Hi. A small, irritating problem. My pc most certainly has genuine Windows 7; came pre-loaded with my Sony Vaio desktop pc. Now, suddenly I am receiving this message in the bottom right corner of my display that my copy of Windows 7 is not
genuine. I occasionally get a pop-up menu telling me the same thing and how to rectify the problem i.e., buy Windows 7. There are two variables: first, I had a system crash a few weeks ago and had to totally re-build everything using the Sony Viao
recovery programs. It worked like a dream (took several hours), Windows 7 (home premium) came back up and everything is running like it was when we bought the machine. Could the re-build have triggered this "not genuine" error message. Second
variable: I have turned off several Windows-related services via the "Administrative Tools" (and when I launch that screen I get a big menu telling me my copy of Windows is not genuine). Is it possible that this "windows not genuine" error message is
enabled when certain Windows-related are DIS-abled? Do one or more of these disabled services need to keep in touch with starbase Windows in order to validate the OS as genuine? Thanks in advance. =taj=
