.COM
    Registry Domain ID: 154298625_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
    Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.tucows.com
    Registrar URL: Tucows Domains ? Domain Help
    Updated Date: 2015-01-13T04:50:10Z
    Creation Date: 2005-05-04T02:53:07Z
    Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-05-04T02:53:07Z
    Registrar: TUCOWS, INC.
    Registrar IANA ID: 69
    Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Email Masking Image@tucows.com
    Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4165350123
    Domain Status: ok
    Registry Registrant ID:
    Registrant Name: Apperience Corporation
    Registrant Organization: Apperience Corporation
    Registrant Street: Fourth Floor, Harbour Centre, PO Box 613
    Registrant City: Grand Cayman
    Registrant State/Province: Grand Cayman
    Registrant Postal Code: KY1-1107
    Registrant Country: KY
    Registrant Phone: +1.2885265676
    Registrant Phone Ext:
    Registrant Fax:
    Registrant Fax Ext:
    Registrant Email: Email Masking Image@iobit.com
    Registry Admin ID:
    Admin Name: Apperience Corporation
    Admin Organization: Apperience Corporation
    Admin Street: Fourth Floor, Harbour Centre, PO Box 613
    Admin City: Grand Cayman
    Admin State/Province: Grand Cayman
    Admin Postal Code: KY1-1107
    Admin Country: KY
    Admin Phone: +1.2885265676
    Admin Phone Ext:
    Admin Fax:
    Admin Fax Ext:
    Admin Email: Email Masking Image@iobit.com
    Registry Tech ID:
    Tech Name: Apperience Corporation
    Tech Organization: Apperience Corporation
    Tech Street: Fourth Floor, Harbour Centre, PO Box 613
    Tech City: Grand Cayman
    Tech State/Province: Grand Cayman
    Tech Postal Code: KY1-1107
    Tech Country: KY
    Tech Phone: +1.2885265676
    Tech Phone Ext:
    Tech Fax:
    Tech Fax Ext:
    Tech Email: Email Masking Image@iobit.com
    Name Server: DNS1.STABLETRANSIT.COM
    Name Server: DNS2.STABLETRANSIT.COM
    DNSSEC: unsigned
    URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form | ICANN
    >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2015-01-13T04:50:10Z <<<
    Such registrations always ring alarm bells!

    The following Wikipedia article is a little more informative about their business practices.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IObit
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  13. Layback Bear
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    Nice report Noel.

    I don't know who is brothers and who isn't and I don't care.

    IObits is a chop stick company trying to hide that fact.
    After installing and removing a IObit product I would highly recommend changing all password ect. from another computer that is know to be clean.

    What I do know by reading lots of threads, IObit products screws up computers. Many of member have to do a Clean Install just to fix all the problems IObit products cause. ASC is probably the worse.
    Even if you remove ASC it doesn't fix the damage or changes it has already made.

    This is another reputation buster for IObits.

    https://forums.malwarebytes.org/inde...tual-property/
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