it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 My friend only did a WAU from Home Premium to Ultimate. WAU - Windows Anytime Upgrade Soon after, he discovered that his pc has Windows 7 Ultimate SP3 installed. [Q] I would like to know if its caused by a malware or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikv Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Very weird.. Is his a pirated copy of windows 7? That's all I can think of..or it being a bug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattrone Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Weird... could be something going on with Windows itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock86 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Bug, Pirated copy, Shopped.... De.Bug 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 My friend bought his PC Pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium and upgraded to Ultimate using WAU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen W Veteran Posted January 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2011 Type 'winver' into the Run Dialog. Screenshot and post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 My friend bought his PC Pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium and upgraded to Ultimate using WAU. His Windows is Genuine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 My friend bought his PC Pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Premium and upgraded to Ultimate using WAU. Sometimes even those ship with pirated copies... My guess is that your friend might have tinkered with the registry to look cool :p Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frylock86 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 If you look at the bottom right corner, it still says "Build 7600". I think your friend is throwing you in for a loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted January 25, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted January 25, 2011 it's just a random bug, i've seen it before, a key in the registry somehow got changed, so basically the computer thinks it has SP3 installed, basically just change the key back and you should be fine, though i can't remember what key it is due to not knowing the registry very well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Here's the screenshot of 'winver'command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quattrone Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 There is a build version on your right corner, which means something is going on here... u friend bought a pirated windows version or is a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted January 25, 2011 Supervisor Share Posted January 25, 2011 the watermark can easily be turned on and off via the registry as well though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen W Veteran Posted January 25, 2011 Veteran Share Posted January 25, 2011 Build 7600 is RTM Windows 7. Considering that SP1 brings it to 7601, this is fake. KRazpopov, Duality, homeboyrocketshoulders and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 There is a build version on your right corner, which means something is going on here... u friend bought a pirated windows version or is a bug. It cant be pirated since he bought this PC from HP Singapore directly and up till now WGA hasnt alerted him yet. So it must have been a bug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 And anyway he doesnt know how to tinker with the registry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 It cant be pirated since he bought this PC from HP Singapore directly and up till now WGA hasnt alerted him yet. So it must have been a bug. You can pirate and still pass WGA. A few of my computers passed WGA till I got 7 Pro keys for all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 You can pirate and still pass WGA. A few of my computers passed WGA till I got 7 Pro keys for all of them. Is it possible for WAU to accept a pirated key without any cracks? He says he didnt crack anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 He tried to install SP1 RC and got this error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Open regidit...Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Take screenshot. He probably edited one of those fields (or something else did) and modified the version numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Fake or bugged. Probably both! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it_freakDude Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Open regidit...Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion Take screenshot. He probably edited one of those fields (or something else did) and modified the version numbers. As i posted earlier on, he doesnt know how to tinker with the registry. Here's the screenshot. He hasnt installed SP1 but has installed all the security updates released so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Well isn't it obvious from that screenshot? The build number is the proper Windows 7 RTM (if it was a service pack it should be different). CSDVersion shouldn't exist (unless you have SP1 installed in which case it will say Service Pack 1). Rest is what its supposed to be. If you want, go change CSDVersion to say like "Cookie Monster Unlimited Edition" and then go look at winver or My computer properties again. Theshadowknows, KRazpopov and homeboyrocketshoulders 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo158 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Don't remove the key itself, just the value from the CSDVersion key. My guess would be that HP mistakenly used certain registry entries from XP without checking first. Glassed Silver and KRazpopov 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderermy Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 That's pretty weird. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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