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794003 2009-07-22 02:06:00 Hi, i have just turned on a laptop that has Vista Business which wont login as it states, this version of windows is not genuine . Since it doesnt have anything on it i located a Vista Biz disk 32 bit and reinstalled . Key works fine from underneath, continued install sweet and it rebooted once it was finished . But on windows restarting once again says "this version of windows is not genuine"
Asus F3Kseries

Now this windows has been installed for about 3 months or more and was last used about 2-3weeks ago fine .

What the hell is going on? Windows update may be?

The key may be OEM and the install disk would be full version but it was going fine for ages .

I have located the restore disks and are in the process of restoring it to factory install .

Just the ol Black Magic of PCs again
I suspected malware and decided to format since there wasnt anything to backup .
Gobe1 (6290)
794004 2009-07-22 02:10:00 Windows has been activated, right? wratterus (105)
794005 2009-07-22 02:16:00 I just selected activate automatically on install.
Strange how it was ok a few weeks back but go to use it today and boom
Gobe1 (6290)
794006 2009-07-22 02:41:00 MS screwup. An excellent reason to avoid Auto Updates. pctek (84)
794007 2009-07-22 02:47:00 Yeah, i should have tried a restore back about 1 month to see
Looks like the asus dvd reload has worked anyway. Thanks all

EDIT: i have just finished the reinstall and checked it out and it didnt load any bloat? no nortons or anything. Thats saved me a ouple of reboots. Cool
Gobe1 (6290)
794008 2009-07-22 08:15:00 Probably a M$ stuff up or spyware.. Blam (54)
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