Hamza Shahid Mirza

Activating Windows 7 without actually buying the license key!

If you’re not running a genuine version of Windows OS or your license period has expired then you must be experiencing ‘This copy of Windows is not genuine error, right?

Well, I’m here with a simple tutorial on how to fix Windows 7 not genuine error in few simple steps. You don’t need any additional software to do so but you’ve to take a little help of command prompt of Windows OS.

This copy of Windows is not genuine

The major problem with this copy of Windows is no genuine error is that it removes wallpaper from the desktop and replaces it with complete black colour wallpaper which looks very bad.

Another thing which is annoying is that this message keeps on coming after each 5-6 minutes on your desktop notification. It becomes very annoying at time of working.

You may get issues with performance of your PC or laptop too after starting of this error. It can also affect the battery life of your laptop.

How to Fix Windows 7 Not Genuine error

In order to fix this problem you have to follow the steps mentioned below as it is. Don’t skip any step otherwise the motive will not be achieved. Remember, I’m not going to include any software in order to fix Windows 7 not genuine error.

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So let’s get started…

Start your PC and click on Start button. Use the search tool over there and search for ‘cmd’. Right click on the ‘cmd’ in search result and choose option ‘Run

as administrator’. Now type ‘SLMGR –REARM’ and hit enter. Type the words as it

is otherwise method will not work. Now a popup will appear as Windows Script Host which will

notify that you’ve successfully completed that command and you need to restart your system.

Follow previous command i.e. restart your PC now.

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Now when you restart, you’ll notice that the ‘This copy of Windows in not genuine’ watermark is gone. But we aren’t done yet… We still need to activate your Windows product key!

To do that, go to start menu, type ‘cmd’ in the search bar, right click on ‘cmd’ and click ‘run as administrator’.

Now type ‘slmgr –ato’ and press enter.

Once you’ve done that, another pop up window will appear asking you to restart your computer. Now restart your computer and there you go! You have successfully licensed your Windows.