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  1. June 13th, 2009, 11:47 AM #1
    houllier*
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    My xp isn't genuine all of a sudden?

    Today when I turned on my pc I get a message in the taskbar saying my copy of XP is not genuine and failed the validation.

    I have had my PC for years, I bought it from Mesh computers and the case has a genuine XP product key sticker and I have never had a problem, the XP is genuine.

    But as I say it is saying it is not genuine all of a sudden. What do I do?

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  2. June 13th, 2009, 12:45 PM #2
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    You call Microsoft and explain the issue and ask them to correct it. Nicely.

    Such things happen ALL the time.


    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474
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  3. June 14th, 2009, 04:06 AM #3
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    Try again later - there's probably a problem with authentication at the moment.

    My Windows 7 RC was just flagged as not genuine...
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  4. June 19th, 2009, 02:18 AM #4
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    I hate it when they screw up the genuine validation thing, it frightens so many people.
    Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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