Last Updated on April 23, 2020 by Next Century
If your copy of Windows is not genuine, you will get an error message and Windows will no longer work.
There is an easy fix you can apply in minutes that can get rid of this error message until you purchase a legit copy or solve your product key issue in Windows.
Follow these steps to fix
Now reboot your computer and you should not see the Windows is not genuine message again for at least a couple of months
If you do this too many times, you will get:
error 0xc004d307 The maximum allowed number of rearms has been exceeded
You will need to edit the registry to get around this with the fix below but I would only advise this for advanced users and make sure you backup your registry first!
In the Registry Editor, browse to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE - SOFTWARE - Microsoft - Windows NT - CurrentVersion - SoftwareProtectionPlatform
Right click on SkipRearm
Click Modify and change Value Data to 1
Restart your computer