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Is my windows 7 genuine

  • 12-01-2014 11:44pm
    #1
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭


    Hi. I bought a laptop off adverts two days ago. Advertised with windows 7. There is a windows loader folder on the home screen . I googled this and it says it is a way of put a fake windows 7 onto a laptop. However, when I check in control panel /system, it has the windows stamp and says it is activated and genuine.
    Any thoughts?
    If I try to validate online and Microsoft say it is not legal, what then ?


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Run MGADiag on it and check the Product ID type. If it is "2 - OEM SLP" and it's not a manufacturer branded installation then it's possibly a dodgy copy.

    [noparse]http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=52012‎[/noparse] (not parsing properly so copy and paste into the browser)


  • #3
    B_Rabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭B_Rabbit


    Chances are that it's not genuine Windows. Doesn't matter either way really.


  • #4
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    I texted guy I bought from 'is this genuine windows 7' and he replied ' it is . Cd key for windows 7 is on the bottom side'...
    ????


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Moggaman wrote: »
    I texted guy I bought from 'is this genuine windows 7' and he replied ' it is . Cd key for windows 7 is on the bottom side'...
    ????

    If he's telling the truth then check the bottom of your laptop for a sticker with something like "Windows 7 Home Premium OA" on it. It should then have a 25 character product key formatted like XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. It might also be inside the battery compartment.


  • #6
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    Karsini wrote: »
    If he's telling the truth then check the bottom of your laptop for a sticker with something like "Windows 7 Home Premium OA" on it. It should then have a 25 character product key formatted like XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. It might also be inside the battery compartment.

    Thanks karsini. It there on the bottom alright.. Product key etc but I don't understand why that windows loader folder appeared


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  • #7
    B_Rabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭B_Rabbit


    At the end of the day it doesn't matter. If anything appears that says windows is not genuine, you can always do a fresh install and use the product key on the bottom of the laptop.


  • #8
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    B_Rabbit wrote: »
    At the end of the day it doesn't matter. If anything appears that says windows is not genuine, you can always do a fresh install and use the product key on the bottom of the laptop.

    Forgive my ignorance but you mean a fresh install as in buy a new/genuine windows disc and install it... No disc came with the machine ....


  • #9
    B_Rabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭B_Rabbit


    You would download the original ISO file (completely legal) and burn it to a disk, from which you could install a fresh copy onto the laptop.


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Moggaman wrote: »
    Forgive my ignorance but you mean a fresh install as in buy a new/genuine windows disc and install it... No disc came with the machine ....

    Download the matching disc from here and burn it. Simple as. :)


  • #11
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    What may have happened is a reset to factory install , because anyone selling a computer should wipe it first

    Not shipping media isn't new. Back in the days of windows 95 some companies were just shipping a set of labels, you had to buy your own disks and run a disk image program.


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  • #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    What may have happened is a reset to factory install , because anyone selling a computer should wipe it first

    Not shipping media isn't new. Back in the days of windows 95 some companies were just shipping a set of labels, you had to buy your own disks and run a disk image program.

    Haha yeah! Now you say it, I think I have one of those label sets at home somewhere. Something like 28 labels! :eek:


  • #13
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    So I went through the validation pages online and got the attached screen which I presume means it's good???


  • #14
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Moggaman wrote: »
    So I went through the validation pages online and got the attached screen which I presume means it's good???

    Not necessarily. Does the version you have installed match the product key underneath (i.e: is Pro or Ultimate installed while you have a Home Premium product key)

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  • #15
    Moggaman
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭Moggaman


    Thanks all. I have one final question about laptops...
    If it says in system settings that there is a certain processor in the machine , does that mean it's there as in if there was an i5 on the sticker and someone replaced it with an i3 would i3 come up automatically in system settings...
    Just wondering because when you but 2nd hand you are buying the processor really...same question goes for memory ?
    Thanks


  • #16
    B_Rabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,364 ✭✭✭B_Rabbit


    On most laptops you're not able to replace the processor. It'll be whatever one comes up on system properties.


  • #17
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Moggaman wrote: »
    Thanks all. I have one final question about laptops...
    If it says in system settings that there is a certain processor in the machine , does that mean it's there as in if there was an i5 on the sticker and someone replaced it with an i3 would i3 come up automatically in system settings...
    Just wondering because when you but 2nd hand you are buying the processor really...same question goes for memory ?
    Thanks
    Ask on the laptop forum

    check in the BIOS/setup when the machine is booting

    generally device manager will report the correct processor

    get cpuz it will tell you what exactly you have ,CPU and RAM, it might even say socket


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