Vista Tutorial - validate, not genuine !

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

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.

Alias

Because you unplugged it, have you checked the date on the system? Maybe
your backup battery is weak and caused something to be lost. Your posting
date looks correct--just wild guessing!!

Clark

"cristoballorio" <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>

Are you running Ultimate ?

"cristoballorio" <someone@mydomain.com> wrote in message
news:F0053118-3915-4B62-B4A4-30E19828C28D@microsoft.com...
> 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
>

"SAM-R" <SAM-R@news.postalias> wrote in message
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> Are you running Ultimate ?

yes I am!