Well, finally the problem is solved. At some point the countdown finished and windows 7 is back genuine and activated... (!!) Do not know what was the problem or how it was solved. I tried a solution I saw in another place but did not work (at least instantly). I post it here in case it might help somebody: Recreate the Licensing Store 1) Click Start button. 2) Type: CMD.exe into the 'Search programs and files' field 3) Right-Click on CMD.exe and select Run as Administrator 4) Type: net stop sppsvc (It may ask you if you are sure, select yes) Note: the Software Protection service may not be running, this is ok. 5) Type: cd %windir%\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\SoftwareProtectionPlatform 6) Type: rename tokens.dat tokens.bar 7) Type: cd %windir%\system32 8) Type: net start sppsvc 9) Type: slui.exe 10) After a couple of seconds Windows Activation dialog will appear. You may be asked to re-activate and/or re-enter your product key or Activation may occur automatically. taken from: (cant post links so fix the start of url) hp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/genuinewindows7/thread/41f071a4-256a-4040-b983-09d5dcc7d81c#41f071a4-256a-4040-b983-09d5dcc7d81c (I guess in my case it occurred automaticaly after some minutes) CHeers and always thanks for the windows 7 Loader!!