After using it for years I now get message on screen "Windows Vista Build 6002 This copy of Windows is not genuine "

Have you actually read all 100+ posts in this thread? - I have!

NONE of us here are paid for what we do - we are all (with very few exceptions) volunteers, who like to put back into the community some of what we got out of it.

..and did you notice that the post you were copllaining about was not addressed to you - but to the original poster in this thread?

 

Now calm down, take a deep breath, and follow the advice that PABear posted TO YOU - since the only response I made to you was

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Please start a NEW thread of your own, and post your report there - this thread and ists participants anre confused enough already!

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Is the message above meant for me or JonMParker? How do i know which messages are meant for me dwd007?And who is being told to open a new thread--DWD007 orJonMParker?

Anyway thanks for explaining the way this Windows Answers system works--this is the first time ever I had to come here to try resolve an inexplicable VISTA  problem ie that the Vista I have been using for years suddenly becomes NOT GENUINE . I  thought MSFT had a moderator giving advice on what I should do. I was unaware it was unpaid volunteers that were giving advice free of charge.Noel D Paton has been the most frequent responder so Noel are you from MSFT or just another Vista user? I ask what has Microsoft to say about the way they expect users of their software to try resolve problems?Let us hear from MSFT for a change before supporters of their software make the switch.

MS MVPs neither represent nor work for Microsoft

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Have you actually read all 100+ posts in this thread? - I have!

NONE of us here are paid for what we do - we are all (with very few exceptions) volunteers, who like to put back into the community some of what we got out of it.

..and did you notice that the post you were copllaining about was not addressed to you - but to the original poster in this thread?

Now calm down, take a deep breath, and follow the advice that PABear posted TO YOU - since the only response I made to you was

<quote>

Please start a NEW thread of your own, and post your report there - this thread and ists participants anre confused enough already!

</quote>

Oh im very frekin sorry !

Get worked up all you god damb please!

I am the one with the pc problem ! I couldn't even get my machine to work for a week, because of a dodgy power switch but through trial and error I did .....

I am only following what is put infront of me by means of e-mail responses and links ....I didn't realise I had to wait in an imaginary line of order in what is a discussion forum... which may I add is ran by you under the Heading of Microsoft !!!

stick your help !

 If this is all it takes for you guys to throw your dummy out of the pram !

 I will go to Mac and believe me i couldn't give a rats if you got yourself in a tizzy-wizzy ...grow up!

and show some leadership! in what you can obviously see is a frustrating time for a Microsoft user.

Not any more though !

@PatriciaBerry & anyone else with a similar problem: To avoid confusion, please begin your own, new thread about YOUR specific problem and computer. State your current IE version and full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; WinXP 64-bit SP2; Vista SP1; Vista 64-bit SP2; Win7; Win7 SP1; Win7 64-bit; Win7 64-bit SP1) in your first post. Thank you.