sporadic "Windows not genuine" messages when booting?

[VirtualLarry]

This has happened to me twice thus far. After booting my machine after having it off, it gives me a black screen, saying that Windows isn't genuine, and giving me the option to "Get genuine", or ask me later.

The only thing is, both of these installations ARE genuine.

The first install was of Retail Win7 Home Premium (from family pack). After installing Webroot AV + AS, it gave me a message that windows wasn't genuine. I just left it alone for like five minutes, and eventually it recovered.

Just now, it was on an install of Win7 RC1 64-bit, with genuine key and activation. Booted to black screen, left it awhile, no change, so I clicked "ask me later", and then it booted to the normal desktop (if windows isn't genuine, you get a black desktop), and checking System under Control Panel, revealed that after all, it was in fact genuine.

So why is Win7 flaky about this sort of thing? Why does it give random false "not genuine" messages at bootup? You would think that MS would want to fix bugs like that, it really detracts from the user-friendliness and usability of the OS.

Edit: Installed MS Security Essentials just now on the RC1 machine, and it passed the genuine validation of that program as well.

 

[hclarkjr]

one thought, isn't RC1 time limited? how much time left on that?

 

[JackMDS]

On Win 7 RC it happens here and there (I do not know why).

Logging to the System screen and clicking on Activation solves the problem.

In the RTM releases it usually happens if the Activation was not done yet.

The OS can be Rearmed three times for 30 days. If the Activation or Rearm was not done in 30 days it would display the above posted messages.

*Note 1. Win 7 RC would work normally until March of 2010.

Then it would start displaying Expiration messages and by June 2010 it will Not work at all.

*Note 2. Rearming is done bu open command prompt and issuing a command

slmgr /rearm

After pressing Enter wait a little, it takes 10 to 20 sec. and a verification windows would appear asking you to reboot.
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[Blazer]

i have had to activate a couple times with RC 7100, it always does and no problems, have no ideal why.

 

[Fox5]

My Windows 7 copy (got it from MSNDAA) sometimes warns that it's not genuine, but then realizes its mistake and stops warning me. I figure it's just some file in windows that's not loading up quickly enough, the same way windows often warns you that your anti virus isn't installed.