"miki" <k35454@direct.ca> wrote in message
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> "abatocae" <abatocae@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> Guys how would we know if an operating system is not a genuine
>> software?
>>
>> I had certainly encounter some problem with my XP software, everytime
>> i go online in the net a message will always show up stating that "You
>> may be a victim of software counterfeiting", does this mean that the
>> software i had purchase is not a genuine software?
>>
>> How would i resolve this problem? If indeed my software is not a
>> genuine one, will i able to return this to the seller?
>>
>> Please help me with this. Thanks.
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> Doesn't Windows Update detect what is not genuine
> and then refuses to update ? miki.
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I've seen Microsoft actually shut the machine down period, update, reboot,
working OS go bye bye.

Mich...