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Ive been reading the reviews on both those sites and all the bad reviews are people saying that the its a pirated copy of windows.
 
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Just thought it should be mentioned, Windows 7 Consumer editions are NOT supported by Microsoft anymore. So if you have a problem and try to call, they will politely tell you you need to upgrade to Windows 10 (which is free to do), but as your BUYING your copy, it is the same / cheaper cost than Windows 7, and acts like Windows 7 (not like Windows 8 if that is your worry).

Additionally to that, something to pass one, seems Microsoft HAS changed their ToS for the different versions. MOD USAFRet cited the System Builder edition, but sadly when i was answering in another thread, I ran across that Microsoft has torn down the "System Builder for Personal Use" Terms and has set out these changes:

https://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/windows-licensing-for-personal-use.aspx?tduid=(38a665fa1ba02a31850272a45a8e99a3)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-2Fb2kB8AjLNiWbc7U0ntUQ)()#fbid=C3NAt8zg5L6
"Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 system builder software does not permit personal use, and is intended only for preinstallation on customer systems that will be sold to end users.*"

So your only choices now, as a end user, is Off the Shelf (aka bought at Walmart) copy of Window 7/8/10; but only WINDOWS 10 is authorized to be sold
OR your PC is PRELOADED (aka DELL, Lenovo, Sony, etc.) OEM edition it is ONLY AND SOLELY LICENSED to that OEM HARDWARE and is NOT transferable under ANY circumstances to DIFFERENT hardware (i.e. CPU, Mobo and some cases even the case itself - had that happen to me before).

https://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/transfer_oem_licenses.aspx?tduid=(38a665fa1ba02a31850272a45a8e99a3)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-DHLQ4_BwaTRoorTSQqev2A)()#fbid=C3NAt8zg5L6 As noted in the RULES stated to Dell, Lenovo, etc.


Just thought I should pass on what I found out.
 
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How does the OS know what case it is in? I know several Win7 users with OEM licenses who have swapped cases.
 
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I have bought dozens of copies of Windows between Newegg and Amazon and have never had a issue. These are reputable resellers and if someone had a problem, it likely was from a marketplace seller as opposed to bought from Newegg or Amazon directly(or fulfilled by Amazon).
 
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I had a Emachine, and a Dell back when Win7 was out in the wild, and both did the same thing, one for Consumers the other Corporate (which pissed us off and forced us to purchase Site License edition at the time than the preload Dell we had). If you don't know that time period, people figured out how to 'open the side panel' and some were being stupid taking out a memory stick or drive and taking it home or selling them off. So they built into the case the 'case been open' alert function that interacts with the BIOS (nothing to do with Windows). So when Windows would load, being OEM, it would take the BIOS info and apply it.. is this the OEM CPU, yes... is this OEM Mobo.. yes.. is this OEM case.. NO - ERROR! This is not the original equipment, Windows is only authorized for original equipment, and refuses to do anything more than alert you in the boot sequence of the problem.
 
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Funny you mention that, when I changed to my current case I kept getting a "Case Intrusion Error" and the system would not boot. Turned out I hadn't put the side panel on exactly right and had to redo it. First time I'd run into that, but was easy to turn it off in the BIOS. Wasn't Windows, but prevents Windows from starting.
 
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I think this is truly bizarre. When troubleshooting or doing installs, from what I've read lots of people run their machines with the side panel off completely. I did that myself recently.

 
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Through all the builds I've done over the years, this was the only time I had it happen. Not sure why, but this case apparently had something for it and I must have unknowingly connected it. But a quick setting change in the BIOS and it hasn't recurred.
 
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i have seen the case tied to bios thing many times before in commercial systems. office work stations, school classroom pc's and local libraries on their public pc's. i don't see it much anymore but 10 years ago it was common for these types of places to have this bios notification for the sake of warranty work. if you opened it, then the warranty was killed. kept people from messing with things and as said before, kept people from stealing parts out of systems as well.

i don't think i have seen it since windows vista though and that was only once if i remember correctly. a home made system or store bought oem would not have this as they know you will get into it.
 
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