Windows 7 hit by rash of bogus ‘not genuine’ reports, validation code 0x8004FE21

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And they’re all caused by the same bad patch I was railing against last week.If Windows 7 reports that it’s “not geniune,” you need to get rid of the
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If I have not installed any December updates yet, then this has been pulled and I shouldn’t have a problem, right?. (Still not updating until I have to)

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Uninstalling the update doesn’t stop the “not genuine” popups, though it will fix the busted troubleshooter and possibly other problems. The -777 patch does nothing when attempting to run it.
Microsoft f**d up spectacularly here.

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@Deborah –

Wait until I give the all-clear. It’ll be toward the end of the month.

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Hi Woody – any idea why last Fri and Sat when I went to your web site I kept getting a “Account Suspended” screen? – Ken

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@Ken –

I’m still trying to get to the bottom of it, but we didn’t pay the rent on time…

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