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This Copy of Windows is Not Genuine
awemawson:
My office PC has been running Win7 for several years. Installed from a genuine Win7 installation CD. It is genuine and registered to me.
Today it is coming up saying it's not genuine. I will re-boot it when I can get to it but at the moment I'm accessing remotely (which I do every day - not a new facility)
. . .but what the heck !
John Rudd:
Sounds like something is corrupt...( bit like the world.... :lol:)
Mebbe try a re-install, after backing up...
awemawson:
I am highly suspicious as Microsoft is ceasing Win7 support. I recently changed from ' automatically load updates' to 'let me choose which to load' just in case they spiked it at the last moment, but I see that Microsoft Security Essentials isn't being controlled by that setting and has loaded a host of updates in the last couple of days.
. . . mmm . . . conspiracy theories :scratch:
Lew_Merrick_PE:
--- Quote from: awemawson on December 10, 2019, 12:42:43 PM --- . . . mmm . . . conspiracy theories :scratch:
--- End quote ---
Hey, just because Bill Gates & Paul Allen got their start by pirating BASIC rom Dartmouth!!!
AdeV:
--- Quote from: Lew_Merrick_PE on December 10, 2019, 01:13:38 PM ---Hey, just because Bill Gates & Paul Allen got their start by pirating BASIC rom Dartmouth!!!
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Speaking of Dartmouth BASIC... I watched a rather good little documentary on it the other day on YouTube:
Well worth a watch if you're interested in the early days of computing, and why Dartmouth in particular became such a hub of early computing excellence.
Andrew - I don't think it's a general Win7 thing, my laptop is still running Win7 & so far (touch wood) hasn't done the "not genuine" thing...
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