I bought a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate off of Ebay and finally got it in yesterday, the software installed ok and I was able to get all of the upgrades through microsoft using Windows Update and everything was working good. Today i get up start the computer and boot into Windows 7 and everything is great, just like yesterday. I go do some errands, come home and wake up the system and then:
'this copy of Wondows 7 is not genuine, please click here to fix this error.'
Long story short MS wants $199 to make my copy pass their geniune software test, even though it passed all those tests yesterday?
1: Anyone know if this is a real eeero or did I get screwed?
2: It says I have build 7600, does anyone know if I can buy a legitimate key then use that on this and make it legitimate?
3: How could someone send me a version of Windows 7 Ultimate that worked fine yesterday, was able to pass whatever tests MS throws at it when I ran windows update several times, but today it doesn't pass?
4: Should I just uninstall this and throw away the disc?
Anyone know of a good place to get 'REAL' 'Authentic' Registration code for Windows 7 Ultimate that won't cost me $199.00?