Windows 10: How to determine origin of Windows 10 image on a system

Hi, we have a number of systems in our environment and some of them have the OEM (Lenovo in most cases) Windows 10 image on them; and some were re-imaged using an ISO downloaded from Microsoft. Unfortunately our internal documentation on which were deployed which way is poor or non-existent.

How is it possible for me to determine, after-the-fact, which of them still have the OEM image and which have the MS image on them? The re-imaged ones may have had Lenovo utilities installed so looking for Lenovo-branded apps won't necessarily provide the answer. I was hoping maybe the activation key would have vendor-specific prefix strings or something like that but haven't found any evidence of that in my searching so far.

Thanks!

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system image windows 10

Hi Sean,

I realize the inconvenience you are facing. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

I appreciate if you can provide us the following information to help us understand the issue better.

• What exactly happens when you try to create a system image?
• Are you getting any error message or error code on the screen?

I would suggest that you perform the steps mentioned below to create System Recovery point in Windows 10.

Steps:

1. Open Control Panel.

2. Click on File History, click on System Image Backup located at the bottom left corner of the window.

3. Click on Create System Image from the left menu pane.

3. You will be directed to a new window where you will be able to select where you choose to create the image in.

4. Follow on screen instructions.

Refer to the below link and check if that helps:

How to: Create a system image in Windows 10

How to: Create a system image in Windows 10

Additional information:

Recovery options in Windows 10

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/windows-10-recovery-options

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Thank you.

 

How to create Windows 10 system image on a usb flash drive

Thanks Maria:

I made a system image on a USB flash drive using the tools available in Windows 10. I want to make this image bootable so that I can reinstall it on my computer from the same USB flash drive. Can I do this using the method you have suggested?

If not, can you or anyone else tell me how to do this?

Thanks again,

Regis