That's because of the weather. Dewey -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Naisbitt Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 3:03 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: windows 7 Oooh! I really love my Mac! Graham N On 25 Aug 2010, at 21:38, Inge wrote: > This is really weird. I installed 7 Home Edition and some months ago > Microsoft offered an update to 7 Ultimate. I bought it and downloaded it and > it worked fine until some weeks ago Now Microsoft does not recognize their > own product. > > You are right, Blair, only way seems to dump all data to external and reload > from CD. > > If I buy a electric razor....and it does not work....I get a new one because > I have guarantee > If I buy a house .......and it rains through the roof .....I get a new house > or repair because I have a guarantee > If I buy a supertanker....and it does not start.....I get it fixed because I > have a guarantee > If I buy from Microsoft....and it does not work....I have to fix everything > myself... and no compensation at all from Microsoft Robbery Inc > > Inge > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Blair Hogg" <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: den 25 August 2010 21:48 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [TN] NTC: windows 7 > >> Inge, >> >> Could it be that something got corrupted in Win7 that it no longer thinks >> it is >> genuine? >> >> Could you try reinstalling Win7 with the original validation to see if it >> gets >> fixed? It may be a pain but it might be the only way to fix it. >> >> Have you changed any hardware in the PC lately? It may use serial numbers >> or >> MAC addresses to identify the PC. This may change the validation key. >> >> It could also be a problem on the Microsoft validation server. I read on >> Wikipedia that there have been issues with the server causing some >> computers to lose their validation. >> >> Blair >> >> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:35:29 +0200, Inge <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I use 7 on one of my computers. Bought a professional kit in a >>> professional >>> shop, installed it and got it validated. Have been using the O/S for half >>> a >>> year when suddenly I got the message 'your Windows 7 copy is not genuin' >> and >>> another message from Microsoft 'do yoú want to check if your copy is >>> genuin >>> depress ....etc' . And I downloaded a Windows program that only said ' >>> your >>> copy is not genuin, take the opportunity to buy genuin Windows 7 for only >>> xxxx $ '. I can't get rid of these stupid harassing messages, they pop >>> up >>> whatever I do. And there is no way to contact Microsoft directly as you >>> know, only lots of annoying computerized hints and FAQ. Has anyone got >> into >>> this mess too? >>> /Inge >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 >> To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in >> the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet >> To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) >> To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest >> Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives >> Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 >> for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or >> 847-615-7100 ext.2815 >> ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) > To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest > Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives > Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 > ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. 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