Desktop notice telling me I am running illegal Win. 7 software

Hello,
I did a complete new rebuild a few months ago. I ordered Windows 7 home premium from the Microsoft website and installed it no problems. I have been very happy with my snappy new computer.

A few days ago, upon booting up, my desktop background came up black, and down by the tray was a little message telling me I was running illegal Win. 7 software. I thought maybe I hadn't verified my software.

About that time, my 'Fire Fox English UK' kept coming up 'English US'. I went into settings and the settings were for UK as they always had been. I finally wound up down loading Chrome which works sluggishly but OK. I uninstalled Fire Fox.

All this time I was still getting the black background and message. I can change the background to my regular blue but it returns to black when I closed my browser, or turn off my computer.

One last thing (finally): I downloaded Fire Fox English UK today from the Mozilla UK website and guess what; It downloaded the US site. To make things worse, I am almost deaf and can't talk on the phone to Microsoft about it. Is this a virus?

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Angster

The message and black background are an expected symptom of an un-verified install. (you should have 60 or 90 days so 2-3 months to activate)

(not sure about the US vs. UK thing)

Try this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3408-activate-windows-7-online.html

If that doesn't go then you might need to do a phone activation, but try that first....

Thanks Thorson

My wife phoned Windows and got it sorted. I still cannot find and download Fire Fox UK.
I have asked at a Mozilla forum.

Thanks,
Angster

Different language versions of Firefox can be downloaded here:-

Firefox web browser | International versions: Get Firefox in your language

Regards

Robert
Peterborough England

Problem solved

Hello everyone,
Thank you for your help.
angster

Glad you got it all working

i saw your post on the mozzilla ,
check this page and be sure to download the correct one,

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html

click on the picture twice to enlarge it,

when you say firefox us kept coming up though the settings were for uk,

do you mean the firefox google search page .
if so open this link and drag the url to the home button in firefox, google uk will become your homepage...

https://www.google.co.uk/