When I open the control panel, i have started getting a message saying windows is not genuine and I should purchase windows to use control panel without further interruption.Why is it saying this when I installed it using a product key that Microsoft gave me? And why are Microsoft giving people FAKE keys?

For some reason your installation does not recognize the installation as genuine. Being a beta, this isn't all that alarming - but you should folllow the instructions to make it genuine.OTOH - you may want to check the product key (by reentering it). To do this, press the Windows key and the Pause/Break key at the same time. This will launch the System applet from Control Panel. At the bottom center of the screen will be a link to "Change product key". Click on that and re-enter the product key and see if that fixes the issue.- John

There is no change product key option - for some reason the status and product ID say not available, which is unusual because last time I checked they were there and running OK.I get the idea that Microsoft have sent out an update which has disabled it...The product key is definitely correct.

Is this a beta? if it is, just forget about the fact that it is "fake" because it just isn't. Besides, there are only 10 beta keys in the world. Try redownloading it and it should give you another key and you can always try that one.Remember to mark this as an answer as this will help everybody!

Is this a beta? if it is, just forget about the fact that it is "fake" because it just isn't. Besides, there are only 10 beta keys in the world. Try redownloading it and it should give you another key and you can always try that one. Remember to mark this as an answer as this will help everybody! 10 beta keys? I see you're good with numbers, 4053570wtf123. Here's another one you'll like. 861