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Windows 7 Build 7601 "Copy Not Genuine"

Anonymous
2021-02-20T17:47:40+00:00

Recently unplugged our computer to paint the room, and upon plugging everything back in, we got the message that everyone else has seemed to get for years before us "this copy of windows is not genuine"

the machine is a couple years old but seriously, why would it do this now?

The offending update KB971033 is installed and I'm not really sure how to take it out.  I was going to start there.

any ideas would be appreciated 

Edit: the "check" tools lead to dead links on microsoft's site and I suspect this is a broken connection issue between this machine and wahtever licence server it's using.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-03-21T18:24:01+00:00

    When you get an error this copy of windows is not genuine build 7600 / 7601, this is mainly because you are running a not genuine copy of Windows 7, your license got expired, or Windows updates got something wrong. You may have tried some software or patches to crack Windows activation but to no valid.Dec 12, 2017

    How to Fix This Copy of Windows Is Not Genuine

    Hi lintek,

    I had a chance to think about this afterwards.  When I first got this computer it took me a while to get the users setup on it and I had made some registry edits to it.

    I suspect said registry edits caught upto themselves, somehow, and as a result the computer went beserk. 

    I can say with confidence that I DID NOT AND DO NOT have a pirated version of windows 7.  It is a genuine Windows PC bought from Dell many years ago.

    For anyone having this problem:

    The fix I found was to upgrade to Windows 10.  It had the specs for it and I did it and the computer is fine.  I didn't even need to purchase a key because the copy of Windows 7 was valid.

    Thanks all for reading and hope others do not encounter this issue, or if you do you use the fix I mentioned here...

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-03-21T17:19:09+00:00

    When you get an error this copy of windows is not genuine build 7600 / 7601, this is mainly because you are running a not genuine copy of Windows 7, your license got expired, or Windows updates got something wrong. You may have tried some software or patches to crack Windows activation but to no valid.Dec 12, 2017

    How to Fix This Copy of Windows Is Not Genuine

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