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January 26th, 2013 19:00
Restore from backup Windows 7 not genuine...?
XPS machine the HD went bad. We did an image via the MS tools on windows 7. Made the rescue disk.
We installed the new HD, did the restore from image.
When trying to download the virus updates from Microsoft security essentials we found that Windows 7 is no longer genuine. We tried the various Microsoft Fix-its for this issue. Yet it still comes up.
Is there anything we can do other then buy windows 7 and reinstall?
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Eeriest Elk
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January 27th, 2013 14:00
Okay resolved the problem. It turns out it was the Intel Matrix Driver. I opened device manager, uninstalled the Driver for the Hard drive (which was replaced.) Power cycled the system, it came up and re-installed the driver automatically and VIOLA! it was all working.
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January 26th, 2013 23:00
Press [Windows] and [ r ] to bring up the run command:
type slui and press Enter; hopefully you will be prompted for product activation.
If it still says your Windows is non-genuine. Type slui 4 (with a space between slui and 4) in the run box, this should bring up the Window for Phone Activation to Microsoft.
Eeriest Elk
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January 27th, 2013 07:00
I had found the phone activation one, we tried that and it did not work. I will try this one.
Eeriest Elk
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January 27th, 2013 12:00
slui just brings up a window that says successful activation. There is no place to put in the product key.