jetstar88 :
I did get the computer 2nd hand loaded with the OS Win 7 pro. It has been running fine and updating Auto for the last 3 plus years. Now all my files and info are locked out to me! I don't have any source disk to speak of as it was per-loaded. My computer my files & info and Microsoft can just turn it off. I have read of other people who had the same error and this did not happen. I have read where people that had proof that the are using a legit version of Win and still got the error. This is the same thing as rasomware, I have to pay someone to get my * back. This can"t be legal.
In your purchase of the system and the OS, the seller was required to transfer to you the CoA (Certificate of Authenticity), and the actual license key, and the actual install media.
This is stated in the OS licensing agreement.
If it is now saying 'Non Genuine, you have 2 courses of action:
1. Buy a valid OS
2. Call Microsoft and plead your case. They may take pity on you.
And for future reference, for
any used PC, your very first move should be a full wipe and reinstall of the drive and OS.
Otherwise, you are trusting that the original owner and anyone else who ever touched that PC is not a criminal of some sort.