Windows Update-latest batch

I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting I
got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and all
is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
comment please?

You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM installation:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Brendan" <> wrote in message news:...
I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting I
got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and all
is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
comment please?

Which Is Total *BS*
More reason to go back to XP

Getting tired of this crap. Better not happen to me. I'm getting sick of
making calls to Inform them My copy is legit.

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:3404C9EA-1431-4F0F-9C49-...
> You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
> Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM
> installation:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573
>
> --
> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting I
> got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
> copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and all
> is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
> comment please?
>

I agree. I'm all about keeping things 'secure' and not letting people
steal, but at some point, I as a customer am going to say forget it and go
somewhere else. I've ponied up for my copy of legit Vista Ultimate but I
don't expect to have to prove it all the stinken time.

I'd be ****ed if I walked into a store and on my way out I was asked where I
purchased everything I'm wearing and provide receipts for them.

A certain amount of reasonableness has to come into play. I didn't pay all
that money to sit on the phone talking to a computer (or even worse, someone
with a dialect I can't understand) that is giving me a hard time because my
key is already active.

Nick

"Kevin Weaver" <> wrote in message
news:CmUOi.2333$...
> Which Is Total *BS*
> More reason to go back to XP
>
> Getting tired of this crap. Better not happen to me. I'm getting sick of
> making calls to Inform them My copy is legit.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:3404C9EA-1431-4F0F-9C49-...
>> You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
>> Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM
>> installation:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting
>> I
>> got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
>> copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and
>> all
>> is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
>> comment please?
>>
>

Kevin Weaver wrote:
> Which Is Total *BS*
> More reason to go back to XP
>
> Getting tired of this crap. Better not happen to me. I'm getting sick of
> making calls to Inform them My copy is legit.

They do over do it a tad, don't they? Kind like getting too big for
their britches or something like that ... I got XP and Ubuntu. XP for
games and Ubuntu for real work with no need to call anyone for
permission to use it.

As far as Vista is concerned, I think that it is a taste of what's to
come, Vienna and serves as a testing ground for tester who pay to test
it. I wouldn't even consider getting it until after SP2, if then.

--
Alias
To email me, remove shoes

I Just Test Installed All 35 Security Related Updates On A Clean Install Of
X64 Windows Vista Ultimate Edition RTM, And The Results Were Sloppy At Best
(The Reboot Process Was Horrible), Just FYI.

"Brendan" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting I
>got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
>copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and all
>is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
>comment please?

P.S. In My Opinion, The Consumer Product Safety Commission Should Force
Microsoft To Recall Windows Vista RTM As A Defective Product, Just FYI.

<> wrote in message
news:%...
>I Just Test Installed All 35 Security Related Updates On A Clean Install Of
>X64 Windows Vista Ultimate Edition RTM, And The Results Were Sloppy At Best
>(The Reboot Process Was Horrible), Just FYI.
>
> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting I
>>got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
>>copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and all
>>is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
>>comment please?
>

Aren't you repeating yourself
<> wrote in message
news:...
> P.S. In My Opinion, The Consumer Product Safety Commission Should Force
> Microsoft To Recall Windows Vista RTM As A Defective Product, Just FYI.
>
> <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I Just Test Installed All 35 Security Related Updates On A Clean Install
>>Of X64 Windows Vista Ultimate Edition RTM, And The Results Were Sloppy At
>>Best (The Reboot Process Was Horrible), Just FYI.
>>
>> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>>I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting
>>>I got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that
>>>"this copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday
>>>and all is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any
>>>advice or comment please?
>>
>

Go then...
"Kevin Weaver" <> wrote in message
news:CmUOi.2333$...
> Which Is Total *BS*
> More reason to go back to XP
>
> Getting tired of this crap. Better not happen to me. I'm getting sick of
> making calls to Inform them My copy is legit.
>
> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:3404C9EA-1431-4F0F-9C49-...
>> You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
>> Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM
>> installation:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573
>>
>> --
>> Carey Frisch
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting
>> I
>> got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
>> copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and
>> all
>> is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
>> comment please?
>>
>

When they refund me I will. But then again, If I keep my copy I get to bitch
more and more every time this crap happens.

You can just keep being a slave to Microsoft and vista.

"Charles W Davis" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Go then...
> "Kevin Weaver" <> wrote in message
> news:CmUOi.2333$...
>> Which Is Total *BS*
>> More reason to go back to XP
>>
>> Getting tired of this crap. Better not happen to me. I'm getting sick of
>> making calls to Inform them My copy is legit.
>>
>> "Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:3404C9EA-1431-4F0F-9C49-...
>>> You may be prompted to activate Windows Vista on a computer on which
>>> Windows Vista was already activated by a Volume License or OEM
>>> installation:
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;931573
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carey Frisch
>>> Microsoft MVP
>>> Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> "Brendan" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>> I downloaded and installed the latesy 8 important updates. On restarting
>>> I
>>> got a message imprinted on the lower r/h corner of my screen that "this
>>> copy of windows is not genuine". So I system restored to yesterday and
>>> all
>>> is now OK. Anyone else had a similar problem or can offer any advice or
>>> comment please?
>>>
>>
>