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

Anonymous
2011-05-29T10:36:13+00:00

After using Windows Vista for years in my Dell Inspiron1420 laptop  I now get message on screen

"Windows Vista  Build 6002 This copy of Windows is not genuine  "

I am then told

This copy of Windows is not activated.Click here to activate Windows now

Product ID  89578-OEM-7332157-00204   Change Product Key

when I do that I am told it is INVALID

Dell confirm they do not preload fake windows software.

What can I do?

Windows for home | Previous Windows versions | Install and upgrade

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T14:08:21+00:00

    How do I do that pse?

    Thanks for thye substantive reply

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T14:29:37+00:00

    Edit your Key out? - hit the Edit button on your post and delete the Key, then hit the Submit button.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T15:50:40+00:00

    Noel,

    I found the Edit key but decided to delete the whole e-mail to be sure, as I didn't think there was anything that would help anybody. Your replies are the most important part of the exchange.

    I started to follow your instructions but found a confusing selection of CMD files and none which was precisely CMD.exe. There were:

    cmd    - windows command processor 60.6001.18000

    cmdkey - credental manager command live utility

    cmdl32  - microsoft connectionmanager autodownload 7.2.6001.18000

    cmdkey.exe.mui

    cmd.exe.mui

    cmd132.exe.mui

    I don't want to press the wrong one and screw  up the computer so which one must I click??

    Sorry to be such a bore

    Ceci

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T17:08:06+00:00

    Just use CMD

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  5. Anonymous
    2011-05-30T18:28:16+00:00

    Noel: I seem to be getting nowhere fast!

    I reached step 5 OK and received the following message"The following services are dependent on the Software Licensing Service. Stopping the software Licensing Service will also stop these services:SLUI Notification Service & Ready Boost - Do you want to continue (Y/N) I entered Y and was informed that The SLUI Notification Service service was stopped successfully.

    I then entered step 6 and pressed the enter key to continue and was told

    file name, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect

    and was  returned to the beginning ie C:\Windows\system32>

    Where am I going wrong?

    I am assuming that after following instructions 6,7, 8,9 and 10 I should press the enter key before moving on to the next instruction

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