>>Recently my work machine start displaying this message in the lower-right corner. On top of this, many of the feature and windows application start working. This included IIS and ODBC drivers. I have search the web for possible solutions but found nothing legal or even worked. Now, this last weekend my machine at home is doing the same. I know for a fact that my home machine is a legal copy of WIndows 7, for I bought when got the machine earlier this year. Has anyone encourtered this and found a solution short of reinstalling the OS and applications?
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> Microsoft only suggestion is to purchase a legal copy of WIndows
>You're being extorted by MS into spending $$$ for a new copy.

It would not have even suprised me if MS sold the OS on an annual subscription licensing plan. And we would have to renew every year at a cost. But this sound more like Apple. ;-)