{"id":9072,"date":"2017-03-19T11:05:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-19T11:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=9072"},"modified":"2017-03-19T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-19T11:06:55","slug":"tell-if-windows-10-is-retail-oem-or-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/tell-if-windows-10-is-retail-oem-or-volume\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell If Windows 10 is Retail, OEM or Volume"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do I know if I have an OEM or retail copy of Windows 10? There are typically 3 different types of Windows licenses: Retail, OEM and Volume Licensing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Retail<\/strong> &#8211; This is a boxed copy, which can be obtained from a retail store or online from the Microsoft Store. You can transfer the Windows 10 Retail copy to another PC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OEM<\/strong> &#8211; If your computer comes with pre-installed Windows 10, then an OEM license is embedded in the UEFI\/BIOS firmware. These types of Licenses are not-for-resale and is not transferable to another PC.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Volume<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s used mostly for large businesses, government and educational institutions. It cannot be used on PCs other than those associated with the company. The Volume product keys are either used with a KMS server or Multiple Activation Keys (MAK) where a single key can be used on multiple PCs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to find if your Windows 10 is activated with a Retail, OEM, or Volume license type.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Tell If Windows 10 is Retail, OEM or Volume?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run command box. Type <strong>cmd<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9073\" alt=\"cmd\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/cmd.png\" width=\"401\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the Command Prompt opens, type <strong>slmgr -dli<\/strong> and press Enter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9074\" alt=\"slmgr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/slmgr.png\" width=\"495\" height=\"141\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Windows Script Host Dialogue box will appear with some information about your operating system, including the license type of Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9075\" alt=\"windows-license-type\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-license-type.png\" width=\"447\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I know if I have an OEM or retail copy of Windows 10? There are typically 3 different types of Windows licenses: Retail, OEM and Volume Licensing. Retail &#8211; This is a boxed copy, which can be obtained from a retail store or online from the Microsoft Store. You can transfer the Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894],"tags":[3317,3316],"class_list":["post-9072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","tag-check-windows-10-oem-or-retail","tag-how-to-tell-if-windows-10-is-oem-or-retail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9077,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072\/revisions\/9077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}