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Windows 7 COA with Win8 Logo on it

#1 Post by hhhd1 » Sun Aug 21, 2016 5:17 am

Some OEM laptops, start at around 2013, starting shipping with COA like this:

http://www.computersystemsoftwares.com/ ... em_key.jpg
(found image using google, probably invalid key)

If you look at this laptop pictures, it has one of them:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Thinkpad-Lenovo ... 2075214056

Notes:
1. it was released in 2013/10 , according to mtm label
2. the bios does NOT have a windows 8 license built in, as you see from the first screen showing the bios.

So,
Can this machine run windows 8/8.1 using this key somehow ?
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Re: Windows 7 COA with Win8 Logo on it

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Sun Aug 21, 2016 7:44 am

That HP picture must be wrong/photoshopped.
X16-96072 on it means W7 Home Premium, NOT W7 Pro as printed.
I doubt you'll get W8.1 out of a W7 key.
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