How to check if the Windows / Office installer is original?

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Yes, in the previous article, I have detailed instructions for you how to download Windows and Office installers directly from Microsoft. If you download according to your instructions, one thing is for sure that the installers are original.

Here are some ways to help you download the original Windows / Office installer that I instructed:

However, a question arises when you download the Windows or Office installer from another website without having to download the link directly from Microsoft? How can you tell if the installer you have is original or has been modified?

Ok, if you have any questions like that, this is the article for you. Because in this tutorial I will share with you a software that helps to check whether the Windows installer can be original or not in an extremely accurate and fast way. You can also check with the Office installer!

I. Is the software that checks the Windows Installer (Office) original?

Introduce a little bit about the software that I will use in this tutorial. The software is named Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier.

This software is in the form of Portable software, so after downloading, you can run and use it without having to install anything. And it is regularly updated to be able to check for newer Windows / Office versions.

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II. Download Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier software

Home: genuineisoverifier.weebly.com
Download link: Link from home page / Link backup

This software supports popular Windows versions such as: Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 8.1 / Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, with Update Windows 10 / Windows 10 – Version 1511… 1703 (x32 , x64)…. and newer Versions.


III. Instructions for checking the integrity of the Windows / OFFICE installer

Okay, once the download is done, we will go into details now.

+ Step 1: Please extract the downloaded file.

+ Step 2: Double click on the file Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier.exe to start using. If you get an error, right-click on this file and select Run as administrator to run as administrator.

Note: If the error is .Net Framework, please install .NET Framework 4.0!

+ Step 3: This is the main interface of Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier software.

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+ Step 4: To use it is very simple as follows:

You press the key combination CTRL + O or click on the mark ... in part Input file (full path) to select the Windows installer or OFFICE you need to check.

After the installer has been added to the software => click the button Verify let it check. As shown below shows blue text then that means that this installer is the original Windows installer and has not been modified.

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Reading here, many of you are wondering whether it is correct or not, right! I assure you that it is very accurate.

Because the software will check the SHA-1 code of the installer that you added to the program, then compare it with the SHA-1 code of the installer provided by Microsoft.

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And here is the result that I just tested with the Windows XP installer, the result is that this installer has been modified and repackaged. One red message line appear.

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Attention: You should pay attention to regular software updates, because Microsoft annually releases newer Windows and Office installers. So you need to update this software to the latest version for the program to update to that newer version.

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In addition, this software also supports integration into the right-click menu so you can use it more easily and quickly. To add the right mouse menu you use the key combination CTRL + Y, to remove from the right mouse menu you use the key combination CTRL + X

Epilogue

OK, so I just instructed you how to use Windows and Office Genuine ISO Verifier software to Check if the Windows / Office installer is original or not Alright.

This is a software that I think is very interesting and useful. Good luck !

Kien Nguyen – techtipsnreview

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