Re-Registration?

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  1. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
       #1

    Re-Registration?


    I have had Windows 7 since October 25 2009. I have registered it and it is a valid, genuine copy of Windows 7. This morning, when I booted up, I got to my desktop and there was a window asking me to validate Windows. I click "Make Genuine" and it said that it was successful and I re-booted. When I re-booted everything was fine. I was just wondering what could have caused this. Any ideas?

    Thank you,
    Stephen Hobson
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  2. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #2

    Do you have KB971033 installed?
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  3. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yes


    Yes I do.
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  4. Posts : 1,379
    Win7 Pro 32-bit, Win8 Pro 32-bit
       #4

    That's why ... Don't be surprised if you have to do this again every 90 days ...

    In future, you might want to change your Windows Update to only notify you of updates, instead of automatically applying them.

    If you had it set that way, you would have been notified about the update, come here with questions on it, and actually decided yourself whether or not to install it.
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  5. Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks.


    Ok. Sounds good. I was just scared that my product key stopped working. I do not know why that would happen but you never know. Anyway, thank you for your help. :)
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  6. Posts : 1,705
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
       #6

    I can see how having to restart a PC every 3 months is going to be a real pain for some people.
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  7. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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    FZ21Z said:
    I can see how having to restart a PC every 3 months is going to be a real pain for some people.
    It is not that it is hard to do; it is that a user with a valid copy of Windows Seven should NOT have to do it.
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  8. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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    Mark Phelps said:
    That's why ... Don't be surprised if you have to do this again every 90 days ...

    In future, you might want to change your Windows Update to only notify you of updates, instead of automatically applying them.

    If you had it set that way, you would have been notified about the update, come here with questions on it, and actually decided yourself whether or not to install it.
    Good advice; I second this.
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  9. Posts : 1,705
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ®™
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    CarlTR6 said:
    It is not that it is hard to do; it is that a user with a valid copy of Windows Seven should NOT have to do it.
    True, but again, every 3 MONTHS is hardly everyday, but the way some people go on about it you'd be forgiven for thinking it was, and even then not everyone is going to have issues like the OP has, who only required a restart to fix it.
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  10. Posts : 11,990
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
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    FZ21Z said:
    CarlTR6 said:
    It is not that it is hard to do; it is that a user with a valid copy of Windows Seven should NOT have to do it.
    True, but again, every 3 MONTHS is hardly everyday, but the way some people go on about it you'd be forgiven for thinking it was, and even then not everyone is going to have issues like the OP has, who only required a restart to fix it.
    Very true and maybe since he did it this time it won't happen again. But, still, it shouldn't happen at all to a user with a legitimate, validated system. I have not downloaded the update yet - and I'm in no hurry to do so.
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