my cf-29 charging regulator or the socket is bad.

Well I was surprised my cf-29 my only work laptop did not want to take a charge from either of my two chargers. I need the laptop for work so I had no choice but to look to craigs list for another touhbookreplacement
Came across a near new cf-29 for 299.00. Called the sseller and I have purchased a power supply from him before.He wants to sell one no warentee and it has windows 10. I personally do not like 8 or10. I asked if he had the windows 7 disk he said " I have windows 7 ultimate on flash drive" so I said "only the larger corporations can buy windows 7 how did aquire this uUSB drive?" I did not understand his reply in his broken english. He only wants to except cash but has a excellent eBay rating under hccauctions. What do you all think?

 

Way toooooooo much money for a CF-29 . You could find a real good CF-30MK2 for that kind of money and W7 does not run that great on a CF-29.

 

He

 

He is selling a cf30 to me

 

OK . I thought it was a 29

 

Okay picked up the laptop. I LOVE the speaker. Ohh man the one on the cf-29 was a defect design right out of the factory. I do not understand why the cf-30 is thicker model then the cf-29. Windows 10 is running just fine. A little slow, but not to much to worry about. I love how windows ten put the most common admin utilities in the start button by right clicking on it, rather then going though control panel

Is there a plastic plate to glue to the top lid to prevent scratches in the magnesium cover?

 

None that I have seen. There is a leather cover CF-VNB3001

 

"I do not understand why the cf-30 is thicker model then the cf-29."

it might be partially due to heat issues ...
the more room there is , the faster that heat generated can circulate via convection and thus be transfered to the case and from there be dissipated by radiation and convection .

i probably missed this ...
what is the full model number of the one you are buying ?

"only the larger corporations can buy windows 7 how did aquire this uUSB drive?"
as far as i know , W7 can be purchased off-the-shelf by anyone .
M$ is still making/volume licensing the OS for the general home user and business

 

I cannot recall, but he said he is including windows 7 ultimate or enterprise. I said "how did you acquire the license to windows 7 enterprise...only large corporations can obtain this license from Microsoft" He gave me a reason and cannot recall. Well I just did a system icon check in control panel today and the system was licensed to HP???? I have a feeling the license is possibly copied. How can I trace back with this OS license originated from?

 

Full model number of CF30?
Does it have a Win7 Enterprise COA on the bottom? If it does not, then it's a pirated copy


Contact microsoft

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/cfr/report.aspx

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contact/menu/software/windows/ts/

 

It is only the professional xp logo on the bottom. The think if If I contact Microsoft, then what? From my understanding windows 10 is free. But is it a upgrade from Windows xp or from Windows 7 or 8?

 

Your copy of Windows is PIRATED since you do not have a COA.
Windows 10 UPGRADE is free. Full windows 10 is not free.
Upgrade is for Windows 7 and 8 only.
You will need to buy Windows...
http://www.newegg.com/Operating-Systems/SubCategory/ID-368?Order=PRICE

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/upgrade-to-windows-10-faq
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-youve-got-questions-ive-got-answers/

 

i have seen machines that did not have an OS that matched the key on the bottom ...
there are several legit reasons for this .

using a "key extractor" program would allow you find the key that is actually in use .
i would do this before contacting M$ .

there is also the "is this copy of windows legitimate" program you can run .
it is known by a couple of other names .

 

Or you can attempt to upgrade to Win10...The upgrade check WILL find any and ALL activation hacks. Even boot sector hacks.
Run this official tool............... http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/8/0/C8007C4E-D1DD-4922-A966-3A927E86A033/GWXWebWindows.exe

Belarc Advisor will give you the Key codes..
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

This is the one I would run or run the one from Microsoft to see if it is the real deal.

 

"Or you can attempt to upgrade to Win10 ..."

sort of like giving yerself a root canal ...

 

nope just the xp sticker on the bottom. But that does not mean A seller has purchased a license of Windows 10, or he purchased the laptop from some one else with a non licensed copy of Windows 10 or was upgraded to Windows 10 from another reseller.

 

Since you have W10 on your 30 have you read the first thread on this forum. You really to understand everything about it...they are up to no good.
forum.notebookreview.com/threads/your-toughbook-and-w10-things-you-need-to-know.780451/

 

Does it matter that the Win 7 OS might not have a genuine COA? MS is close to dumping Win 7 support like they did with XP last year. Personally Win7 is the best MS OS going as Vista, 8 (was there ever a 9?) and 10 are just not suited to CF28/29/30 systems. IMHO anyway.

 

End of support for Win7 is Jan 14, 2020....
5 years is a long way off.
Never was a Win 9...
Win8 is an "acceptable" tablet OS.
Win10 is the NSA OS.. https://www.nsa.gov/

This is a good read....http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html

BTW ..condoning and discussing piracy is a no no on this forum.

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Yes it does matter. You should have a COA on the bottom. I think they will support W7 until 2020 if I am right. I really don't want any support from them anyways. The only thing they are giving us is bugs (spying software) like they have for W10. All M$ wants is your personal data. Do a little reading on what they are trying to do with W7, W8, W8.1 and w10.

 

I sent him a PM a few days ago about this discussion . Sorry thread closed.