Ran it, Immediately got the "Activation Successful" windows and the desktop message disappears! While troubleshooting the machine, the "Windows Activation" section was completely missing from Control Panel \System and Security \SystemĪttempting to initiate windows activation via SLUI.exe failed with the error " Windows Cannot access the specified device path or file."Īfter reviewing multiple articles dealing with broken or hacked OEM SLUI.exe issues i got the idea to pull the old HDD from the donor machine and replace the SLUI.exe. Migration went through without a hitch, but a couple weeks later i get a call from the user stating that they are seeing the "This copy of windows is not genuine" message on the desktop. Since i didn't have another of the exact machine i did some research and identified another machine i had on hand with similar specs. They use a fair amount of applications specific to them, so starting from scratch was gonna be a pain.ĭecided to attempt migrating their HDD and video card to a new machine. Had a user who's PSU was dying, not to mention one of the RAM slots had already died limiting them to 4gb of memory.
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