First I'd like to say; I do have a genuine and legit copy of Windows 7.
Well, basically, today when I started my PC and logged in, a popup box came up saying "YOUR COPY OF WINDOWS IS NOT GENUINE. BLA BLA BLA.
Well, this scared me shitless. So I quickly pressed "Ask me later". My desktop loaded up fine. Then Microsoft Security Essentials started screaming about how "YOU MAY BE A VICTIM OF COUNTERFEIT." I opened MSE, and read around. I also checked the properties of my PC, and it told me that Windows was activated. Anyway, MSE redirected me to Microsoft's website, where it told me to download a file called WindowsActivationUpdate.exe I did, I ran it, I rebooted, and now everything works again. What the fuck.
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Happened to my built computer, did you build yours?
Indeed I did. Six months ago. That's also when I activated Windows. (Quite obviously).
You should probably scan that file, when windows detects a computer isn't activated it removes the wallpaper and makes it black. This might be fake.
Eh, mine went back to normal too..
But.. I activated Win7 on a faulty HDD, so I activated my serial again after I got a new HDD. Maybe you did too?
[QUOTE=Errorproxy;23173266]Eh, mine went back to normal too..
But.. I activated Win7 on a faulty HDD, so I activated my serial again after I got a new HDD. Maybe you did too?[/QUOTE]
Nope. I ran that file and everything went back to normal.
No, I mean when I first built my computer, I installed Win7. And the HDD was screwed up. So I replaced it and then activated Win7 again...
[QUOTE=Mrs Affinity;23173242]You should probably scan that file, when windows detects a computer isn't activated it removes the wallpaper and makes it black. [B]This might be fake.[/B][/QUOTE]
Doubt it. I run virus scans daily, never look at porn and never download anything that may include viruses. Plus the small fact that I downloaded it from the official Microsoft site.
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[QUOTE=Errorproxy;23173325]No, I mean when I first built my computer, I installed Win7. And the HDD was screwed up. So I replaced it and then activated Win7 again...[/QUOTE]
Actually, yes... I first installed it on my old 120GB HDD, I then bought a new 500GB drive, and installed it on that...
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Here's a person from another forum who had the same thing happen to him/her:
[url]http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/18807b55-f772-41cc-8d52-a891fc1ac3d9[/url]
Only exception is that it worked flawlessly for me.
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And here's the link to the validation file:
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/default.aspx?displaylang=en&PartnerID=258&sGuid=16852098-1a70-4474-97c6-ab71586eee8c[/url]
[QUOTE=Rixxz2;23173364]Actually, yes... I first installed it on my old 120GB HDD, I then bought a new 500GB drive, and installed it on that...[/QUOTE]
You're fine. Windows was just being paranoid that you might have installed it on another computer. I had to fix this through the call-Microsoft method, though, because the computer I was on had no internet connection.
The EXE file updates the activation hash of the computer and re-activates Windows for you.
Summary: Windows was overly paranoid and forced you to re-activate because you reinstalled Windows on a new hard drive.
[QUOTE={ABK}AbbySciuto;23175738]You're fine. Windows was just being paranoid that you might have installed it on another computer. I had to fix this through the call-Microsoft method, though, because the computer I was on had no internet connection.
The EXE file updates the activation hash of the computer and re-activates Windows for you.
[B]Summary: Windows was overly paranoid and forced you to re-activate because you reinstalled Windows on a new hard drive.[/B][/QUOTE]
However, I reinstalled it over six months ago, why would it get paranoid now?
It happend to my bro
Nice bump.
I had this pop-up, all I did was activate it over the phone through skype. Works fine now with no problems
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