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Boggin:
I disagree - if you read the instructions for the rebuild you will notice that the user, whoever it is may still need to input a valid product key.

The fact that MS has a Fixit for this problem as well as manual commands for this, tells you that it is an on going problem which is why there are remedial steps - and it has only been happening for Littlefrog since last November who obviously has a valid installation, as will many others who end up with this error.

A reinstall is only done as a last resort after workarounds have failed and that is still not a guarantee that it will resolve the error message.

Boggin:
Forgot I had this tucked away in my toolbox which is probably the ultimate in the workarounds for the not genuine error message.

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/validate/DownloadValidationSupport.aspx?displaylang=en

Shane:

--- Quote ---Shane, which one of those would you use for a standard Win 7 x64 Home Premiun download and do they require your product key to authorise the download ?
--- End quote ---

That would be the Windows 7 x64 Home Prem SP1 on the page.

Sjame

Boggin:

--- Quote from: Shane on February 20, 2015, 11:53:18 pm ---
--- Quote ---Shane, which one of those would you use for a standard Win 7 x64 Home Premiun download and do they require your product key to authorise the download ?
--- End quote ---

That would be the Windows 7 x64 Home Prem SP1 on the page.

Sjame

--- End quote ---

They appeared to have different versions for each which I didn't understand.

These ISOs usually take about 1hr 20mins with my broadband speed but the initial attempt to download was over in a flash and checking my Downloads, it showed as 0kb

Deleted that and tried again where it said it was unable to download with a Try Again option.

Did that and after a couple of seconds, the download reported as complete - but this time gave the file size as 4.096kb.

When I've tried later, they appear to have been pulled as they are on the Digital River site and you are redirected to a page where you can click on Windows but you have to input a valid product key and from previous experimenting by others on another forum, they weren't always accepted.

MS would seem to have finally applied the Desist orders to otherwise useful sites.

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