Is my windows 8 an OEM or something else?

martin57

Hi folks,


My desktop came with an OEM copy of windows 7 home, does say OEM when I right click on computer and see the system id.


When windows 8 came out I bought an upgrade (special offer at the time) windows 8 pro for £14.99.


Now when I go into system in windows 8 it doesn't say OEM in the id, and the licence agreement says that I can transfer the copy to a different computer, or to someone else, though as its an upgrade to windows 7 they or I would have to have that on the new computer.


Just wondering then is this windows 8 licence really a retail upgrade as it doesn't seem to be an OEM?


I want to mess around trying to upgrade it to windows 10 rather than use the OEM copy of windows 7 still running on dual boot without any problems so far.


Thanks

Jim431

showkeyplus can be used to show what version you have installed on your PC

http://www.eightforums.com/free-developer-programs-projects/66116-showkeyplus.html

As to the upgrade make sure your display drivers are uptodate and compatible before upgrade.

I would recommend keeping a full system/HDD backup so you can restore - just in case. Been there done it and needed the backup cos it all went wrong.

spud17

martin57 wrote: »

Hi folks,


My desktop came with an OEM copy of windows 7 home, does say OEM when I right click on computer and see the system id.


When windows 8 came out I bought an upgrade (special offer at the time) windows 8 pro for £14.99.


Now when I go into system in windows 8 it doesn't say OEM in the id, and the licence agreement says that I can transfer the copy to a different computer, or to someone else, though as its an upgrade to windows 7 they or I would have to have that on the new computer.


Just wondering then is this windows 8 licence really a retail upgrade as it doesn't seem to be an OEM?


I want to mess around trying to upgrade it to windows 10 rather than use the OEM copy of windows 7 still running on dual boot without any problems so far.


Thanks

I also bought the cheap Win 8 upgrade disk, it is a Retail version.
I only got around to upgrading in January, by then there was a work-around to allow a clean install of Win 8.1.

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/18309-windows-8-windows-8-1-iso-download-create.html

Use one of the generic keys found in the link below.

http://www.eightforums.com/installation-setup/31093-activate-retail-windows-8-1-windows-8-product-key.html#post276952

Basically you download the Full Win 8.1, use a generic key to install, then change key to your key that came with the upgrade disk.
Only then can you activate.
It does pay to read everything a couple of times to fully understand what you are doing.