This copy of Windows is not Genuine

I have heard of one user that attempted to forcibly remove the watermark, but it caused a problem like this with the activation. He was able to reactivate the OS through normal means, but since that doesn't work for you I honestly don't know if ya can do anything beyond a reinstall.

You might try using the various Slmgr commands to see if you can fix this, since at this point I doubt you could make it much worse. http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2062/...ons_explained/

Well I might just leave it because to be quite frank, I only have about two weeks anyway until my Windows Ultimate Signature Edition comes, so I will leave it be for now, and if any other problems do crop up, I will use my Laptop to contact you guys Thanks for all the support peoples.

If I can fix this I will let the forum know.
Thanks!

Have had this happen a couple of time....run your Win7 repair disk ..fixed it for me

I've run the Remove Watermark Tweek that was linked in this forum and use Crap Cleaner on a regular daily basis and have zero issues like this so I highly doubt either of these things has caused this problem. As an aside, Can you still run Windows Update?

I was thinking the same thing. I was not so bold as to say anything though.

Thanks for the replies everyone - I can still run the Windows update which is a positive!
I have found also something fishy too - I turned on the computer again today after shutting down the previous night, and nothing has come up - however, I put it on sleep for a while to play on the Xbox 360.
Came back from sleep, and this problem has cropped up any suggestions?

I bought Windows 7 about a year ago and all has been well until some weeks ago windows update keeps telling me that it needs to install an important update but that it is unable followed by instruction to reinstall from my CD using the update option.

Well, I did that and now I get this blasted message at the bottom right of my screen which reads "This copy of Windows is not genuine".. and of course all the other annoying message boxes.

I had no problem with the initial install about a year ago. Why now??? THIS IS A GENUINE COPY that I purchased from Staples in Canada.

Any ideas how to get past this? Thanks for your help.

When it comes to the "This copy of Windows is not Genuine" message, the only thing anyone can tell you is to contact Microsoft by phone if all attempts to activate fails.

If you have further questions please start a new thread. The last posting in this thread was close to two years ago. The main topic of this thread was based on Windows 7 before it was released for sales.

And the most likely outcome is that Microsoft will tell you to take your copy of W7 and your receipt back to Staples.

For the record, there has been instances of this showing up on legitimate installs after doing certain updates.

Do as Cliff suggested and call MS, they're there to help you not hinder.