Windows Not Genuine problem after 2yrs normal use

Hi,

I’m trying to help a family friend who has had a sudden problem with her computer and would be grateful if anyone can point me in the right direction.

The PC is a pretty standard cheaply specified desktop: badged‘Zoostorm’, fairly common here in UK, with AMD processor running Win7 Home Premium + Office 2010 and is about two years old. Last month out of the blue it announced in the bottom right of the screen ‘This copy of Windows is not genuine”.

Apart from the notice everything appears to work normally; Windows updates have continued and the latest Kaspersky Internet Security reports noviruses.

Here is the output from MGADiag.

Code:

 
Diagnostic Report 
(1.9.0027.0):
-----------------------------------------
Windows Validation 
Data-->
 
 
Validation Code: 0
Cached Online Validation Code: N/A, hr = 
0xc004f012
Windows Product Key: *****-*****-WJ2H8-R6B6D-7QJB7
Windows 
Product Key Hash: ckKNc+BBPDWmo1LUlOkraNjlQ34=
Windows Product ID: 
00359-OEM-8992687-00006
Windows Product ID Type: 2
Windows License Type: 
OEM SLP
Windows OS version: 6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003
ID: 
{7EE611FE-3042-4B0E-B3CF-F918A10F7892}(3)
Is Admin: Yes
TestCab: 
0x0
LegitcheckControl ActiveX: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 
0x80070002
Product Name: Windows 7 Home Premium
Architecture: 
0x00000009
Build lab: 7601.win7sp1_gdr.151019-1254
TTS Error: 
 
Validation Diagnostic: 
Resolution Status: N/A
 
 
Vista WgaER Data-->
ThreatID(s): N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Version: N/A, 
hr = 0x80070002
 
 
Windows XP Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 
0x80070002
File Exists: No
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaTray.exe 
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
WgaLogon.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 
0x80070002
 
 
OGA Notifications Data-->
Cached Result: N/A, hr = 
0x80070002
Version: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
OGAExec.exe Signed By: N/A, hr = 
0x80070002
OGAAddin.dll Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
 
 
OGA Data-->
Office Status: 109 N/A
OGA Version: N/A, 
0x80070002
Signed By: N/A, hr = 0x80070002
Office Diagnostics: 
025D1FF3-364-80041010_025D1FF3-229-80041010_025D1FF3-230-1_025D1FF3-517-80040154_025D1FF3-237-80040154_025D1FF3-238-2_025D1FF3-244-80070002_025D1FF3-258-3
 
 
Browser Data-->
Proxy settings: N/A
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 
(compatible; MSIE 8.0; Win32)
Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla 
Firefox\firefox.exe
Download signed ActiveX controls: Prompt
Download 
unsigned ActiveX controls: Disabled
Run ActiveX controls and plug-ins: 
Allowed
Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe: 
Disabled
Allow scripting of Internet Explorer Webbrowser control: 
Disabled
Active scripting: Allowed
Script ActiveX controls marked as safe 
for scripting: Allowed
 
 
File Scan Data-->
File Mismatch: 
C:\Windows\system32\sppcomapi.dll[6.1.7600.16384], Hr = 0x800b0100
File 
Mismatch: C:\Windows\system32\systemcpl.dll[6.1.7600.16384], Hr = 0x800b0100
 
 
Other data-->
Office Details: 
<GenuineResults><MachineData><UGUID>{7EE611FE-3042-4B0E-B3CF-F918A10F7892}</UGUID><Version>1.9.0027.0</Version><OS>6.1.7601.2.00010300.1.0.003</OS><Architecture>x64</Architecture><PKey>*****-*****-*****-*****-7QJB7</PKey><PID>00359-OEM-8992687-00006</PID><PIDType>2</PIDType><SID>S-1-5-21-3361522892-737995984-3267115571</SID><SYSTEM><Manufacturer>To 
be filled by O.E.M.</Manufacturer><Model>To be filled by 
O.E.M.</Model></SYSTEM><BIOS><Manufacturer>American 
Megatrends 
Inc.</Manufacturer><Version>B73F1P02</Version><SMBIOSVersion 
major="2" 
minor="7"/><Date>20111108000000.000000+000</Date></BIOS><HWID>BC833907018400FC</HWID><UserLCID>0809</UserLCID><SystemLCID>0409</SystemLCID><TimeZone>GMT 
Standard 
Time(GMT+00:00)</TimeZone><iJoin>0</iJoin><SBID><stat>3</stat><msppid></msppid><name></name><model></model></SBID><OEM/><GANotification/></MachineData><Software><Office><Result>109</Result><Products/><Applications/></Office></Software></GenuineResults>  
 
 
 
Spsys.log Content: 0x80070002
 
 
Licensing Data-->
Software licensing service version: 
6.1.7601.17514
 
 
Name: Windows(R) 7, HomePremium edition
Description: Windows Operating 
System - Windows(R) 7, OEM_SLP channel
Activation ID: 
d2c04e90-c3dd-4260-b0f3-f845f5d27d64
Application ID: 
55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f
Extended PID: 
00359-00178-926-800006-02-2057-7601.0000-1022013
Installation ID: 
012271494720760246160732047654092546157416836470785000
Partial Product Key: 
7QJB7
License Status: Licensed
 
 
Windows Activation Technologies-->
HrOffline: 0x00000000
HrOnline: 
N/A
HealthStatus: 0x0000000000000000
Event Time Stamp: N/A
ActiveX: 
Registered, Version: 7.1.7600.16395
Admin Service: Not Registered - 
0x80070005
HealthStatus Bitmask Output:
 
 
 
HWID Data-->
HWID Hash Current: 
NAAAAAEABAABAAEAAAACAAAAAgABAAEA6GGq/Zjmbtbu+/zjdghKcUxZYj1c76LEeCOM0Q==
 
 
 
 
 
OEM Activation 1.0 Data-->
N/A
 
 
OEM Activation 2.0 Data-->
BIOS valid for OA 2.0: yes, but no SLIC 
table
Windows marker version: N/A
OEMID and OEMTableID Consistent: 
N/A
BIOS Information: 
  ACPI Table Name OEMID 
Value OEMTableID Value
  APIC   ALASKA  A 
M I
  FACP   ALASKA  A M I
 
HPET   ALASKA  A M I
  MCFG   A 
M I   GMCH945.
  SSDT   AMD  ALIB

Specifically I can see that sppcomapi.dll and systemcpl.dll have incorrect version numbers, possibly resulting from an update that failed to complete. That said, Windows Update history looks regular and uneventful.I considered replacing the files with correct versions but am concerned that this might betreated as tampering and leave me with a bigger problem.

Any help much appreciated.

The install of Windows 7 is counterfeit.
The installed Key is an OEM_SLP Key, only valid on machine pre-shipped with Windows 7 (manufactured by ACER or one of their subsidiaries).
Your machine is based on a retail motherboard.

What is the claimed manufacturer of your machine?
Is there a COA sticker of any kind on the case?

Thanks for a rapid reply.

I suspected as much and will pass on the news to the owner. She paid the equivalent of $750 for the machine 2 years ago and must have a prima facie case against the supplier if she wants to pursue the matter.

The PC was bought directly from a local pc guy but is badged 'ZooStorm' who claim to be the 4th largest pc supplier in UK. I seem to recall that they once supplied pcs with or without Windows, I guess for Linux users to avoid the extra cost. I doubt that the system board has ever been changed so I'm surprised that it is a retail board.

I couldn't find a COA sticker - which seems pretty conclusive.

Any suggestion as to where she should go from here?

Hi Alan,
Has your friend installed an SSd hardrive, and then re-installed with somebodyels's copy of W7.
The only other place the COA sticker will be is in the battery compartment.

Roy

Thanks for the suggestion Roy.

Definitely no SSD and no re-install to the best of my knowledge. The PC is a desktop so the only place I would look for a COA is on the outside of the case. My friend isn't pc-savvy so would not have done anything to change the internal hardware but I can't rule out completely the possibility of maintenance by someone else.

Cheers, Alan