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After two years i get a "not a genuine copy" notice Windows 7

post #1 of 13
4/19/12 at 9:49pm
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Booted up my R52 and it would go to desktop and quit. After a while it booted and i get an "not a genuine copy of windows notice" or something like that. With a "Build 7600" underneath. i have had this thing fo r two years and it has updated and passed all the verifications. Can anyone tell me what is going on. After i booted in safe mode several times did the restore and did the rebuild and then rebooted twice more and let it set it finally came up workable. the only thing going on during all this was an update to acrobat.

I'm running a R52 Thinkpad, 2gig 80 gig Windows 7 pro. the computer has worked flawlessly till today. i went to microsoft support and there are messages about this. i cant understand all the giberrish. i also have Avast ,Spybot running.

Any help would be appreciated

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post #2 of 13
4/20/12 at 1:03am
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Booted up my R52 and it would go to desktop and quit. After a while it booted and i get an "not a genuine copy of windows notice" or something like that. With a "Build 7600" underneath. i have had this thing fo r two years and it has updated and passed all the verifications. Can anyone tell me what is going on. After i booted in safe mode several times did the restore and did the rebuild and then rebooted twice more and let it set it finally came up workable. the only thing going on during all this was an update to acrobat.
I'm running a R52 Thinkpad, 2gig 80 gig Windows 7 pro. the computer has worked flawlessly till today. i went to microsoft support and there are messages about this. i cant understand all the giberrish. i also have Avast ,Spybot running.
Any help would be appreciated
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Is it ok now with this remark?

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post #3 of 13
4/20/12 at 6:39am
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Right now things seem to be working fine. Firefox actually seems noticeably faster for some reason. But I am in fear of turning things off as I have no idea what I did, or what ever. I t would be nice to have a way to check and see if everything is in order. If I can't find out this thing may spend the rest o its life between on and sleep mode smile.gif
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post #4 of 13
4/20/12 at 5:37pm
Search and download Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool . Run it and it will tell you for sure. Make sure system date and time is correct.

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post #5 of 13
4/20/12 at 8:04pm
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Did that a while back before this ever came up got the Ok. Ran it in safe mode and ot the ok. then when i ran it normally something called Microsoft security essentials popped up and said it wasn't authentic. Its been running fine the last two days. haven't shut it off. Would try the windows tools again but I don't want or need this thin g locked up unless I know what to do . And sure don't want to pay Billy for another copy of windows if this one is just screwed up
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post #6 of 13
4/20/12 at 8:09pm
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Originally Posted by TNWoodwright View Post

Did that a while back before this ever came up got the Ok. Ran it in safe mode and ot the ok. then when i ran it normally something called Microsoft security essentials popped up and said it wasn't authentic. Its been running fine the last two days. haven't shut it off. Would try the windows tools again but I don't want or need this thin g locked up unless I know what to do . And sure don't want to pay Billy for another copy of windows if this one is just screwed up

If the Windows copy is legit, you can always call in (free) and have them giving you another activation code. There are many codes out there that were legit and sold to volume consumers (sometimes they are being resold for cheap like $10 a pop), many of them do expire when certain contracts are being completed; depending on the contracts Microsoft can choose to revoke these licenses and make them "not" genuine.

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post #7 of 13
9/4/12 at 12:57pm
Windows 7 licences are cheap - Try not using any crack versions smile.gif

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post #8 of 13
2/24/13 at 1:28am
Not sure if it's the same problem, but I Just repaired a computer with similar problem.
Windows not genuine & Activate Windows.
It was a virus
Computer had been running well for 3 or 4 yrs

First the virus change the label from Vista Home Basic to Premium, turned on Windows Activation & this copy not genuine.
I ran antivirus ccleaner Malwarebytes & couldn't resolve.
The only way for me to repair was to use the Windows Vista Upgrade disk & do a clean install using original Product key for the machine
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post #9 of 13
2/25/13 at 3:32am
Nice seeing you posting again here chevypub. Sorry about DTF sad.gif We kinda lose the site

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post #10 of 13
2/25/13 at 5:37am
Thank you glad to be back
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post #11 of 13
2/25/13 at 7:57pm
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post #12 of 13
2/25/13 at 8:48pm
This site is quite useful here I downloaded the win7 home version going to boot it & see.
http://best-windows.vlaurie.com/boot-disks.html#full
http://www.smartestcomputing.us.com/topic/58764-how-to-get-a-free-legal-copy-of-a-windows-7-installation-disk/
http://www.w7forums.com/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads-t12325.html
Edited by 58chevypup - 2/25/13 at 9:02pm
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post #13 of 13
2/27/13 at 5:02pm
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