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Windows 7 not Genuine?

This just happened suddenly when i was just watching some youtube videos. I paused and minimized the page to get a snack, and when I came back, my desktop background was all black, and in the lower right hand corner it says "Windows 7, Build 7601, This copy of Windows is not genuine". I restart my computer and when it turns on again, it gave me the option to "Get Genuine now". I clicked that option and it lead me to a webpage to validate my Windows. I clicked validate now and right after I click run, it says there's an error trying to run the script so it asks if i would like to continue to run it. After all this, i tried looking for a Windows Installation disk. I find a recovery disk that GeekSquad gave to me after my laptop crashed a few years ago. Put in it my laptop, and I honestly didn't know what to do from there. I tried backing up my files on a brand new USB Flash drive, and there was another error saying that I need to check my backup disk? And at one point it did ask me for a recovery disk, it couldn't detect the one I already had in my laptop. I would get more into detail if I didn't have limited space to write here. I can email screenshots of my screen if you guys need more detail. thanks to anyone who helps!

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    the purpose of the Recovery Disk from the Geek Squad is to Factory Restore the computer but if you know your computer brand you can even factory restore it the same way without this recovery disk but with the hidden recovery partition on the hard disk!

    Look if you have a Product Key sticker on your computer and use that particular Product Key to activate Windows and make it genuine

    http://www.computer-system-software.com/photo/pl57...

  • 6 years ago

    existing was pirated one which you are using and your windows. updates was on ,, make an backup and install Os

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