I woke up yesterday to see I might have a fake copy of windows 7 I was told to come here for help.

Ok so lets get started. Like I said I woke up about two days ago to find " Your copy of windows 7 might not be geniune, please enter a key or buy a new copy" So I looked around and I could not find the box the PC came in. so I started to panic a bit. I looked for help some said just read your case should have the key on it. well if it did I don't have the case anymore. I got rid of it because I needed to buy a new one for my GPU,Cpu and power supply. if that was not the worst

the store I bought the PC from " Best buy" closed down and no longer sell the machine I bought. Even then I don't really have the money to but a new OS.

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-Justin

Mrfirestorm,

Could you please provide the unit you are referring to for referencing please? Smiley Happy

You said you "needed to buy a new one for my GPU,Cpu and power supply", I'm not sure what that means. If you replaced some parts in the system, when was that? We have an article titled Why does Windows 8 prompt for activation after updating the BIOS and making a hardware change?, but the same applies to Windows 7 and the process to resolve it is the same.

Mrfirestorm

Hey Thanks for the help I did not work because thats not a option for windows 7? But by "powersupply, GPU and CPU" I got a new grapics card (gtx 550ti and new processor which is I5 4690k)

-Justin

Mrfirestorm,

So you upgraded some hardware components in the unit. The process in that article is the same for Windows 8 as it is Windows 7. Go ahead and run through the steps and see if that will get you up and running.

Mrfirestorm

I tried this. but alas it did not work (the phone path anways) It was preinstalled on the comptuer so I have zero idea what the instalation code would be. Also I could not get to a point where I was allowed to access the by phone methoedI just got a error while trying to validate key.

-Justin

Mrfirestorm,

Try these steps, they should work as I've tested it on a system we have here just to make sure.

Click the Start button.
Right click on Computer.
Click Properties.
Select Activate Windows.
Click Show me other ways to activate.
Click Use the automated phone system.
Click the location nearest you from the drop-down list.
Click Next.
Call the phone number listed under step one.
Enter the nine groups of numbers shown.
Answer any additional questions and write down the confirmation ID that the phone system gives you.
Enter the eight sets of numbers provided.

Mrfirestorm

I feel bad since I basiaclly forgot about this post,

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Click the Start button.
Right click on Computer.
Click Properties.
Select Activate Windows.
Click Show me other ways to activate.
Click Use the automated phone system.
Click the location nearest you from the drop-down list.
Click Next.
Call the phone number listed under step one.
Enter the nine groups of numbers shown.
Answer any additional questions and write down the confirmation ID that the phone system gives you.
Enter the eight sets of numbers provided. ) is copy and paste 5/6 do not match up. I get 1, Buy new key, 2 try different key 3, contant acer to help. any helps? :-;

-Justin

Mrfirestorm,

I definitely wouldn't rely on copy and pasting honestly.

Mrfirestorm

I copy pasted your message it was the instrutions you provided me.

JordanB

Have you done all of the windows updates yet?

I installed a new CPU on a friends computer last week and I got a message that said Windows 7 May not be genuine. I didn't have the product key with me because it was at his house. Eventually I got a message on the screen asking me to validate Windows so I just hit "ok". It validated itself as Genuine after a short wait. So not sure why you're having so much trouble.

-Justin

JordanB,

Thanks for validtating the processes still work.

Mrfirestorm,

My instructions didn't say anything about copying and pasting inthe keys, manually typing them all in is the correct method. Are you saying that you don't get options 5 and 6?

Mrfirestorm

Hey thanks for the reply, I was copy and pasting what you said to use a check list to show what I either don't get or failed with. and Yes, I could not get past 5/6 because the option for telephone activation because the option it was not there.

-Justin

Mrfirestorm,

As I stated, I tried it on a unit we have here and all those steps worked, there has to be something else going on if the option to show me other ways to activate isn't present. That's something that Microsoft itself has incorporated into the operating system. You can try that other link I offered and see if that works: Why does Windows 8 prompt for activation after updating the BIOS and making a hardware change?

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