My copy of Windows 7 isn't genuine, how do I fix this?

[jasondee1992]

Good day everyone I have a windows not genuine 7601 build can u help me how to fix this .. thanks god bless...

 

[LNCPapa]

It's probably important to include whether your copy of Windows is actually genuine or not.

 

[Pan Wah]

It's probably important to include whether your copy of Windows is actually genuine or not.

Indeed - not being genuine is far and away the most common cause of this problem.

 

[gbhall]

Or check post 55 here https://www.techspot.com/community/...not-a-genuine-copy-of-windows-7.186306/page-3

 

[Ectech]

Additionally, by opening an elevated command prompt it is possible to re-activate using the following command.

C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -rearm

 

[monton]

I fixed this issue on a friends laptop - with genuine Windows - by doing the following
open command prompt and run
regsvr32%systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll
if that doesn't fix the problem
go to add/remove programs
show windows updates
find and delete KB971033
reboot
windows update will reinstall the KB971033
In my case the KB971033 was the culprit. Windows was seen as genuine as it was genuine. Reinstalling KB971033 did not recreate the problem
I hope this works for you

 

[Ricotrope]

A big thank you gbhall for post #4, for pointing me in the right direction to finally solve this issue... months later!