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how do i determine whether its an original activation of windows
I want to know if the current operating system(OEM version,windows 7 home premium x64) am using was originally activated by the seller or he did a factory reset on it..in other words i want to know whether the o.s had been in use before 9/19/2012
i was told at the hp forums that if a factory reset is done Office starter does not reinstall on the new system..i have the office starter which is unactivated..that suggests its an original install/activation not a factory reset..i want to be sure
i ran 'systeminfo' in the command prompt and it gave me the install date as 9/19/2012..i want you guys to assume it was factory reset on that date(9/19/2012)..would the program install dates(for the programs that came bundled with the OEM version of windows and are included in the recovery partition e.g dvd menu pack for hp smartmedia ) show the date in which the system was factory reset?for instance would 'dvd menu pack for hp smartmedia' show it was installed on 9/19/2012 which we have assumed was the date the factory reset was done?
in the control panel>programs>programs and features ,it shows the date of install for 'dvd menu pack for hp smartmedia' was 1/20/2011..