Not a Genuine Windows 7?

Earlier today I was having some problems with one of the hard disks in
my system so I was removing and changing them around to test it out. At
one point after a reboot, I got a message saying that this isn't a
Genuine copy of Windows! ¿WTF?! So I told it to ignore it, and
everything seems to work. I figured maybe it got confused by the
hardware changes.

Anyways, it hasn't really complained since then. When I look at the
properties of "Computer" it says it's "Activated". So am I okay? Or do I
need to call Microsoft?

Yousuf Khan

could it be that you have installed it on more than one HDD? within your
system?
--
John the West Ham fan


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"Yousuf Khan" <> wrote in message
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> Earlier today I was having some problems with one of the hard disks in my
> system so I was removing and changing them around to test it out. At one
> point after a reboot, I got a message saying that this isn't a Genuine
> copy of Windows! ¿WTF?! So I told it to ignore it, and everything seems to
> work. I figured maybe it got confused by the hardware changes.
>
> Anyways, it hasn't really complained since then. When I look at the
> properties of "Computer" it says it's "Activated". So am I okay? Or do I
> need to call Microsoft?
>
> Yousuf Khan

On 19/08/2010 2:19 PM, housetrained wrote:
> could it be that you have installed it on more than one HDD? within your
> system?

No, but there is a copy of Windows XP installed on an external drive
which I sometimes multi boot into.

Yousuf Khan

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:55:19 -0400, Yousuf Khan
<> wrote:

>On 19/08/2010 2:19 PM, housetrained wrote:
>> could it be that you have installed it on more than one HDD? within your
>> system?
>
>No, but there is a copy of Windows XP installed on an external drive
>which I sometimes multi boot into.
>
> Yousuf Khan


As long as it shows up as activated and windows update works, you have
nothing to worry about.

I personally wouldn't worry until windows update stops working.

In article <4c6d6087$>,
Yousuf Khan <> wrote:
>Earlier today I was having some problems with one of the hard disks in
>my system so I was removing and changing them around to test it out. At
>one point after a reboot, I got a message saying that this isn't a
>Genuine copy of Windows! ¿WTF?! So I told it to ignore it, and
>everything seems to work. I figured maybe it got confused by the
>hardware changes.
>
>Anyways, it hasn't really complained since then. When I look at the
>properties of "Computer" it says it's "Activated". So am I okay? Or do I
>need to call Microsoft?

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and let it do it's stuff

On 19/08/2010 8:05 PM, wrote:
> As long as it shows up as activated and windows update works, you have
> nothing to worry about.
>
> I personally wouldn't worry until windows update stops working.
>

Thanks, sounds reasonable.

Yousuf Khan

On 20/08/2010 12:36 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> In article<4c6d6087$>,
> Yousuf Khan<> wrote:
>> Earlier today I was having some problems with one of the hard disks in
>> my system so I was removing and changing them around to test it out. At
>> one point after a reboot, I got a message saying that this isn't a
>> Genuine copy of Windows! ¿WTF?! So I told it to ignore it, and
>> everything seems to work. I figured maybe it got confused by the
>> hardware changes.
>>
>> Anyways, it hasn't really complained since then. When I look at the
>> properties of "Computer" it says it's "Activated". So am I okay? Or do I
>> need to call Microsoft?
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and let it do it's stuff

Okay, cool, looks like it validated properly. Phew!

Yousuf Khan

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:53:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> On 20/08/2010 12:36 PM, Mike S. wrote:
>> In article<4c6d6087$>,
>> Yousuf Khan<> wrote:
>>> Earlier today I was having some problems with one of the hard disks in
>>> my system so I was removing and changing them around to test it out. At
>>> one point after a reboot, I got a message saying that this isn't a
>>> Genuine copy of Windows! ¿WTF?! So I told it to ignore it, and
>>> everything seems to work. I figured maybe it got confused by the
>>> hardware changes.
>>>
>>> Anyways, it hasn't really complained since then. When I look at the
>>> properties of "Computer" it says it's "Activated". So am I okay? Or do I
>>> need to call Microsoft?
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/genuine and let it do it's stuff
>
> Okay, cool, looks like it validated properly. Phew!
>
> Yousuf Khan

Microsoft validation seems to be allergic to changes. Perhaps the
experimentation you were doing caused a sneeze or a rash.

OTOH, when I have had validation problems, they have always been resolved
either by following the online wizard, or when that failed, calling MS
support. Looks like you had good luck also.

I concur with the "Phew!"...

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
news:1tjombj6fldmf$.arnzn0wgujju$....
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:53:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:

> OTOH, when I have had validation problems, they have always been resolved
> either by following the online wizard, or when that failed, calling MS
> support. Looks like you had good luck also.
>
> I concur with the "Phew!"...
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>
>

I have been through this a couple times with one Gateway (Acer) laptop. Wife
managed to break off the little pin in the port for the power cord. I took
it to a shop, they said it was part of the Motherboard so repair would be
expensive. I sent it back to Acer to see what they would say and damned if
they did not fix it free and send it back. I thought wow that was lucky.
Then 30 days later Windows not genuine started. Apparently the license did
not recognize the the new Motherboard Acer had installed and was looking at
it as a 30 day trial. I tried the MS site and nothing, it would not work.
MS's only solution was to have me buy a new license from them for $100.00 or
call Gateway. Gateway had me reinstall Windows and all was fine, so I
thought. 30 days later here it goes again. This time I sent it back to Acer
again. It's only been back for a couple weeks so I am waiting to see if
after 30 days it starts that crap again.
If it does it again I will try the phone to MS I guess to see if they can
do something. I had never heard of this until Win. 7 though.
--
"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites.
Moderation is for monks."

[Lazarus Long]

On 21/08/2010 4:32 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
> "Gene E. Bloch" <not-> wrote in message
> news:1tjombj6fldmf$.arnzn0wgujju$....
>> On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:53:20 -0400, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
>> OTOH, when I have had validation problems, they have always been resolved
>> either by following the online wizard, or when that failed, calling MS
>> support. Looks like you had good luck also.
>>
>> I concur with the "Phew!"...
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>>
>>
>
> I have been through this a couple times with one Gateway (Acer) laptop.
> Wife managed to break off the little pin in the port for the power cord.
> I took it to a shop, they said it was part of the Motherboard so repair
> would be expensive. I sent it back to Acer to see what they would say
> and damned if they did not fix it free and send it back. I thought wow
> that was lucky. Then 30 days later Windows not genuine started.
> Apparently the license did not recognize the the new Motherboard Acer
> had installed and was looking at it as a 30 day trial. I tried the MS
> site and nothing, it would not work. MS's only solution was to have me
> buy a new license from them for $100.00 or call Gateway. Gateway had me
> reinstall Windows and all was fine, so I thought. 30 days later here it
> goes again. This time I sent it back to Acer again. It's only been back
> for a couple weeks so I am waiting to see if after 30 days it starts
> that crap again.
> If it does it again I will try the phone to MS I guess to see if they
> can do something. I had never heard of this until Win. 7 though.

Just run it through this website:

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine

You won't have to wait 30 days.

Yousuf Khan