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cristoballorio wrote:
> hello!
>
> I have vista installed on a separate pc which I unplugged a couple of
> weeks ago. this morning I plugged in again, and guess what: I get a
> message that my copy is not genuine; have to validate, get a new product
> key, etc. I filled in my MS-given key again, and it seemed to work OK.
> but every time I boot up, I get this message again, NO genuine windows
> copy, can't get any software updates, including windows defender, etc.!
>
> I don't know what is going on here, but perhaps someone out there can
> tell me? I have RC 1, build 5600, by the way, which works fine, if and
> when it wants to! grrrr
>

Ah, the joys of beta testing! You get what you pay for and we can only
hope this kind of crap doesn't happen with the final version.

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