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I hate everything about Win 10. From its interface to the memory sucking Cortana which is like a vampire with teeth into everything. It seems like every feature on Win 10 is to collect data about me or help me spend money.

I'm not tech savvy but I'm switching to Ubuntu or Linux clone this weekend. If I can get that to work I'll never buy another Window product.

Am I glad to see this thread! I have been struggling for a few days over a message that first popped up just after I booted up which read “A change occurred to a Windows license component that requires you to type your Windows product key to activate Windows again.”

This struck fear into my heart; was it a fishing? attempt and what did it mean. After conferring with several family members I was brought to my control panel and saw that the product number was missing. But then I don’t know if it was ever there. I was told that validated the prompt I received was indeed from Microsoft. I had also received a message that our Windows 7 is not “genuine”.

I have an HP business? computer which we got in 2010 and has Windows 7. I have purposely not upgraded fearing I might lose some features; at 84 it is a bit scary to try something new. We do not have a resident 3 year old to help us.

This morning a smaller window appeared reading “Activate now”. I was almost convinced to do this but then wondered if the activation will not lead to an upgraded Windows 7 but Windows 10! You can see I have no clue what I am dealing with or talking about.

I’m hoping someone can help this little old lady. By the way I do have instructions on how to clean out any threats. Earlier yesterday I was guided in going into safe mode after booting up and running a full Norton scan. It picked and and eliminated 19 tracking cookies but that’s all.