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Microsoft blocking Win7 keys purchased from the MS Store
My desktop surprised me with a "Windows Not Genuine" message, and a black desktop background, this morning.
To make a long story short, I'd purchased two Win7 Home Premium Upgrade keys in the summer of 2009, online from the Microsoft Store (in the USA).
Microsoft had blocked the keys, and show the purchases as having been returned. (I didn't know that it was possible to return downloads. Even if it is, I have not requested any return.)
Microsoft issued me two new keys, while they "investigate the problem".
(I'm not sure when this actually happened. I didn't use the machine from 8/28 through most of 9/2, because of a power outage due to Irene. To complicate matters further, I'd replaced my boot drive with a new SSD a couple of weeks previously, using Acronis True Image 2010 to clone the OS drive. Turned out to be a coincidence; MS had invalidated the original keys.)
Am I alone in this?