I'm hoping some RAWK computing power can put me at ease or confirm my fears.
I have an Acer notebook that is a few years old. It came with Windows 7, but I did the free upgrade to Windows 10 a year ago I believe.
While in Colombia in the spring, the hard drive fried on me. The whole hard drive had to be replaced. I found a guy there that teaches computer training to replace it for me. He installed Windows 10.
Now I am staying in another country and I am getting a blue dialogue box warning me about Windows activation. And the dude won't repky to my e-mails or texts...so I figure that the licence is only good for Colombia or something. I need the laptop to work, so I'm a little nervous.
I tried going to settings/activation and inputting the product key that came with the computer (Windows7 that I upgraded) but it won't accept it.
Question: should I be worried getting these messages? Do I need to go and purchase Windows once more?
It is for work, so being reliable is important. But the message when I boot up is not super annoying to me and I can live with it.
Any thoughts?