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Old 10-03-2008   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit
 
 

"This Copy of Windows Vista is not Genuine"

Alright before you say it My Vista is a "Valid" purchase, its not a copy, I got the @#@! receipt to prove it. With that out of the way, yesterday i was just chugging along and I lose my connection to internet and my background picture goes black. I thought no big deal just reboot right? Well when I did that it said I needed to reactivate my vista because my version was not valid. WTF I bought this the right way so I wouldn't have these problems. Anywho reactivated my copy and at the bottom it still says Windows Vista (TM) under that "Build 6001" and under that "This copy of Windows is not Genuine" now I saw a post that was close with people having this same problem but there was no resolution. I am no way tech savy to (helllooo Fireman here) so I didn't go anywhere I shouldn't have (I don't think) But bottom line What the hell is the fix?!?! Please dont reply to this if you think my vista is a cracked version lets just say for the sake of argument and my patience that it is the real deal (bought it through Amazon)

Thanks!
Fireguy32

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Old 10-03-2008   #2 (permalink)


Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: "This Copy of Windows Vista is not Genuine"

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Fireguy32 View Post
Alright before you say it My Vista is a "Valid" purchase, its not a copy, I got the @#@! receipt to prove it. With that out of the way, yesterday i was just chugging along and I lose my connection to internet and my background picture goes black. I thought no big deal just reboot right? Well when I did that it said I needed to reactivate my vista because my version was not valid. WTF I bought this the right way so I wouldn't have these problems. Anywho reactivated my copy and at the bottom it still says Windows Vista (TM) under that "Build 6001" and under that "This copy of Windows is not Genuine" now I saw a post that was close with people having this same problem but there was no resolution. I am no way tech savy to (helllooo Fireman here) so I didn't go anywhere I shouldn't have (I don't think) But bottom line What the hell is the fix?!?! Please dont reply to this if you think my vista is a cracked version lets just say for the sake of argument and my patience that it is the real deal (bought it through Amazon)

Thanks!
Fireguy32
Hello Fireguy,

You should be able to do a phone activation to activate your Vista.

Activate Vista by Phone

Shawn
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Old 10-07-2008   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate X64
 
 

Re: "This Copy of Windows Vista is not Genuine"

The Same Thing Has Randomly Happened To Me......
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Old 10-07-2008   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2/
 
 

Re: "This Copy of Windows Vista is not Genuine"

I just read somewhere not long ago that Microsoft is doing the background changing to black to see if your verison of vista is genuine.
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Old 10-07-2008   #5 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate X64
 
 

Re: "This Copy of Windows Vista is not Genuine"

I fixed this by going on to the settitings above where it says ur vista aint genuine under properties of my computer and changing the remote desktop settings lol.
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