Well I did it and I got the results I expected.

 

1) Intel storage console worked fine

2) Needed to reactivate windows

3) Online activation failed because it said the product key was already in use

4) Phone activation worked

5) When I check control panel -> system it says that windows is activated but instead of the little genuine logo to the right I have a link to "get genuine"

6) when I follow this link I can check if windows is genuine and it says I am not and that I need to activate first.

 

 

Help - I think this has something to do with Intel storage manage corrupting the validation file on my pc. Is there any way to uninstall this file or active x control and have a new one installed when I revisit the validation site?

Hi down_under:

I have done my clean reinstall of my VISTA yesterday. I for some unknown reasons could not load my small version of the IMSM during my VISTA clean installation at the point "where do you want to install windows" [load driver].

However I continued with the format and clean installation and it was uneventful. On complition I activated the VISTA on line.  Afterwards [I have been guided by desperate-iastor] I decided to go and install this small version of the IMSM and afterwards it requested my VISTA to be reactivated [as expected from this thread]. I was again able to reactivate on linewithout any difficulty. However as you have stated when I checked if genuine it suggested it may not be genuine.

 

Now here is what I did to get it Genuine.

I went back to control->device manager->Rolled back the Intel 82081 driver.

Now I have to reactivate the VISTA [I expected this]. Then in the same window I clicked to see if it was genuine. It suggested to be genuine to install active X control which I went ahead.

Then again I went back to the control->Device manager->update the Driver. This updated to the latest IMSM.

As expected computer requested to restart to get the change effect.

I restarted and went to control->system-> I found it as expected three days to activate the VISTA.

Now I clicked to activate on line and activated without any difficulty.

Now you click the windows to see if genuine and I find it is recognised as genuine!

I am happy now

snow

Dimension 9200
Intel ViiV Core 2Duo E6400 Processor 2.13GHz 1066 MHz 2MB
Windows XP media Centre Edition 2005 now VISTA OS 32bit
Memory:2048 MB Dual DDR2 533 MHz [2x1024]
Dell Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse Dell Wireless Bluetooth
Video Card: 1GB nVidia GeForce 7950 GX2 Dual graphics card
Sound Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme music
Intel 82801 HR/HH/HO SATA RAID controller
Intel Matrix Storage Manager v7.5.0.1017
Chipset v.8.1.1.1013
HL-DT-ST DVD +/- RW GSA-H31N
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDRH10N
Hard Drive: 640 GB [2*320GB]SATA stripe RAID 0
Media Card Reader 13-in- 1 internal

Hey Snowshine - great work. I admire your persistence. I worked around the problem by installing the last of the v6 IMSM. It's doing everything I need and above all it is stable. Nevertheless I won't be able to stay on this version for ever so I will keep you solution at the ready.

Hey,

 

I noticed that Intel released the latest version of IMSM on 2nd August (v 7 .6.0.1011). The release notes don't mention anything about fixing Windows Genuine problems but does anyone know if it does? I don't want to install it until I know that the problem has been fixed. I really don't want to be spending the next day or so rebuilding my computer if it doesn't work. 

Hello down_under

What kind of Windows genuine problem you are concerened about.

Few have installed [including myself] the latest IMSM v 7.6.0.1011.

Also installed the KB 938194 & KB 938979.

Computer working fine.

I have not seen iastor error for over a week.

snow

 

I did not need reactivation on this occassion after the latest installment of the IMSM-If that is what you were referring to.

 

snow

I have already answered in my edited response.

I did not require to activate this time round after the installment of the lates IMSM.

It may be that on the last time round we updated the IMSM& the Chipset together, this may have been too many changes to the hardware and hence prompted us to reactivate the windows [This is just my theory!!]

snow

The problem whereby you have to revalidate windows after you upgrade ISMS. Last time I tried, phone activation allowed my os to be activated but the os was not considered genuine. Ended up having to reinstall vista and revert to an earlier version of ISMS.