On Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:27:38 -0400, wrote:

Hi All ; just got this warning message - never seen it before -
" Windows licence will expire soon. You need to activate windows
in PC settings " by May 4 it will want a long authentication code.
Lenovo T500 laptop purchased used ~ 14 months ago.
Running Win 8.1 Pro ; sticker says Win Vista Business.
No problems or issues of any kind - until now :-(
Any advice on this or a work-around ?
Thanks in advance.
John T.


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There is no such message from windows -"Windows licence will expire
soon. You need to activate windows in PC setting".
Windows licences do not "expire" They are "perpetual" after
activation. If they were never activated you will get a message

Press the Windows key and the pause/break key to bring up the System
Screen. The look at the status under Windows Activation down at the
bottom. It should say "Windows is activated". If its not, there should
be an activate windows option there. If you see that option click it
and see what happens.

My suspicion is something got screwed up when you updated from 8.0 to
8.1.

Install Belarc Advisor and it will give you the installation key used
to install windows and then you can do the phone activation, giving
Microsoft the code.