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What indicators would reveal whether or not my computer is legal? In other words, how do I know if my computer is pirated ?
2014-09-13 07:31:52
Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20888Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologieshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/971033/en-us
2014-09-13 02:20:00
Does Windows pop up every few minutes and ask you to activate it/buy a legal copy? If so, it's likely a pirated copy.Head to Microsoft's page on Genuine Windows and you can run a quick tool to make sure.http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/genuine