However, many updates are exclusively for customers with genuine versions of Windows. We strongly recommend that you get genuine Microsoft software immediately to keep you safer while using your PC. Validation is an online process. It verifies that your copy of Windows is genuine and that critical Windows licensing files haven't been damaged, deleted, or removed.
It takes only a few moments and lets Microsoft create a match between your PC's hardware profile and your character product key or digital entitlement. Your copy of Windows may need to be validated before you can get downloads and the updates which are reserved for PCs that are running genuine Windows.
Windows might also prompt you to run genuine validation if activation isn't properly completed. If your copy of Windows fails validation, you'll see a results page that tells you why it isn't genuine.
You'll also see info about how to resolve the issue. There are a few common scenarios in which Windows running on a PC might be discovered to be non-genuine during validation.
If your PC has been repaired, you might start to see messages on your desktop that Windows isn't genuine. If the repairs required Windows to be reinstalled, the technician may have activated Windows with a different key than you used when it was originally installed.
You might not see the messages until you try to download something from the Microsoft Download Center that requires validation, and validation fails. To fix the issue, you can properly activate Windows by reentering your original product key. For other issues, you may need to buy a genuine version of Windows. Another common cause of Windows validation failure happens when you try to install Windows on more PCs than your license allows.
For instance, if you purchased a copy of Windows and installed it on more than one PC, online validation might fail because the product key has already been used on another PC. The rule for most copies of Windows is that only one copy of Windows can be installed on one PC. Counterfeit software. I await your return. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.
I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Noel D Paton. How satisfied are you with this reply? Details required :. Cancel Submit. Yeah, it's broken again. Use IE and you wont have a problem. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Hi Doc This thread might be helpful in resolving the issues with validation. This site in other languages x.
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