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So when is a Windows 11 PC not a Windows 11 PC?
Just askin', in view of the horrendous time I'm having trying to change some settings on my recently arrived Dell Inspiron. I've now had two massively time-consuming attempts at trying to achieve auto log-in, based on advice appearing on the 'Net as to how to manage this on a Windows 11 machinebut without any success: the Inspiron appears to accept the changes but then carries on regardless afterwards.
Anyway: enough of the background.
As the first screenshot shows, this PC is running Windows 11 (version 21H2, OS Build 22000.556.) That marches up with what Dell told me when I ordered this Inspiron from it at the beginning of this month. 'The model comes with Windows 11 installed'.
Fair enough. However, I have no idea what purpose is being served by what seem to be vestigial fragments of some partly erased text appearing on the Version information: what on earth is the mysterious 'org name' doing beneath the identity of the licensed user?
Presumably the phrase started out as 'Organization name'. . . but if so, why its only partial removal removal from display?
Comparing the screenshot of that Windows version information with the next screenshot of Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version (from which I have edited out the 20-character alphanumeric ProductID in the interests of my own security) the following may be noted:
ProductName Windows 10 Home
ReleaseID 2009
So. This computer says it's a Windows 11 and a Windows 10 device.
Shomething wrong shomewhere???
Sometimes that key will actually hold the value of the Originally installed OS. Also, manufacturers may sometimes build off a set images in a line of machines that have similar lines of hardware. It's easier to prebuild this way with the most commonly compatible hardware components then have a bunch of drivers come in via updates instead of having to meticulously ensure EVERY model has the right stuff. That may not be the case here but I've seen this in the past quite a bit.
