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Today in Shanghai, China we announced that with strong support of CETC and Microsoft, CMIT, our joint venture has now developed Windows 10 China Government Edition for China government customers and Lenovo will be one of the first OEM partners to preinstall Windows 10 China Government Edition...

Hey guys, it has been a while since I posted. I was having some terrible issues with my Windows 10 install. I had some terrible issues with updates breaking my activation. I would go from 14393.1066 to 15063.0 or 15063.250 and my activation would tell me it either couldn't reach the activation...

As we previously announced, the first phase of the rollout targets newer devices. Based on testing work done with our OEM hardware and ISV app partners, we believe these devices will have the best possible update experience and help us decide when it’s time to begin the next phase of the...

The Windows 10 Creators Update will begin to roll out to customers around the world on April 11, and will bring exciting new features and security enhancements to the devices already running Windows 10. Over the last several months, we’ve worked closely with our device partners to ensure...

MSI still has Skylake CPU based systems and the new Kabylake CPU's now. I'm not a representative of MSI just an owner and can attest to their Gaming laptops. I'd be happy to help assist anyone who is thinking about pickup up a new gaming laptop. They are extremely reliable and well built and...

We’ve been investing heavily over the last year in education software to drive a breakthrough in learning outcomes. We’ve developed technology like Windows Ink in Windows 10, which enables students to write on their device as naturally as a piece of paper, delivering up to 36 percent better test...

Hi folks, firstly I apologise if I am missing something obvious here, or if I have missed a thread... here goes Basically I want a fresh install of windows on my daughters PC. The Laptop was a referb from ebay, and has a referb licence as shown in the image. Trouble is that I cannot seem to...

Hello, I have a laptop that came with an OEM version of Windows 8. It is an aging machine which I have since re-purposed to run Linux. However, I occasionally do need to run Windows programs, and would like to be able to activate Windows 8 on a virtual machine on that same machine its locked...

The Refresh Windows Tools is a recovery option in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update that gives you a clean start on your system and eliminates any bloatware that may have been installed by the OEM. read more Continue reading...

And this is why you always get your driver updates from your computer manufacturer or OEM manufacturer.

I have a HP Compaq 6000 Pro SFF with WIN 7 Pro 64-bit operation system OEM installed, and SP1 and windows activated. For the life of me I cannot get it to upgrade to WIN 10 Pro. It downloaded the WIN 10 and went through it's cycle till it came to "searching for updates" and it has been...

If a person with a OEM computer uses the system recovery partition to restore their operating system is a Windows.old file generated? As I understand this, using the recovery partition formats the partition. So I'm guessing that a Window.old file would not be created?

I am trying to install Windows 7 SP1 64 bit OEM System builder onto a hardrive partition via the program Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro, however as soon the computer restarts and the initial setup for Windows starts my license of Windows 7 for whatever reason becomes a license of Windows 10. I am...

Hi, i am changing the motherboard on this computer of mine as one of the RAM slots and a PCI-E slot have stopped working. I have OEM version of Win 7 which i upgraded to Win 10 on this. I had also created a USB media for Win 10. Looking at some of the forums, i can see that some people say that...

Hi, I'm currently using a Lenovo Y510P laptop, which I bought with an OEM installed, but I've removed it and clean installed Windows 10 with a recovery media I made with Microsoft's tool Anyways.. in the process, I've noticed my laptop has a lot of, probably some unneccesary partitions left by...

Hi guys, I've got a new PC from Santa with win 8 installed Oem. My question is I have a genuine copy of win7ultimate pro key. Which I have used on my old PC now I want to make my new PC win pro ultimate also before I upgrade to win 10. Can it be done? Do I just insert the ultimate key?? Thanks...

I read occasionally about RTM installation DVDs. I think its the abbreviation of "Ready-to-manufacturing" What does that mean in detail? Is this a pre-release? Or something like a special OEM version? Can I activate it "as usual"? Has it some limitations over a "normal" Pro version? Is this...

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I am in the process of a clean install and could do with some help asap please! I'm trying a clean install of Windows 7, having upgraded to Windows 10, but experience some annoying bugs. Anyway, I bought a new PC without an operating system, then an OEM...

Ugghhh... I have a headache. I am trying a clean install of Windows 7, having upgraded to Windows 10, but experience some annoying bugs. Anyway, I bought a new PC without an operating system, then an OEM copy of Windows 7 :-/ So, after attempting this clean install, I got to the stage after...

Hi Forum ! I have downloaded the OEM version of Windows off the internet. I know for a fact its the OEM version because the manufacturer's code told me its an OEM version as I googled that code up. Now, I didn't activate the OEM version because I don't have a product key. So, I purchased...