Genuine Windows 7 Became Pirated? Make It Original

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Genuine Windows 7 Became Pirated? Make It Original </h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJgOjg_OtLzLy-obxrZmjFhHykb4eOYHJCcJMY-ojMXsHqXIt8oaD_SLPjpx67Q14xsL1Qf07lk36pVDhFcxv3zK-teqzW3NcjwRKEzILUZM7jWoxDNJLbL3bh0IMwvopYWeTGT2iSc4/s266/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAJgOjg_OtLzLy-obxrZmjFhHykb4eOYHJCcJMY-ojMXsHqXIt8oaD_SLPjpx67Q14xsL1Qf07lk36pVDhFcxv3zK-teqzW3NcjwRKEzILUZM7jWoxDNJLbL3bh0IMwvopYWeTGT2iSc4/s266/images.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><h1 style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </h1><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Its a common problem which lots of <strong>Windows 7</strong> users face. We have received many emails about this problem, so today we are sharing a working solution for it. In fact many Windows 7 SP1 RC users are also facing this problem.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Caution :- The Original post credits goes to <a href="http://askvg.com/" target="_blank">askvg.com</a></div><blockquote style="background-color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Problem Symptom:</strong></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*You were using genuine Windows 7 without any problem. It was activated properly. But one day when you logged into Windows, you received following message :</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">                                                         Windows is not genuine :(</span></strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;"> </span><br />Your computer might not be running a counterfeit copy of Windows.</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img alt="This_Copy_of_Windows_is_not_Genuine.png" border="0" src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images/This_Copy_of_Windows_is_not_Genuine.png" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">     Along with the above mentioned message, you also noticed that the desktop background became black and following error message was shown on the bottom right corner of the screen:</div><div style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>This copy of Windows is not genuine.</strong></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Also when you checked System Properties, you got following error message:</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: red;">You must activate today. Activate Windows now</span>.</strong></div><blockquote style="background-color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Problem Cause:</strong></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">     Actually this problem occurs when there is a lack of permissions on a registry key "<strong>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20</strong>". By default, <strong>System</strong>, <strong>Network Service</strong> and <strong>Administrator</strong> accounts have "<strong>Full Control</strong>" and "<strong>Read</strong>" permissions on this registry key. But sometimes "Network Service" doesn't have proper permissions on this registry key and you face this problem. This may be the result of applying a <strong>Plug and Play Group Policy object (GPO)</strong>. The Licensing service uses Plug and Play to obtain your system hardware ID information and binds the license to the computer. By default, it doesn't have proper permissions to access Plug and Play service.</div><blockquote style="background-color: orange; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Problem Solution:</strong></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are 2 solutions actually. You can try them one by one:</div><blockquote style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: red;">METHOD 1: Using RSOP</span></strong></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> Type <strong>rsop.msc</strong> in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter. It'll open <strong>RSOP</strong> (Resultant Set Of Policy) window.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> Now go to:</div><blockquote style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #db7100 !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Computer </span><span class="kLink" style="font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Configuration</span></span>/Windows Settings/Security Settings/System Services</blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> In right-side pane, check "<strong>Startup</strong>" type of "<strong>Plug and Play</strong>" service. It should be set to "<strong>Not Defined</strong>". If its not, double-click on it and set its Startup type to "<strong>Automatic</strong>".</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><img alt="Resultant_Set_Of_Policy.png" src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images/Resultant_Set_Of_Policy.png" /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>4.</strong> Now provide following command in RUN or <a class="kLink" href="http://www.askvg.com/genuine-windows-7-became-pirated-make-it-original-and-activated-again/#" id="KonaLink1" style="font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static; text-decoration: underline ! important;"><span style="color: #db7100; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(219, 113, 0) ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Command </span><span class="kLink" style="color: rgb(219, 113, 0) ! important; font-size: inherit ! important; font-weight: inherit ! important; position: static;">Prompt</span></span></a>:</div><blockquote style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>gpupdate /force</b></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>5.</strong> That's it. Restart your system and your problem should be fixed.</div><blockquote style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">METHOD 2: Using Registry Editor</span></strong></div></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>1.</strong> Type <strong>regedit</strong> in RUN or Start Menu search box and press Enter. It'll open <strong>Registry Editor</strong>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>2.</strong> Now go to following key:</div><blockquote style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-20</b></blockquote><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>3.</strong> Right-click on "<strong>S-1-5-20</strong>" key and select "<strong>Permissions</strong>...". It'll open a new window.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>4. </strong>Select "<strong>NETWORK SERVICE</strong>" in user list and check "<strong>Allow</strong>" box given for "<strong>Full Control</strong>" permission. Click on OK button to apply the changes.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img alt="Permissions_S-1-5-20_Registry_Key.png" src="http://media.askvg.com/articles/images/Permissions_S-1-5-20_Registry_Key.png" /> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>NOTE:</strong> If "<strong>NETWORK SERVICE</strong>" is not present in user list, click on "<strong>Add</strong>" button. Now type <strong>Network Service</strong> in "<strong>Enter the object names to select type</strong>" and click on "<strong>Check Names</strong>" button. It'll detect and confirm the username. Click on OK button.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>5.</strong> That's it. Restart your system and your problem should be fixed.</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Genuine Windows 7 Became Pirated? Make It Original

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