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    Jun 26, 2010, 05:18 PM
    About Microsoft Windows Vista Licensing
    I bought HP laptop a year ago, warranty going 2 expire in July 2010. Actually I am getting a pop-up window every time I start my laptop saying to activate windows now or later and enter a product key. So my question is how can it be possible if I hv got the original window and why is it asking for product key if it is genuine one. And what is the solution for that.
    Thanks in advance,,
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    Jun 26, 2010, 05:47 PM

    Did you ever activate it?
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    Jun 28, 2010, 05:06 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by ScottGem View Post
    Did you ever activate it?
    I have just get it recovered when it was affected with virus, and I used the Recovery Manager to get everythng back. Only after doing that the message for activation of windows started to appear.
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    Jun 28, 2010, 05:19 AM

    Recovery Manager restores your factory settings. So the activation flag was probably unset. Just re activate.
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