Vista - RC2 installation not genuine?!?!

I clean installed Vista RC2 earlier this morning, using all my spare today
time to set it up. Well, after I have everything perfectly configured, a box
is now popping up every 5 minutes to tell me that it is NOT genuine. It has
disabled all the nifty features such as the Aero interface, etc.. I have
been running pre-rc1 for about 2 months. It is however, a valid copy of the
RC2 with the key which microsoft provided me in my email. What can I do
about this?

Make sure you date and time are correct. Do a clean install, not an upgrade
install.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"Ice" <Ice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:38442F9A-02F6-4B2A-973A-EE704E53E9A3@microsoft.com...
>I clean installed Vista RC2 earlier this morning, using all my spare today
> time to set it up. Well, after I have everything perfectly configured, a
> box
> is now popping up every 5 minutes to tell me that it is NOT genuine. It
> has
> disabled all the nifty features such as the Aero interface, etc.. I have
> been running pre-rc1 for about 2 months. It is however, a valid copy of
> the
> RC2 with the key which microsoft provided me in my email. What can I do
> about this?

Well, I woke up this morning, booted up, aero was back, everything was
normal. I went into system properties, activated without a problem.

That was wierd! I guess it was just a glitch. How can I go about reporting
that?

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Make sure you date and time are correct. Do a clean install, not an upgrade
> install.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "Ice" <Ice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:38442F9A-02F6-4B2A-973A-EE704E53E9A3@microsoft.com...
> >I clean installed Vista RC2 earlier this morning, using all my spare today
> > time to set it up. Well, after I have everything perfectly configured, a
> > box
> > is now popping up every 5 minutes to tell me that it is NOT genuine. It
> > has
> > disabled all the nifty features such as the Aero interface, etc.. I have
> > been running pre-rc1 for about 2 months. It is however, a valid copy of
> > the
> > RC2 with the key which microsoft provided me in my email. What can I do
> > about this?
>
>
>

Most likey date and time as suggested. Try this link. May give you a better
understanding your problem. Simply run the diagnostic program on the page.

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/diag/

"Ice" wrote:

> Well, I woke up this morning, booted up, aero was back, everything was
> normal. I went into system properties, activated without a problem.
>
> That was wierd! I guess it was just a glitch. How can I go about reporting
> that?
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
> > Make sure you date and time are correct. Do a clean install, not an upgrade
> > install.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >
> > Quote from George Ankner:
> > If you knew as much as you think you know,
> > You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> >
> > "Ice" <Ice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:38442F9A-02F6-4B2A-973A-EE704E53E9A3@microsoft.com...
> > >I clean installed Vista RC2 earlier this morning, using all my spare today
> > > time to set it up. Well, after I have everything perfectly configured, a
> > > box
> > > is now popping up every 5 minutes to tell me that it is NOT genuine. It
> > > has
> > > disabled all the nifty features such as the Aero interface, etc.. I have
> > > been running pre-rc1 for about 2 months. It is however, a valid copy of
> > > the
> > > RC2 with the key which microsoft provided me in my email. What can I do
> > > about this?
> >
> >
> >