Windows 10: Windows 10 Retail or OEM

Discus and support Windows 10 Retail or OEM in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; I am thinking of upgrading my Windows 10 Home to Pro. My PC is about 7 years old and I bought it as a bare machine together with a Windows 8 disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by UniqueName, Jul 11, 2020.

  1. Windows 10 Retail or OEM


    I am thinking of upgrading my Windows 10 Home to Pro. My PC is about 7 years old and I bought it as a bare machine together with a Windows 8 disk which I installed myself. Over the years it has upgraded and is now Windows 10 2004. At some stage I will buy a new PC and before spending money upgrading to Pro I want to be sure that my Windows is Retail not OEM it should be Retail because of the way I bought it.


    When I run slmgr /dli I do not get a little box with licence details. Instead I get all 3407 lines of the slmgr.vbs code.


    How can I find out if I am OEM or Retail please?

    :)
     
    UniqueName, Jul 11, 2020
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  2. rtwjunkie Win User

    my windows 10 oem didn't come with a product key

    Dude, go to Newegg right now and read the questions and answers tab on Windows 10 OEM. The OEM copies that are listed there DO in fact, come on an optical disc. The flash drive ONLY comes on Retail copies.
     
    rtwjunkie, Jul 11, 2020
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  3. DavidBaileyyz, Jul 11, 2020
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  4. Windows 10 Retail or OEM

    Question On OEM Windows clean install......

    "Flavors" of Windows licenses

    Windows can be a little "odd" about license keys. There are at least 4 categories:
    • Retail
    • OEM
    • Volume (electronic download)
    • Corporate (no key needed)
    For guaranteed success, the license key and media should be in the same category. If you have retail media, you may not be able to install it using an OEM or Volume license key, even though the key is valid for that version of Windows. *Wtf :wtf: Apparently, this is part of Microsoft's anti-piracy scheme (i.e., all customers are guilty until proven innocent).
     
    Static~Charge, Jul 11, 2020
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