"This computer is not running genuine Windows"

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Came back home to see this message and I honestly have no idea why. My computer's made by HP and was bought from a store roughly 6 years ago so I have absolutely no reason to pirate Windows 7. I recently changed my HDD by cloning the two drives roughly a month ago with no problems until this showed up.

I cloned the two drives simply because I'm unable to find the Windows 7 CD and I don't.. want to buy Windows again.

 
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It is showing that Windows is activated.....this is the fix according to Microsoft:

1. Click on the Start Button and type: CMD (into the 'Search programs and files' field in the Start Menu)
2. The Start Menu will show 'CMD.exe',
3. Right-click the CMD.exe file and select Run As Administrator.
4. In the CMD window, type: slmgr.vbs -ipk <type your product key here>
5. To activate windows after changing the key, type: slmgr.vbs -ato
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Windows uses your hardware to identify and register your computer, so when you change hardware, there's a chance (depending on the hardware) that Windows 7 will then recognize it as a different machine and your registration will be incompatible. Hard drives may be one of those pieces of hardware that triggers that response. I don't know the number, but there's a Microsoft support number you can call and they can give you new activation in exchange for making your previous activation null.
 
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Cool, I still do! How do I put this key to use? The only "solution" it gives me is buying a whole new product key.
 
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You should be able to enter a "new" key during that time as it will ask repeatedly for a key. The key on the side of your case is not the same as the one that was preused on your machine. They don't use the key they give you instead they use this one use key to preinstall the OS on all of their machines. So if you use that key when asked it should shut it up about not being genuine :).
 
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I spent the last 10 minutes trying to find the "Change Product Key" link (that's apparently what I'm supposed to click) in the Windows Activation section, but I see absolutely nothing. Idk if I'm blind or not so I thought I'd post a picture:

Am I looking at the right thing?

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Dammnit.. I closed the window for that already.
 
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It is showing that Windows is activated.....this is the fix according to Microsoft:

1. Click on the Start Button and type: CMD (into the 'Search programs and files' field in the Start Menu)
2. The Start Menu will show 'CMD.exe',
3. Right-click the CMD.exe file and select Run As Administrator.
4. In the CMD window, type: slmgr.vbs -ipk <type your product key here>
5. To activate windows after changing the key, type: slmgr.vbs -ato
 
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lusciouss

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Thanks, it activated successfully (gave me two success messages). Hopefully it'll stay like that otherwise I'll be getting a migraine!
 
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I reset my UEFI once and I kept getting that message. It drove me nuts. I finally figured out that it reset the clock in the firmware and it caused the whole OS to go crazy. Make sure your firmware's clock is set to the right date.
 
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