Windows

[Lovepreet2010]

How to know my windows 10 is original or pirated

I just bought a laptop under 15000 and they say it's having original windows 10 running on it 

 

I mean come on how it can be possible

So Please guys tell how to know windows is original or not ?? So i can return the laptop in given time

[Derrk]

launch command prompt and type

slmgr /dli

 

 

[Enderman]

7 minutes ago, Derrk said:

launch command prompt and type

slmgr /dli

 

 

Or, you know, just go to settings and take a look at activation.

[emosun]

I don't think theres a reason anyone needs to use pirated windows 10 as the OS is already free from microsoft.

[vanished]

If you discover it is pirated, then frankly there's larger issues at play.  If you just bought a new laptop, it would never come in such a state from any reputable company.  You'd want to contact them about that, and possibly contact Microsoft too depending on how that goes.  You'd also want to format the machine immediately because there's no telling what malware they may have planted.

[Derrk]

13 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Or, you know, just go to settings and take a look at activation.

i hate it when things are simple

[LogicalDrm]

It would be really odd to have laptop with pirated or cracked OS. Laptops mainly come with preinstalled and preactivated OS. Some very low budget options come without oS so you can install Linux there.

[Donut417]

6 hours ago, emosun said:

I don't think theres a reason anyone needs to use pirated windows 10 as the OS is already free from microsoft.

Its not technically free. Yes you can run it unactivated with some features turned off, but technically you are suppose to pay for it. 

[Lovepreet2010]

On 12/18/2019 at 11:34 AM, emosun said:

I don't think theres a reason anyone needs to use pirated windows 10 as the OS is already free from microsoft.

 

On 12/18/2019 at 11:34 AM, emosun said:

I don't think theres a reason anyone needs to use pirated windows 10 as the OS is already free from microsoft.

What are you saying it's free now how ?

[vanished]

5 hours ago, Lovepreet2010 said:

What are you saying it's free now how ?

Strictly speaking it's not free, but you can either run it unactivated or do a free upgrade from previous versions that virtually everyone already has, so for all intents and purposes it almost is free.

[The Torrent]

i mean if someone was gonna take windows and stick a fake copy on the laptop which is very unusual but for whatever reason, rather than pirate they would be much better off spend like a quid for a genuine code of ebay

[Kilrah]

20 hours ago, Lovepreet2010 said:

 

What are you saying it's free now how ?

It's not free, but it's "free with the computer" since every laptop sold by any major brand will come with a Windows license built-in, so there's no reason it would not be legit.

[Lovepreet2010]

Why in this form people don't reply the dam questions. expect question you people taking things that has no link to the question 

[Donut417]

2 minutes ago, Lovepreet2010 said:

Why in this form people don't reply the dam questions. expect question you people taking things that has no link to the question 

No offence but mulitple people at the start told you what to do. They listed a cmd in the cmd line you could use or you go to the settings and look in activation. Trust me, YOU WOULD KNOW if Windows was not activated. If it was a pirated copy it would be a good chance that now or in the future Windows would unactivate. Besides the loss some of the desktop personaizaiton you would also have a water mark bitching at you to activate Windows. 

 

Futher more if you bought from a reputable company then they probably preinsalled windows like they have done since the begining of time. Microsoft sells OEM copies to makers like Dell, HP and such at a slight discount. These generally come preinstalled and activated from what I have seen. 

[Jarsky]

On 12/18/2019 at 6:52 PM, Lovepreet2010 said:

How to know my windows 10 is original or pirated

I just bought a laptop under 15000 and they say it's having original windows 10 running on it 

 

I mean come on how it can be possible

So Please guys tell how to know windows is original or not ?? So i can return the laptop in given time

 

The answer is that generally a Windows install is a windows install, and it would be very hard to tell if its "pirated". 

 

But what makes the Windows genuine or not, is the activation.

Either it has a valid OEM or Retail key, or its being activated using something like KMSpico which fakes VLK activation to a KMS server. 

You can check by running 'slmgr.vbs /dlv' from Run/Command Prompt to see what type of activation and key it is.  

 

Basically its either Activated or its Not, and its either using a Genuine Key or a Volume Licensing Key (which will be listed as GVLK in SLMgr)