Just noticed this after installing 8.1

Hello! I've got a question about windows 8.1, so I thought I would post it here. Yesterday I realized that my computer doesn't seem to know which edition of Windows its using. It's activated and seems to be working fine otherwise. Is this normal?

How did you upgrade to Windows 8.1 Preview?

If you acquired trhe install disk or upgrade from some non-microsoft source, it may have been altered. You get it from the Store?

Never seen this one so far but after upgrading I've seen some weird things as well.
I never trust upgrades completely.

Try some programs out, see how it goes.
If everything works normally then you have nothing to worry about.

No, I definitely downloaded it directly from the store (not the iso file). The only changes I made to the software were from a tutorial on getting rid of the watermark that comes with 8.1. It was from here:

How to Remove Windows 8.1 Preview Watermark | MyTechBlog

Maybe that caused it?

If you upgrade from the store on a ACTIVATED Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, there is no Watermark.

I can't find 8.1 preview in the store.

Here's the link I used to the non ISO download. I should have just downloaded it and burned it onto a disk, but I was thinking the msu file would be quicker.

Download Windows 8.1 Preview - Microsoft Windows

And theog, you might be right, but mine was activated AND I got a watermark. I think I'm going to do a system restore to try and put it back to when this first happened. I'll see about getting a screen shot too of the activated watermark Windows 8.1.

theog said:

If you upgrade from the store on a ACTIVATED Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, there is no Watermark.

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Then you are running OEM version: key is also kept to 8.1 preview.

Without OEM version but you still have valid key provided, a watermark can appear even after activation.

Also using OEM version here but what I remember is that the first updates of 8.1 removed the watermark.