Well, it had to happen. The hard drive on my Windows 7 x64 system went belly up. So I have reinstalled Windows 7 x64 on a new hard drive. Now, almost thirty days later - it is saying my copy of Windows 7 x64 is not genuine. So I went on line and tried several of the things that were suggested but none of the have worked. I need to re-activate my copy of Windows 7 x64. How do I go about doing it?
The system was installed from a Dell Windows 7 x64 CD/DVD. So there isn't a number to use. At least I did not think there was one until I found it in the Control-Panel->System file. So I can produce that on demand.
I have also tried downloading the Genuine Activation program - did not work. The activation update software - did not work. Even tried the SLGMR (I think I typed that correctly but maybe not) with the -REARM option - didn't work. Someone said to get rid of KB971033 - tried that - did not work so I put it back.
Any ideas? Do I have to call Microsoft and step through the activation over the phone? Give me a hint. Thanks! :-)