We strongly recommend that you get genuine Microsoft software immediately to keep you safer while using your PC. Validation is an online process.
It verifies that your copy of Windows is genuine and that critical Windows licensing files haven't been damaged, deleted, or removed. It takes only a few moments and lets Microsoft create a match between your PC's hardware profile and your character product key or digital entitlement.
Your copy of Windows may need to be validated before you can get downloads and the updates which are reserved for PCs that are running genuine Windows.
Windows might also prompt you to run genuine validation if activation isn't properly completed. If your copy of Windows fails validation, you'll see a results page that tells you why it isn't genuine. You'll also see info about how to resolve the issue. There are a few common scenarios in which Windows running on a PC might be discovered to be non-genuine during validation. If your PC has been repaired, you might start to see messages on your desktop that Windows isn't genuine. If the repairs required Windows to be reinstalled, the technician may have activated Windows with a different key than you used when it was originally installed.
You might not see the messages until you try to download something from the Microsoft Download Center that requires validation, and validation fails. To fix the issue, you can properly activate Windows by reentering your original product key.
For other issues, you may need to buy a genuine version of Windows. Another common cause of Windows validation failure happens when you try to install Windows on more PCs than your license allows.
For instance, if you purchased a copy of Windows and installed it on more than one PC, online validation might fail because the product key has already been used on another PC. The rule for most copies of Windows is that only one copy of Windows can be installed on one PC. Counterfeit software. The Microsoft How to Tell website can help you identify counterfeit software and file a counterfeit software report if needed.
Validation failure is common for versions of Windows that were purchased from an online auction site, or if Windows was on a used PC that you purchased. Remember to ask the seller for the Certificate of Authenticity and the original Windows disc, if there was one. To file a counterfeit report, go to the Microsoft How to Tell website.
You can file an online report if you inadvertently bought or received counterfeit software, or have information about a person, business, or online site that might be selling counterfeit software.
The report you submit will be treated as confidential. Microsoft devotes substantial time and energy to fighting software counterfeiting, and you can be assured that we will take appropriate action in response to your report. If you got an error when you were activating Windows, you can find what it means. For details, go to Get help with activation errors. Are you using a legal copy of windows or is it bootleg? I borrowed a friends CD I'm not sure if it was a copy or not, What can i do?
Actually the CD would not be your problem, its the product key you are using. It has to be legal and it has to match the version of the CD you are using.
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