Software license service won't run

• Yesterday, I ran a registry cleaner program (I know, I've always had problems after doing that and you'd think I would have learned by now) to remove the old dead entries from my registry. After it finished, I started seeing the problems that are mentioned in this thread (no control panel and software licensing service won't start). Even if I run cmd.exe as administrator, I get the following:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]

Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>net start slsvc

System error 2 has occurred.

The system cannot find the file specified.

C:\Windows\system32>

I tried turning off the read-only attribute in the system32 directory and that had no effect. From what I've found on the web, it looks like I will have to reinstall Vista to make everything work. Of course, I bought this PC at BestBuy and they didn't give me the Vista install disks (thanks HP) so that is going to be difficult.

Is there anything else I can try to resolve this issue? Any help is greatly appreciated.

BTW, here's the output of the diagnostic tool:

Diagnostic Report (1.9.0006.1):

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WGA Data-->

Validation Status: Invalid License

Validation Code: 50

Online Validation Code: 0x80070426

Cached Validation Code: N/A, hr = 0x80070426

Windows Product Key: *****-*****-27HYQ-XTKW2-WQD8Q

Windows Product Key Hash: U8YEZzymoD4DMyaMb32rPrNIS90=

Windows Product ID: 89583-OEM-7332157-00061

Windows Product ID Type: 2

Windows License Type: OEM SLP

Windows OS version: 6.0.6001.2.00010300.1.0.003

ID: {2EE107BE-C004-4237-AC91-4E490C947D5B}(3)

Is Admin: Yes

TestCab: 0x0

WGA Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

Product Name: Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium

Architecture: 0x00000009

Build lab: 6001.vistasp1_gdr.080917-1612

TTS Error:

Validation Diagnostic:

Resolution Status: N/A

WgaER Data-->

ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002

Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WGA Notifications Data-->

Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

File Exists: No

Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WgaTray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Notifications Data-->

Cached Result: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

WGATray.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

OGA Data-->

Office Status: 109 N/A

OGA Version: N/A, 0x80070002

Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002

Office Diagnostics: 025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3

Browser Data-->

Proxy settings: N/A

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Win32)

Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla\Firefox\firefox.exe

Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt

Download unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled

Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: Allowed

Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: Disabled

Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: Disabled

Active scripting: Allowed

Script ActiveX controls marked as safe for scripting: Allowed

File Scan Data-->

Other data-->

Office Details: <GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{2EE107BE-C004-4237-AC91-4E490C947D5B}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0006.1</Version><OS>6.0.6001.2.00010300.1.0.003</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-WQD8Q</PKey><PID>89583-OEM-7332157-00061</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-342609163-3139870115-61042858</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>HP-Pavilion</Manufacturer><Model>KQ497AA-ABA m9340f</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American Megatrends Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>5.23   </Version><SMBIOSVersion major="2" minor="5"/><Date>20080421000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>E1333507018400FA</HWID><UserLCID>0409</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>Pacific Standard Time(GMT-08:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM><OEMID>HPQOEM</OEMID><OEMTableID>SLIC-CPC</OEMTableID></OEM><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults> 

Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002

Licensing Data-->

Software Licensing service is not running.

HWID Data-->

HWID Hash Current: MgAAAAEAAAABAAEAAgABAAAABAABAAEAonZSZbhWvDqw9OJs8vQIysFn/FSiwqxWzDE=

OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->

N/A

OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->

BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes

Windows marker version: 0x20000

OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: yes

BIOS Information:

  ACPI Table Name    OEMID Value    OEMTableID Value

  APIC            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  FACP            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  HPET            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  MCFG            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  OEMB            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  GSCI            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  SLIC            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC

  SSDT            HPQOEM        SLIC-CPC