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Good day,At my work, we have some Windows 7 Pro Dell laptops. They are using the OEM license that came with them.

Microsoft's software download page for Windows 7 is however unfortunately. 10 Pro) on a computer manufacturered by a major OEM such as Dell, HP,. Hello i just need Help i have a serial windows number and i need windows 7 Pro OA 64 bits does any can give me link to download it - 6419768. The product key you entered appears to be for software pre-installed by the device manufacturer. Kindly call HP and ask for a recovery disk if your computer is still under warranty. Kindly check. Quality Wholesale Windows 7 Pro OA SEA HP x16 COA Label Red, for Both 32. OEM Software is the software that they install on your machine, or provide with.

I upgraded one to Windows 10 to evaluate and then purchase a licence. All seemed well. Then, out of curiosity, I ran 'slmgr /ato' and it activated.

Slmgr reports it as permanently activated with a retail key and settings says it was activated with a digital license.My question is, is this legit? Or will Microsoft come looking for money for this Windows 10?This was yesterday btw (2018-04-25). Microsoft ended the free Windows 10 upgrade offer a while ago. The offer was valid only for the first year of Windows 10 release. After that, in order to upgrade to Windows 10 you need a license to do so.People using the Media Creation Tool to go from Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 must still have a valid license to do so. The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 license via CSP agreement uses the MCT to allow licensed users to upgrade their Windows 7/8/8.1 devices to Windows 10 (again as part of the per-User license with Windows 10 Enterprise E3).There is a good 3rd party write up on all of this. Grey0ne wrote:DragonsRule wrote:Grey0ne wrote:guys, where did you get info from?

Only edition version of Windows available from VL is EnterpriseThat's not correct. The Pro versions of Windows (XP, 7, 8, 10) have always been available via VL.show me windows 10 pro in vl?Many SW users use the VL of the Pro versions of Windows. It's how we license image / deploy.If you go to the link you provided and click on the PDF at the end, under 'For additional help choosing the right per user option, plus moredetails on the access rights to Windows Enterprise and other benefits ofSoftware Assurance, refer to the Volume Licensing Guide for Windows 10 (PDF, 959 KB).' You will see it on page 3. It depends on whether your Win7 Image was licensed already for a Win10 Upgrade. I don't know who you bought the PCs from or had them provisioned by but a lot of companies would sell a Win7 PC with the ability to upgrade to Win10 and be licensed, they would also a large majority of the time send you some form of Media that you could use to format the computer as Win10.

Dell/HP used to send out CDs. I'd check based off the license on the OS to make sure you're compliant if you are worried about being licensed if you're in a Microsoft-based business. According to this article, and things we've seen in our shop, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 using a Win 7 / Win 8 key and you will receive a VALID digital license from Microsoft.

Microsoft is still allowing this while not issuing any statements about why or when they will disable this feature, but as of the Creators update it still works. Once you've done the upgrade you can actually login to your Microsoft account and see your shiny new Windows 10 key, I think that makes it about as valid as it gets. Rockylott wrote:According to this article, and things we've seen in our shop, you can still upgrade to Windows 10 using a Win 7 / Win 8 key and you will receive a VALID digital license from Microsoft.The free upgrade ended over a year ago. This has been made clear by MS on all of their sites. Go take a look at the windows 10 site and you'll see no mention of the free upgrade, because it's over.Yes, you can get around it. No, you shouldn't do that.This is an IT Pro site and we should not promote methods of getting around proper licensing.

Dan 'Glom' Atchley wrote:If Win 10 still accepts 7 and 8.1 keys, and authenticates them through Microsofts OWN SERVERS. Lets not sit too high on our high horse.This isn't a matter of a high horse. It's a matter of proper licensing.MS has pretty much always depended on us to keep our licensing in order. Sometimes they audit us to check on it, sure, but mostly it's on us.We can do it right or we can just do whatever we feel like.

We all know that the free upgrade is over. Trying to use it anyway is clearly not legit and we all know that's the case. So why are we talking about it?

Because 'we can get away with it'. So what?I can get away with speeding, too, but I know it's not right. And I know if I get caught at it it's my own fault. And I certainly won't blame the police for not creating streets and cars that don't let me speed. I know the speed limit, it's my decision to pay attention to it or to ignore it. Licensing is the same way. It's your call.

DragonsRule wrote:I can get away with speeding, too, but I know it's not right. And I know if I get caught at it it's my own fault. And I certainly won't blame the police for not creating streets and cars that don't let me speed. I know the speed limit, it's my decision to pay attention to it or to ignore it. Licensing is the same way.

It's your call.Well technically, it's like I know the law says I'm not to speed but there is a law enforcement officer saying it's ok. I want to speed (upgrade without another licence) and the thing that's supposed to stop me (activation) says it's fine.I can't find any mention of this specifically in the documentation and our rep doesn't seem to get it. How would you suggest I get an official answer on this?

Krypticchewie wrote:DragonsRule wrote:I can get away with speeding, too, but I know it's not right. And I know if I get caught at it it's my own fault. And I certainly won't blame the police for not creating streets and cars that don't let me speed. I know the speed limit, it's my decision to pay attention to it or to ignore it. Licensing is the same way. It's your call.Well technically, it's like I know the law says I'm not to speed but there is a law enforcement officer saying it's ok.No, that's not really correct.

Nobody in MS licensing is saying it's okay. There just isn't anyone in licensing trying to actively stop you (no cop trying to pull you over). Remember, activation and licensing are completely different things.krypticchewie wrote:I can't find any mention of this specifically in the documentation and our rep doesn't seem to get it. How would you suggest I get an official answer on this?What, specifically, are you looking for here? The free upgrade ended over a year ago. There's nothing else to know.Would you like Chris (Microsoft) to tell you this, so you have something from an actual MS rep?

Microsoft ended the free Windows 10 upgrade offer a while ago. The offer was valid only for the first year of Windows 10 release. After that, in order to upgrade to Windows 10 you need a license to do so.People using the Media Creation Tool to go from Windows 7/8/8.1 to Windows 10 must still have a valid license to do so. The Windows 10 Enterprise E3 license via CSP agreement uses the MCT to allow licensed users to upgrade their Windows 7/8/8.1 devices to Windows 10 (again as part of the per-User license with Windows 10 Enterprise E3).There is a good 3rd party write up on all of this.

To all saying you can still use it, and that should be enough to say it is ok to do so.Well anyone can rob a store that doesn't make it ok or legal.Eventually audits will start checking this.Same people say it is ok to.1. Use that software for educational purposes.2. Use Windows Desktop OS in a VM with correct licensing,3. Deploy purchased OEM desktop software in their organization.

If you buy OEM you must resell it.There is a real cost to not using the upgrade path now. If you get caught in an audit it goes from buying the upgrade to having to buy retail at a higher cost. Danieltooth wrote:It may be against their terms, but they are still letting it happen. If I stop paying for xbox live, guess what stops working. If they don't turn it off (knowing people will use it for upgrades) then MS are definitely responsible. If Microsoft switched off the ability, nobody would do it.No.

You're confusing the ability to activate such an install of W10 with having legal license/-ing to do so, which you/we do not, not any longer - that program ended long ago now.Just because the former still seems to work, grants you nothing whatsoever in terms of the latter, and we have an official statement and reminder from someone at Microsoft right here (above) making things crystal clear. DSLevantine wrote:MS should fix their activation server and block the unauthorized activation, I would say MS is partially responsible for this.Yes, and all people who own homes should make it impossible for thieves to break in, all cars should be impossible to steal, all women should hide inside at all times to avoid being attacked.Blaming the victim is almost never a good idea. Yeah, I know, I took that to extremes. Sometimes that seems to be the only way to make a point, though.Remember folks - Activation is not licensing.

They are two very different things. As long as keep that in mind, this stuff makes a lot more sense. I have a question on this one.1. Many of our in house hardware came with a Windows 7,8 or 8.1 licence2. We have been running Win 10 on that hardware for somewhere near 2 years now, legally using campus agreements but we have not used the key which came with the devices to upgrade.Q: Can we legally install and activate the OEM version of Win10 on this hardware to dispose of it with a recent version of Windows on it? Like many others on this forum I am of the view that it's important to know what is legal not what is possible. I suspect the answer is no it's not legal, although it could be argued they have already been upgraded to Win 10 within the 1 year window, so yes it's OK to re-install the same OS.

WilliamNB wrote:DSLevantine wrote:MS should fix their activation server and block the unauthorized activation, I would say MS is partially responsible for this.Isn't that like saying shopkeepers are partially responsible for thefts from their shops, because they put products for sale on the shelves?No, it's like saying that said shopkeeper shouldn't get upset about theft when they knowingly allow people to walk out the door with said products. If they don't want people activating Win10 with Win7/8 keys then they should disable that functionality.

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Tim9748 wrote:I have a question on this one.1. Many of our in house hardware came with a Windows 7,8 or 8.1 licence2. We have been running Win 10 on that hardware for somewhere near 2 years now, legally using campus agreements but we have not used the key which came with the devices to upgrade.Q: Can we legally install and activate the OEM version of Win10 on this hardware to dispose of it with a recent version of Windows on it?

Like many others on this forum I am of the view that it's important to know what is legal not what is possible. I suspect the answer is no it's not legal, although it could be argued they have already been upgraded to Win 10 within the 1 year window, so yes it's OK to re-install the same OS.How did the devices obtain the rights to Windows 10? Are the devices licensed for Windows 10 in your current Microsoft VL agreement or were they part of the free upgrade period?I'm confused why you would want to ditch the current install to go back to activating with the OEM key - considering you have a VL agreement and reimaging rights.Maybe a good topic to post outside of this current thread. RSonnek wrote:WilliamNB wrote:DSLevantine wrote:MS should fix their activation server and block the unauthorized activation, I would say MS is partially responsible for this.Isn't that like saying shopkeepers are partially responsible for thefts from their shops, because they put products for sale on the shelves?No, it's like saying that said shopkeeper shouldn't get upset about theft when they knowingly allow people to walk out the door with said products. If they don't want people activating Win10 with Win7/8 keys then they should disable that functionality.Why when this is the process for LICENSED users to get Windows 10?

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As I've stated above this is how licensed users under the CSP agreement can move to Windows 10.