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Message of copy of Windows not genuine
Hi Everyone. I don't know if I am posting this in the right thread, but I need some help. I bought an Acer laptop in November of 2012 and it worked great for me for what seems like forever. About 4 months ago however, it crashed. I've had Norton 360 Anti-virus on it ever since I bought it a few months after I got the computer. It has helped me get rid of some nasty viruses before they got bad. Then about 4 months ago, within a matter of 15-20 minutes it pretty much just crapped the bed. It started out with a message saying that the copy of windows was not genuine. It was in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. I figured that it was a virus that had gotten through, so I tried to run Norton to clean my computer. It wouldn't work though. It wouldn't even open all the way. I even did multiple system restores and that wouldn't work either. It seemed like everything I tried to do to fix my computer made it worse. I can't even get my computer to turn on now. I had a friend who knows a lot more about computers than I do look at it. He says that I need the reboot disk so that he can try to reboot my computer. However, I don't think that that will work because, like I said before, the computer won't even turn on. Is there anything I can do to try to fix it? I really need it for school, since I go to college online. Anything would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!