and then it gives you an option to "resolve issue" before you get to your desktop. if you dont click it (which is what im doing) you get to your desktop but there is a little star shaped icon on your tooklbar which asks you to resolve the issue there ? any getting anything similar??? i got my Windows XP software in India so it might be a valid enquiry but stilll.......
2006-07-20 23:06:30 · 3 answers · asked by RS 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
That message is being thrown by Windows Genuine Advantage Verification Tool. It means that you most likely have a pirated copy of Windows. Try reactivating Windows. If it still throws the message, go back to your reseller and have them give you a legal copy of Windows -- you've been ripped off.
To the poster that commented on a "downloaded" copy: That IS priated. Windows is NOT distrubuted via downloads except for beta versions.
2006-07-20 23:28:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in England and I've been getting the same thing for a couple of months. I had to delete this harddrive and a friend reinstalled Windows 1+2, XP Pro. I'm pretty sure he downloaded a legal version, but I havn't been able to contact him for a while to ask him if it can be sorted out. Guess I'll just have to put up with it in the meantime.
2006-07-21 06:17:07 · answer #2 · answered by Amanda O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
then most probably you do have a non-genuine Windows OS
microsoft had a lot of means to verify the authenticity of most OS copies; thru windows genuine advantage installation, windows activation code, etc., to check if you really have purchased a genuine version.
i'm using a genuine microsoft windows xp home edition, so i'm not having a problem like the one you have mentioned; but when i installed my own copy to another desktop, that's when i have encountered a lot of security check while using my OS on another computer..
microsoft rules! sigh!
2006-07-21 06:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by reich_gesundheit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋