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#1 The Average Joe

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Posted 27 October 2014 - 07:52 AM

OK. So I have had this current version of Win 7 for quite some time. Maybe as much as a year. Approximately 6 months ago, I changed motherboard/CPU. No messages to update. Approximately 2 months ago, I upgraded the power supply and video card. No validation messages.

Now suddenly, I am getting the This version of Windows is not genuine message.  It was a preload on a retail system, so I don't have a Windows disk.  I know this version is genuine, but when I go to the website and download their verification tool, it just gives me the option to buy a licensed version... even though one of the potential findings is that certain windows files are missing.

I have looked online, and there are a few "tricks" to temporarily fool windows, but I don't want to do that. I just want it to work right. Any ideas? Seems to be fairly common based on the number of people with the same problem.

 

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