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Windows 7 Beta?, RC? or Actual Retail?

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by buzzmag, 2010/02/06.

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    buzzmag

    buzzmag Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I'm considering buying a three month old laptop the seller claims came with Windows 7 but no backup discs.

    What should I look for to identify if the OS is an actual retail?
     
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    PeteC

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    Orb > Control Panel > System or Orb > right click on Computer > Properties should give you all the info you require.
     
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    buzzmag

    buzzmag Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Pete C

    The System screen indicates:

    Windows Edition-----------------------

    Windows 7 Ultimate
    Copyright 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    In addition,

    Windows is activated
    Product ID: XXX-OEM-XXXXXXX-XXXX (Xs substitued for numbers)

    Does this indicate the OS is an actual retail?
     
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    PeteC

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    I believe so - OEM being the key here.

    I cannot tell you what you would see if it was the RC1 - the beta has surely expired by now, as I no longer have it loaded of course.
     
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    buzzmag

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    Thank you Pete. Guess I'll buy the laptop.
     
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    If you run winver(Run-->winver) command you could also see the build version of windows(build 7600 being the rtm)
     
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    Put SLmgr.vbs -dlv in the run command box. It will pull up a small screen with a lot of infomration in it. If you see anything that says an expiration date, or XXX days left, you have the RC version and better get yourself a real OS CD.
     
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