Questions tagged [oem]
(Original Equipment Manufacturer) Hardware: The rebranding of equipment and selling it under another name. Software: Software that comes with a piece of hardware (for example a camera) that is supplied by the hardware manufacturer and can usually not be bought separately.
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Stop Windows from installing outdated OEM drivers for a specific device
Most answers about how to stop this take a shotgun approach and disable updates to any drivers on the system, which is not good practice. The one that stops drivers from
being installed that works ...
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Check what changes retailer made to Windows 11
I'm setting up a couple of new laptops for various purposes. They came with preinstalled Windows 11 Home retail version, not yet setup. After setting it up, I noticed that the retailer (not ...
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HP Pavilion G6 has no "HP_Tools" partition after drive change
I have a HP Pavilion G6 from 2011. I recently found it and tried to use it, but the hard disk was broken. I changed it, and installed Windows 10 from USB/ISO downloaded from Microsoft's site.
Almost ...
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Lenovo Y50-70: How to totally stop the performance throttling when using a non-OEM lower wattage charger?
I have Lenovo Y50-70 (Core i7-4710HQ), and I have to use these days a non-OEM charger with more than 50% lower wattage (65 Watt) than the original charger (135 Watt).
So, are there any more settings ...
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How does one change any of the values in the System Information section on Windows 10/11?
Is it possible to modify any of the values on the System Information window in Windows 10/11? I found some articles about updating the OEM Information from regedit but this seems to have zero impact.
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what happened to my OEM key after windows 10 home upgrade from windows 7 home premium?
I upgrade from windows 7 home premium to windows 10 home, after the upgrade the product id changed and doesn't include OEM in the key anymore. even after running SLMGR /dlv in CMD
it brings the ...
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How to put a clean install of Windows 11 on a computer with untrustworthy OEM?
I have a computer that came with Windows 11 installed, but is from a company that has had a reputation for installing backdoors and bloatware in the OS.
Is there a legal route I can completely wipe ...
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Can I recover a Windows key after installing Ubuntu?
I'm wondering if, after installing Ubuntu, it would be possible to recover my OEM copy of Windows 11 if something goes wrong with Linux. I am considering installing Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish on my HP ...
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How to install a clean Windows 11 on Laptop that has Windows 10 Pro OEM
My laptop came with Windows 10 Pro OEM
Works fine.
I got a notification from Microsoft of an upgrade to Windows 11
I did the upgrade and I have Windows 11
I want to format my laptop.
Is there a way to ...
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Microsoft Store showing old product license [duplicate]
I had Windows 10 Pro volume license. After the first Windows setup, that license associated the motherboard. When I setup Windows again it is activating automatic. I do not want it. Recently, I found ...
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Why was I able to boot OEM Windows 10 from an SSD which I took from another laptop?
I had an old, broken Asus laptop from 2015 which I kept because I thought of repairing it or selling it for parts some day. The day never came and now I can't be bothered to disassemble it so what I ...
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Install Ubuntu between Windows partitions
I want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 (which is already there) on my machine. I cleared up the space but it is right before two partitions which are named, OEM partition and Recovery partition ...
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Can I re-activate existing Windows 10 OEM installation by the phone robot? (Moving old SSD to new PC) [duplicate]
I know that OEM licenses cannot be transfered to new Windows installations, but in this case I am moving existing Windows 10 installation with the SSD to a new setup.
My Microsoft-account is tied to ...
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How to embed the OEM key in Bios for laptop that do not have factory keys installed
I have tried to edit an MSDN file in ACPI tab with RWEverything program.
But failed
I have a key that I ordered as an Windows 10 OEM, but when reinstalling Windows it gets lost and I have to re-enter ...
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Why are some non-OEM updates only available from the OEM update software?
Why are some non-OEM updates only available from the OEM update software?
I have a Dell computer, I just did a Windows update check, and it says "You're up to date", but then a check with &...
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