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| 12-10-2008 | #11 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. Under system tools is the activate Windows icon there? Or maybe you see the Activate windows just at the top of the start column? |
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| 12-10-2008 | #12 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. Nope. Picture attached is the options I have.  |
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| 12-10-2008 | #13 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. Hmmm try running windows update and see if that may prompt to activate windows its a long shot but the only other thing that comes to mind is the installed version of the OS has had a Banned CD key used to install it which would explain the message you see now regardless of what disc is supplied with the PC. Failing all that i would be contacting who ever you bought the PC off and let them fix it. Hope it helps  Last edited by Titancom; 12-10-2008 at 12:45 AM.. |
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| 12-10-2008 | #14 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. Or last option is reinstall with the disc supplied from fresh. |
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| 12-10-2008 | #15 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. If you can open the cmd prompt as administrator: If it works, you should be able to restore your desktop enough to activate properly. cscript slmgr.vbs - rearm |
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| 12-10-2008 | #16 (permalink) |
| | Pic attached. This is for regular cmd prompt.  And this pic is running cmd as administrator  |
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| 12-10-2008 | #17 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. These are results I got from following instructions on Some Windows Vista functions may not work, or Windows Vista may stop responding . I tried opening the CBS log, but it told me that access is denied. Ugh. So I went to http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-owne...menu-vista.htm and followed instructions and I now have the CBS log open, but it is A LOT of text. Where do I go from here? |
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| 12-10-2008 | #18 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. OK so it says there are some corrupt files that it couldn't repair, at this stage i think i would be doing a repair install. |
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| 12-10-2008 | #19 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. I would like to do a repair install, however I'm not sure how. I've inserted the Vista install cd, and there was no repair option. |
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| 12-10-2008 | #20 (permalink) |
| | Re: You May Be A Victim Of Software Counterfeiting?.. |
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