[SOLVED] Windows 10 Flowsmoke edition, What's the flowsmoke thing

[enduro_eric]

I bought a laptop, a second hand lenovo g40-45, Amd a8, radeon r5, upgraded ram to 8, but the weird thing is my windows says its Flowsmoke edition, what is the flowsmoke thing? Does anyone know a way to change to normal windows 10, also i want to keep my files and games. Thanks in advance.

 

[SkyNetRising]

my windows says its Flowsmoke edition

Can you show a screenshot?

 

[iMatty]

Never heard of a flow smoke edition of windows 10...

 

[CountMike]

Likely some bootlegged edition, is it activated with digital license ?

 

[DSzymborski]

Yeah, looks that way.

You should be doing a full wipe and reinstall anytime you buy a PC with a used hard drive. There's no telling what the previous owner has hidden.

 

[USAFRet]

I bought a laptop, a second hand lenovo g40-45, Amd a8, radeon r5, upgraded ram to 8, but the weird thing is my windows says its Flowsmoke edition, what is the flowsmoke thing? Does anyone know a way to change to normal windows 10, also i want to keep my files and games. Thanks in advance.

Full wipe and reinstall.
Save whatever you want to some other drive, but that Lenovo needs a full wipe and reinstall with a valid OS.

 

[enduro_eric]

Thanks Guys, ill save my files in to an available drive, and will reinstall windows.

 

[USAFRet]

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