I'm running windows 7 Pro in vmware fusion 6.1 on OS X 10.9.5, on my Macbook Pro. Sometimes I boot directly into windows, but usually via vmware.
I have a genuine copy of windows that I've been using without any issues, until last week. For no apparent reason the desktop went black, and a message in the bottom right corner appeared saying "Window 7 build 7601, this copy of windows is not genuine" - YES IT IS!!! If I boot my mac directly into windows I don't see the 'not genuine' message, and if I use the Microsoft validation tool it tells me that my copy is genuine (as I know it is!).
I've had vmware 6.1 since May and this issue has only started last week...I never had the issue when using vmware 5.
So, does anyone know why have have I started seeing this message when running windows in vmware - is this a known issue? Are there any known steps to stop it?
Many thanks.