Can't make windows genuine?

Arigatodudes

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Aug 6, 2015
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Alright so, here's the thing.... I got a stock lenovo pc for a birthday a couple years back (over 4 years) and after the MoBo fried I had to build a new pc but I kept (for some reason I can't remember the name of it but whatever stores all your downloads files etc.) so I had windows 7 from the previous computer. After a while it said it was not genuine so I couldn't get any upgrades or anything of that nature but I mean, it WAS genuine I did not pirate it lol. Anyway today I tried a cracked version of windows 7 to try and make it genuine and for some reason it didn't work... I'm really tired of having this issue and I guess I'm making this post to see what you guys would do :/. should I try and call windows are resolve it? do you think they would believe me? Should I try to get genuine from the cracked version to upgrade? I appreciate the help and please don't leave negative comments telling me I pirated when I do not condone pirating at all.
 

oh man are you serious? that sucks 🙁
 
Do a clean install of windows on the pc. Type in the product key from your valid windows license during installation. When asked to activate use the phone option & call Microsoft to activate, go through the automated activation process, activation should work fine. Have done this many times in our IT shop. Although Someone Somewhere is right, technically license is only for the original motherboard.
 

I might have to try this I really appreciate the response