RC1 7100 expired -- any hope?

[rmhartman]

For various reasons I have not been able to run my Win7 for quite a while. I installed RC1 build 7100. Now when I boot up it says it is not genuine, and does not even give me a start menu. I read the expiry date for this version was Aug 1 2009, but there is supposed to be one that does not expire until sometime in 2010. There is nothing available for download from the microsoft site at this time.

Is there any way to update/upgrade this, or am I just completely out of it now?

 

[Barman58]

The RC build is the one that runs until march 2010 - if you have a valid key you should be able to enter the key to get it working again. Although the download of 7100 has stopped I believe that keys are still available .

If the version you have is 7000 beta then there is not much you can do without a copy of 7100 until the official release

 

[F17ZY]

hey am guessing you could install windows 7 7600 (a.k.a) RTM but you would have to download that from elesware but thats just whats i would do

 

[zigzag3143]

For various reasons I have not been able to run my Win7 for quite a while. I installed RC1 build 7100. Now when I boot up it says it is not genuine, and does not even give me a start menu. I read the expiry date for this version was Aug 1 2009, but there is supposed to be one that does not expire until sometime in 2010. There is nothing available for download from the microsoft site at this time.

Is there any way to update/upgrade this, or am I just completely out of it now?

Is the date and time correct?

can you type winver in search?

Ken

 

[Antman]

Is this possible - the trial key was not activated within 30 days? A simple activation might correct this.

 

[Dinesh]

Reduced Functionality Mode - Vista Forums

 

[Snufffed]

For various reasons I have not been able to run my Win7 for quite a while. I installed RC1 build 7100. Now when I boot up it says it is not genuine, and does not even give me a start menu. I read the expiry date for this version was Aug 1 2009, but there is supposed to be one that does not expire until sometime in 2010. There is nothing available for download from the microsoft site at this time.

Is there any way to update/upgrade this, or am I just completely out of it now?

All the info listed here, sounds like
1. you have installed a (patch or crack)
2. Recommend you do a TOTAL CLEAN install, leave the cracks alone.
3. wait for RTM to be released
4. if your time runs out in 30 days... use the legit -rearm for additional 30 days. this you can do 3x times.. or additional 90 days to the original which is 120 days.

 

[rmhartman]

Thanks everyone for the responses. Here are some answers to your questions/comments:

1) it is not a crack, it is rc1 build 7100 from microsoft.

2) it was activated after install, but never renewed (the 30 days at a time thing)

3) there is no way to activate now. this is not limited functionality it is zero functionality. after the "you're not genuine" notice, I get a black screen, no start menu. if I do the three finger salute I get a chance to run task manager. But from there I can not run anything else (file/run). cmd does not work, explorer does not work, not even any of the .cpl applets. Barman58 said I would be out of luck if it was beta build 7000 ... but oddly enough I am in better shape on a second machine that does have that beta installed. It too complains about not being genuine, but at least I get a start menu after that.

F17ZY suggested finding a 7600 ... does anybody know where I can download it that it is not a crack?

If I install something new over it, 7100 again, 7600 if I can find it, or even Vista ... what happens to any apps I may have installed? Is there any way to preserve them?

Why is 7100 being so much worse than 7000 in this expired/not genuine state?

 

[Tews]

This notice will only appear if some sort of tampering is detected by the OS... it is not something that will randomly appear for no reason. At this point Im not sure that a re-arm command will work, as the OS is reporting your copy as Not Genuine ... you can try it but I wouldnt hold my breath...

 

[Barman58]

Do you still have the install media and valid Key from Microsoft, If so a repair install may preserve the majority of your existing install - I believe Brink has a tutorial on this site if you are not familiar with the proceedure

 

[rmhartman]

This notice will only appear if some sort of tampering is detected by the OS... it is not something that will randomly appear for no reason. At this point Im not sure that a re-arm command will work, as the OS is reporting your copy as Not Genuine ... you can try it but I wouldnt hold my breath...

Both my beta (7000) and RC1 (7100) are reporting as not genuine. 7000 is also reporting as expired when I try to active (I can not even attempt to activate the 7100).

My hard disk boot sector got trashed a while ago, and I used a utillity to rebuild the partion table. After that I had to use a repair on the XP partition to get booting back, but could not restore dual boot to Win7 until I found EasyBCD, which had an option to rewrite the vista boot loader.

Now I can boot into 7 again, but with the results described above. After login, black background only.

 

[rmhartman]

Do you still have the install media and valid Key from Microsoft, If so a repair install may preserve the majority of your existing install - I believe Brink has a tutorial on this site if you are not familiar with the proceedure

I will try this from the RC1 disc.

 

[LFB]

There's a possible chance that you installed an ISO with a crack inside...

where did you get this ISO file?

Edit:
Or some other person that you share your computer installed some crack without your knowledge...

 

[myzr7]

Both my beta (7000) and RC1 (7100) are reporting as not genuine. 7000 is also reporting as expired when I try to active (I can not even attempt to activate the 7100).

My hard disk boot sector got trashed a while ago, and I used a utillity to rebuild the partion table. After that I had to use a repair on the XP partition to get booting back, but could not restore dual boot to Win7 until I found EasyBCD, which had an option to rewrite the vista boot loader.

Now I can boot into 7 again, but with the results described above. After login, black background only.

How is it possible to do the repair if in-fact he cannot do anything in his win7 install. The tutorial states that he needs to run set up exe from within win 7. Just asking for my own knowledge?

 

[Barman58]

Hi larry,

I think the RC will do an upgrade install direct from the disk as long as it can identify the OS present on the HDD, (my fresh installs were always from the disk and all offered me the upgrade option, If I had left the OS on the drive - and I did a couple of upgrade installs over existing builds with issues and they all worked), - even in this state there should be enough of the OS left to repair - although nothing is guaranteed

 

[rmhartman]

No, again it is not a crack. I got this iso from microsoft.

I tried the "repair" option after booting from the install disc, no joy.

It does give me an offer to "get genuine" or "ask me later". If I do "get genuine" though it comes up with "an error has occurred". Code is 0x80070005, "Access is denied." Access to what it does not say.

I can try booting the install disc and instead of going through repair select upgrade ... will let you know what happens.

 

[myzr7]

Barman, I'll drink to that.
Well I was having the same problem a few installs back, so I tried the repair install and remembered having to start from within the os. The repair did not work so I clean installed anyway, it was a test machine so no big deal. As the song goes its 5 oclock somewhere. Cheers!

 

[rmhartman]

Nope, upgrade does not work if you booted from the install CD. It's clean or nothing.

 

[Antman]

Thanks everyone for the responses. Here are some answers to your questions/comments:

1) it is not a crack, it is rc1 build 7100 from microsoft.

2) it was activated after install, but never renewed (the 30 days at a time thing)

...suggested finding a 7600 ...

I have been lost throughout this thread. Perhaps I have missed something fundamental.

Build 7100 does not have the 30 day restriction and requires no renewal. Build 7600 does have this restriction.

The reported problem, with it's attestation to "no crack", is inconsistent with the reported phenomenon.

Build 7600 is not legally available from sources outside of MS distribution channels.

 

[iseeuu]

I have been using the RC Build 7100 since its release. Activated with one of the 15 keys, has never expired.

I have other test boxes and have never lost data as it always gets saved to Windows.old on the C: drive. My last experiment really surprised me when other folders I had created on the C: drive also appeared with Windows.old after a reinstall?

The OP should be able to reinstall 7100 with previous data saved to Windows.old. Anything else ... "Does not compute".

Robert