Not a Genuine Windows 7?

[Alex Clayton]

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> What I meant was that I hope it stays working when the 30 day grace
> (graceless?) period ends...
>
> As for your frustration: you seem calmer than I might be in your shoes
>
>
> The money for a new license of Windows might also end up being cheaper
> than
> an appropriate amount of tranquilizer.
>
> Changing the motherboard definitely sets off an alarm for Windows - from
> the outside it looks a lot like trying to install the same disk in a
> second
> computer, but as I said, I have made significant hardware changes without
> a
> problem. I have even removed Windows from one computer and reinstalled it
> on another, but I *did* have to call home to do it.
>
> WAIT! I just realized that I was not starting from an OEM copy of Windows,
> but from a retail DVD or CD. To MS, an OEM edition can't be transferred to
> a new computer. Now that isn't what you actually have. logically speaking,
> but you need to find a tech support person that believes you, if the thing
> fails in the next 30 days
>
> Or if you can, get a new license number from Acer. BTW, the treatment you
> have reported here makes Acer look pretty good to me.
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>
>

Yes that is why I am trying very hard to not get pissed at Acer. The Wife
broke that pin off being careless I am 99% sure. Of course by the time she
told me she had a "problem" it was too late. I figured it was a lost cause
when I found out there was no easy fix, just bought another one of the same
machines. Then sent it back fully expecting them to contact me and give a
price quote to fix it. They got it on a Friday and the following Monday I
got an e-mail showing the tracking that it was on it's way back. I guess if
next month it goes off again and I can not get MS to fix it the $100.00 fix
will be fine since I was expecting to have to pay at least twice that to
Acer to put the new Motherboard in it.
When I went down and bought the replacement for the Wife I did for the
first time ever buy the add on Warranty from Best Buy for that one. At least
if she manages to break that one they will replace it free. <G>
--
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know
'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads
weren't paved.
Will Rogers

 

[Yousuf Khan]

On 22/08/2010 1:20 PM, Alex Clayton wrote:
> OK I just tried the site and it says I am fine, but I think this is the
> same thing it did before unless I am missing something. The last couple
> times it was working when I would do a update or when I would install
> the MS anti virus and Malicious software tools it would first validate
> my copy of Windows, and say it was good to go. Then 30 days later it
> would start the not genuine crap. Is this site something different than
> the other times it validates ??

Well, if and when it happens again, run it through the site again. It
should then be revalidated at that point again. Then go through your
Event logs and see if anything is happening on your system that would
cause this. I would suspect it's some kind of hardware that disappears
and reappears sporadically. I think some of the hardware that Windows
uses to validate are hard disks, cpu, memory, etc. Others might add more
to the list.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Alex Clayton]

"Yousuf Khan" <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Well, if and when it happens again, run it through the site again. It
> should then be revalidated at that point again. Then go through your Event
> logs and see if anything is happening on your system that would cause
> this. I would suspect it's some kind of hardware that disappears and
> reappears sporadically. I think some of the hardware that Windows uses to
> validate are hard disks, cpu, memory, etc. Others might add more to the
> list.
>
> Yousuf Khan
>
>

Can't hurt, I will give it a try in a couple weeks if it does it then.
The best I have been able to tell so far is it was/ is the new Motherboard
they put it at Acer when they repaired it. It made the machine think someone
had tried to use the license to install on a new machine and this was the
kind of license they sell to a manufacturer, not one I bought to install.
Like I said to Gene I was actually surprised they (Acer) even did the
repair free in the first place since I was expecting to have to pay for it.
If it does it again and I can not get someone at MS to fix it over the phone
I will probably just buy another license from them. The laptop is seldom
used right now since it's an extra, so if I have to spend another $100.00 to
make it work I guess it will be worth it. I bought it at a Black Friday sale
so it was pretty cheap at the time.
--
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.