On 7/21/2015 1:26 PM, . . .winston wrote:
Al Drake wrote:
On an old system that I haven't started up for some time I got this
message at the lower right of my screen. I searched for a fix and came
upon this
http://temcam.com/2013/10/25/how-to-...genuine-error/

As it says I used the CMD (run as administrator) and entered SLMGR
-REARM and hit return. I rebooted and all was well. Now a few days later
I get the same message. Is anyone familiar with a direct fix? I've read
about other fixes but I'd like to get a first hand account of what
really works to set this installation straight.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Al.
If you've all retail disks (as noted later) with included product
keys...have you tried the 'Change Product key' option using the product
key associated with the installed o/s.

Other options if the Change Product key is not working when accessed in
the Windows UI

From an admin command prompt
Slui.exe 3
- which start the Change Product Key wizard

or
slmgr.vbs -ipk type product key here
Once done then type
slmgr.vbs -ato

slui.exe 4
- activate by phone wizard


Thanks Winston. I watched some videos that illustrated the deletion of
the Slui files before issuing the CMD commands so I might try that next.

The few times I had to use activation by phone resulted in a
conversation with a human. I hate that. Humans can be such a pain.