Microsoft OEM System Builder |AMD, Windоws 10 Pro | 64 BIT | Intended use for new systems | Upgradable to Windows 11

I recently bought an ASUS ROG laptop that came with Windows 8.1 on it. Having come from Windows 7, I wasn't too keen on 8.1 . When I read that it was Windows 10 ready, I decided to buy this OEM 10 x64 along with an SSD to give the HDD an extra push. I had experimented with Windows 10 TP for work and was satisfied with the results enough to take the plunge. The results have been great. Being a gaming PC builder, I have nothing negative to say about Windows 10. It'll be even better once game developers start optimizing for Direct X 12. This is the way to go if you're considering the jump on a machine that had previous versions of Windows installed or even building a new one from scratch. The biggest issue I've seen so far is people's security software being too outdated where it just is not compatible with 10, in fact it actually causes issues with network connectivity. That's not Microsoft's fault, FYI. If you're having issues with this disc, you really ought to consult with your hardware manufacturer in ensuring you obtain the correct drivers for this install. ASUS did not provide all of the drivers that were Windows 10 ready, but the nice thing about Windows 10 is that it allows some flexibility in compatibility with 8.1 drivers. I was able to mix and match a combination of drivers in this way and it has worked just fine. In fact, my laptop would often times have a BSOD when running games on 8.1 . But, ever since switching to 10, that is nonexistent! And, the even further optimizing on an SSD makes it boot insanely fast and load applications without hesitation. Well worth the buy.

First, I have to say that I am not a computer professional, nor am I a newbie to building computers and using the operating systems. This was a nice new/ clean desk-top installation that took all of about ten minutes to complete. Being that I am making a huge step up to Win 10 from previous Win versions, there is a bit of a learning curve when using Win 10. The challenge is finding everything that used to be in familiar places that is still there but either in different places or structured a little differently. Everything is now app-based, similar to our phones, and if you can get used to approaching the operating system like you use your phone, it makes things a little easier. Some have been critical of forced updates and data mining, and other things. I chose the pro version because it lets you schedule updates. I have not had any problems. As far as data mining and other things are concerned, I really can't tell, and can't really say that it is more or less than what Google or anybody else collects. So overall my rating of five stars is accurate and honest and I have no reservations in recommending it to others. Edit/ addition: I must add one very important detail: After opening the packaging, you will find the bar-coded information on a sticker. Also on the sticker is the product key, which is covered by some kind of material (similar to what is on a lottery ticket) that must be scratched off to reveal the product key. Caution! DO NOT use anything metal to scratch this off or you may damage the key code. It is better to use a finger nail to scratch lightly, a little at a time until the key code is revealed. Also, once the key code is revealed you will notice that it is printed with one of the smallest font sizes I have ever seen. Get your magnifying glass out, you will need it (I'm not kidding).

I installed it as a guest operating system on vmware workstation pro 17.5 running on 2 computers, one running windows 11 pro, the other running windows 10 pro. The guest operating system couldn’t find a video driver for my monitor, so I got 1024x768 resolution. I had to install vmware tools which allowed for 1920x1080 resolution. No problems with the sound, it works perfectly. An unexpected surprise was when I checked the activation status, it was activated ok on the 1-st computer, but I got an error message from Microsoft on the 2-nd computer claiming that I had exhausted my OEM license on the first computer. So I had to buy a digital license from Microsoft Store, $199.00, which I did. I thought an OEM license was for multiple computers, apparently not.

Update: 2019-01-12, after many failed updates and upgrades through the update system in win10, I gave it one last stab today. I stumbled onto a link someone posted for using the Windows Media Creation Tool to update and upgrade. Never used it for anything before. I just spent a couple months using the win10 as it was loaded with my non-sp1 version, with blocking all updates. It works, but many features don't fully function without updates(The store or some apps). So I clicked on the link in a forum post(where I cannot remember), which sent me to the Windows tool that loaded Windows 10pro. I already have win10pro. OK, this is getting scary at this point, since I had no idea what was ahead of me, so I disconnected a few hard drives, and double checked to see if I cared about losing some stuff. Moved forward, and it loads a fresh upgraded copy of Windows(build-17763) on your computer, without all other upgrades/updates in between that broke it before. Everything actually works perfectly(so far), like win10 did before. The onboard update system must have been corrupted, and many people were complaining of the same corruption for their updates. Before the October Windows upgrade, there was two or three different upgrades, and made my win10 flip out. This TOOL put the October UPGRADE on my win10 immediately(Took some time to download). For all of you out there with update troubles , do this, it is like a miracle. This loads the freshest/stable copy of win10. Even my Creative X-Fi sound card is still working, and it was always crushed by any update beyond the initial install disc drivers. I still doubt that MS has added drivers to decrypt Canon digic 7 camera photos in its MS photos app. So, hopefully win10 will now be stable again for at least another year and beyond. I did also stumble onto a section at MS's site that sounded like you could download or install the October 2018 upgrade, but did not investigate it further. Trust me, I looked for that at MS's site before, and it is always hard to find things you need at MS's site. MS has lots of things that say download this here, and when you go there, there is NO DOWNLOAD. Hahaha on me! Had to click on a link in a random internet forum, who knows where, to get the answer I needed for this latest fix. I've called MS about these update/upgrade dilemmas before, and the country of India could not find the answer between 2 billion geniuses. Remember when you could call 'BOB' the computer genius, at the computer company? All the BOB's are on disability now, and downsized out of work. I hope some of this helps someone out there. Especially folks that upgraded from 7,8,8.1, etc., this may be the panacea of updates. UPDATE: 2018-12-20, Well, I really loved this Win10 computer build for almost two years, and then the updates and upgrades started coming hot and heavy from MS. I spent good money buying the best components too. My Creative sound card quit working all together eventually(1809 upgrade). Google Chrome was toasted time and time again, and I have everything on Google Chrome. Windows Edge runs like garbage now too. You do not have a say so in how the computer updates, and does not do any assessment for incompatibility of your components. After tons of so called 'upgrades' MS downloads and installs, you end up with chow suey. My fast win7 computer is still zipping along and passing up my much faster win10 build. I really feel sorry for all the people with slow computers, old windows Vistas/7's/8's computers with FREE upgrades that have just quit working with no wifi, no sound, no video, and peripherals getting wonky. Oh yes, my Logitech mouse is worthless now too. Windows computers, as opposed to Apples, gave you the freedom(like America once) to install components and programs, and have them function for years to come(like my win7 computer), but now, MS upgrades your equipment and leaves you with a choppy Edge browser, and failing peripherals. Win7 let you pick the updates you needed. We aren't running the Pentagon and don't need all the National Security updates to protect the Nation. Win10 is kinda like CA, the government adds people and subtracts your money without your approval. Is this communism computer control? Another feature of win10 that was wonderful, the photo app that gave you a great array of tweaks for your photos. As time went on, even that app got worse. It is never updated. Updates are only features you'd never use. I recently got a new Canon 77d camera, and the non-updated MS photo app will not process 77d RAW files. All new Canon cameras have the newer Digic7 processor, and MS photo app won't fix those RAW photos. The wonderful Media Center from winXP-win8, gone. What do we get, Windows Media Player that looks exactly the same boring way as it did 12 years ago on XP. Really?? Same features and functions too. NO NEW FEATURES AT ALL? We can actually thank lawyers for part of that, why, they sued MS for monopolizing its features on Windows. Try hooking up TV, and that gets more complicated too. Instead of windows getting smarter or including more features, we get a bland communism of nothing. What does a win10 computer do? Not much, inherently, but will play video and music on its ten year old player. I didn't even get a FREE freecell card game. I never thought I'd say it, but the days of the computer nerd are numbered, and we are just going to be using tablets or Apple computers in the future. You can't do anything with an Apple computer either, unless you buy expensive software. When they break, we toss them out instead of replacing some worn out parts. The apps on the MS site seem absolutely worthless to me. Remember the old days of buying a box with software in it, installing it, and marveling at its uses, gone! We useta know our next door neighbors too, but they don't speak English anymore. There are a number of sites on the internet that will show you approx' 4 ways to block win10 from updating or upgrading, and bricking yer computer. Go there! One meters or blocks the amount of data your wifi can download, which blocks upgrades. The simple one is turning off updates or delaying updates, but MS updater knocks those walls down easily now. Two other more effectual fixes involve going in to the registry and turning off or disabling updates on a more permanent basis. I've done all 4 these after reloading my computer three times in a month!! Hopefully this fixes the fixers of MS. My Creative Titanium X-Fi sound card works perfectly now, but has no quick launch console. The features are split in two windows, but everything is there, from bass to EAX functions. I have virtually no updates on the win10 now. MS says it will block updates some time in the future, if you don't stay up to date, GREAT!! I just tried to download and play the recent demo version of the Tomb Raider Shadows game on STEAM and it is telling me I don't have enough updates to play it, oh well. You can't win, for trying to win. I can't go back to win7 on this computer, because I've installed an M.9 Samsung SSD HD for win10, and the options for installing win7 on it seemed like too much work. Should have kept my Samsung SSD on there and then put win7 on this win10 mess, and may still. Would pick up all features on my Creative card, video card, and the best thing, Media Center(TV, DVD, radio, videos, music, pictures, and more). Win10 provides heartache galore though. My Google Chrome runs awesome with not one update on win10. See, I can say something nice. I feel like the guy that owns the fastest car in town, but it is always at the mechanics shop and needing tuneups. My bottomline advice, get a decently fast computer, Intel i5 or i7 processor based, and put windows 7 on it, and it will run win7 like you've never seen a computer run, fast. When MS shuts off all downloads for win7, we will be forced to buy win12 communism. I recently rebuilt a friend's computer on win7. I got him a 32" Dell HD monitor, and a decent video card for his stock HP computer, and he now has a classically fast Cadillac version of windows 7. He can't believe the difference. Forget win10, if you can. Good luck folks. Original review before upgrades: First, DO NOT UPGRADE!! BUY THE DISC FOR $100!! All the reviews on Amazon that slam Windows 10 are from non-verified purchases from FREE upgrades through Windows Update. They all ran here to complain about their poor decision to try and get something for FREE. If you want the best operating system, BUY IT, and have it run perfectly, NOT UPGRADE. UPGRADE ONLY, if your time isn't worth anything and you have hours to spend on line getting it to work properly. Spin the wheel and get lucky? Most all the positive reviews for Windows 10 are from verified Amazon purchases of the disc. My friend got her laptop to upgrade because she knows computers and spent a lot of time with Microsoft on the telephone. Here's my Amazon'd system I built: 01. i7-4790k LGA1150 02. Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H motherboard 03. Gigabyte Nvidia GTX960 Windforce 3fan 4gb vidcard 04. Kingston 4x8gb HyperX Fury 1866mhz PnP(non xmp) 05. Samsung EVO 500gb SSD(upgraded to Samsung M.9 500gb) 06. D-Link Extreme dual band DWA-556 wireless pcie card 07. Windows 10pro 64bit 08. Antec High Current Gamer 850psu 09. Coolermaster Hyper EVO212 cpu fan(20-40c) 10. Coolermaster Scout 2 ATX case 11. Pioneer BD-rw BluRay/DVD/CD writer 12. (next) Hauppauge 2255 HDTV pcie tuner(never did install) I put all these parts in the case and loaded Windows 10, and went to pour some coffee. It always takes a while to run a new build. I returned with my coffee, and the computer was asking what I wanted to do next, done, WHAT? Made me want to build these 4 profit it was so easy. Maybe I should have loaded win7 and spent a couple days upgrading, hahahahaha!! I decided to test how efficient win10 was on a tough customer. My i7-860 was starting to slow down on the higher settings for the new Tomb Raider game. I loaded win10 with 16gb of memory and onboard Intel Graphics. TR would surely win this matchup. Nope, the system ran TR on normal just like my other i7 computer with win7. I have never seen a video game run on motherboard graphics, crazy!! Once I loaded the GTX 960 vidcard, TR had no chance, and rolled over to play dead at the ultimate high settings. The newly replaced start menu is a nice compromise for all us familiar with Windows. I loaded up Cortana the verbal assisstant for the new win10. I need to get a new microphone, but the interface seemed to work quite well, and responded to my commands even with my crummy microphone. I know I have others stashed somewhere, but can't find 'em. I does take a little time to get it going, and the there are prompts that seem to go nowhere at times. I put Adobe Lightroom and Nero 2015 on the win10 and all seem to run perfectly. The app for movies, TV, and music took quite a while to load and haven't been back to it yet but it did work. I have quite a bit of media, but Nero loaded much faster. I want to remind everyone that the crown jewel in the Windows world is not around anymore, MCE. Media Center ran TV, music, movies, Netflix, photos, etc. from one slick interface. That is history. You are now left to fend for yourself on how to get TV and other media to play. Between lawsuits and tired of answering questions, Microsoft wants to only be an operating system with you using apps like a Mac computer. Is the day of the tweaker a thing of the past? All the hardware old and new I threw at it has run wonderfully. Most of the hardware and software from recent years has been updated to win10 drivers. Even some of the old drivers work too. I've been running win10 for only a month and am looking forward to using my new usb3.0 ports with 3.0 equipment I've owned for a couple years now, but ran on 2.0 this whole time. This computer is very fast, and restarts so fast it is nutty. I noticed in the Gigabyte motherboard bios it had two settings for faster booting, really, how is that possible? The minute you hit the restart button Win10 is back? It is already lightning fast to restart on slow mode? I will try to update this once I've had some experience, hopefully still good.

It's a great OS. For all the complaints of a skimpy app store, having all the important apps plus thousands of others on the desktop is a huge plus. Plenty of quality games as well in the store. Privacy concerns, while valid, can certainly be avoided. You can opt out of just about everything as far as I know. You don't even have to log in with a MS ID if you don't want to. Local accounts are available. So, you can have the privacy of Windows 7 with the power of Windows 10. Local accounts were available on Windows 8, but it was less obvious as to how to choose that option when setting it up on install than it is now. Windows 10 is more transparent, but it could do a better job at asking if you want to choose a local account or sign in with MS ID instead of assuming that you are signing in with a MS ID. Stability is close to flawless. Edge has come a long way, and I'm looking forward to PDF markup capability coming in the fall update. Of course you can use your favorite browser, whichever that is. Cortana, however, is limited to Edge. SMS phone integration has gotten better, but still limited. You can reply to sms in the notification bar, nowhere else, unless you use Skype as your primary messaging app on a windows phone. Not sure how that works with Android/IOS phones, but I know you at least get notifications. Speed is fantastic. Boot to desktop time is typically 10 sec or less with an SSD. Pretty quick with a standard HDD as well.

A fall from greatness, Windows 7 worked much better at this stage. It's more or less version 4 of Windows visa just like Windows 8 was V3 of that OS. Windows 7 is the only "Version" of visa that worked as it should. Drivers hate this OS, I have seen all kinds of issues that didn't exist on software/hardware running windows 7 or even Windows 8.1. I would not recommend upgrading a laptop from 7/8 to this in spite of the fact it's "free" due to the number of driver issues that can pop up to never be fixed by the OEM. I bought this for a desktop build and with the new hardware it does okay but still runs into issues with pre 2015 software and even hardware at times. Software that works on Windows 7 and even 8 can easily break down and not work with Windows 10 at all due to some under the hood changes that Microsoft did because it felt like it. Putting the whole OS built in spy ware issue aside the core of the OS on a basic level is broken/trash when looking at even a beta build of Windows 7. I know because I ran the Windows 7 public beta as my main OS and loved it more than Vista or Windows 10 pro in the state it's in now. There is no fixing it your self because Microsoft has chosen to change stuff under the hood for the heck of it and break stuff for little good reason. They really should have just ripped out all of the old code and started over if they couldn't out do Windows 7 in how stable it is and how many programs for it just work. Microsoft has failed two times in a row to put out a good OS with much of the same code base as Windows 7. This is sad due to the fact this should be nothing like XP to vista where Microsoft changed the whole security model and core of the OS but the results are so close that Microsoft may as well have done that again because at lest then it would have something to show for breaking so much stuff.

First I went ahead and got this as I wanted a copy on a older type media that I could install from a DVD. This fit the bill. I've installed OEM versions before (My Windows Vista was one), so this shouldn't cause me any problems. I plan on holding off using this copy till my Win 8.1 Pro system updates to Win 10 Pro as I have reserved the upgrade and then see. I tend to "hedge my bets" and if things don't go so good on my Win 8.1 Pro upgrade, then I can wipe the drive and I have a version ready to go. (I tend to like clean installs anyway, but wanted to see what developed with Win 10 Upgrade.) So now I have the OS and a new WD Velociraptor 1 TB drive to put it on.....I should be ready to go no matter what.....! Update: If you plan on using this to update an OEM version of Win Home to Pro you will have a problem at first. I found this out when I got a used computer with Win 10 Home on it and tried to use this to upgrade to Pro. It wouldn't let me. Tried a number of times thru the "change product key item" but to no avail. Finally discovered how to do so by searching around on the web. It seems that you must have an un-activated Win Pro on your system first then your key will be accepted. There is a default key that upgrades Home to Pro BUT doesn't activate it. This is where your key comes in. After you've used the default key to get to the un-activated Pro you then select "change key" and use the one that comes with your DVD and it will then activate the OS with the new key. A bit of a round about way to get your purchase activated but it worked for me.

Upgraded a Dell Laptop Precision M4800 with a Solid State Drive. Booted from DVD-ROM and installed without any issues. The product key worked without any problem as well. Microsoft puts a scratch off over part of the product key which can make things hard to read or distort the alpha-numerics if you don't get all of the scratch-off material removed. This may explain the issue other reviewers have had with the product key not working. Not sure. Manufacture date on the DVD was October of 2022. This might be something to keep in mind as well. Per other reviewers, Microsoft stopped selling Windows 10 software at the beginning of this year. Support for Windows 10 ends October 14, 2025.

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Package arrived a day earlier than expected. Contains a fresh install key and upgrade keys from Home to Pro but expects W10 to be installed with your own knowledge. Not a hard install as there are plenty of resources online. My original key did not work but after contacting the seller and providing proof of failed activation, they sent me a new key which activated just fine. Great service and very happy.

Ordinato su Amazon al venditore "D.A.D. Tech". Il giorno seguente l' ordine mi e' arrivato tramite e-mail il codice di attivazione e dopo tre giorni mi hanno inviato per posta la conferma del codice. Sul computer auto assemblato avevo installato Windows 10 che purtroppo non si attivava con quel codice. Ho chiesto assistenza al venditore e nel giro di due ore hanno risolto il problema causato da me per una errata installazione del programma senza dover formattare e reinstallare Windows 10 Pro. Ritengo doveroso congratularmi con la Ditta "D.A.D. Tech" per l'assistenza ricevuta e per la professionalita dei Tecnici. Consiglio vivamente questo venditore.

Very pleased. Clear instructions included on how to first upgrade my product from Home Edition to Pro Edition while disconnected from the network, and then install the Activation Code after the restart. All worked well.

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