My windows 11 says it is windows 7 home?

I am not sure if it was because of the last update but my windows 11 now says it is windows 7 home

Can you post a screenshot showing the Windows version and build number?

Where does it say that it is Windows 7?
Please post a screenshot.


Denis

Yeah give me a minute I'm checking to see if a system restore fixes it or I can recreate it

Sorry, @Cattlelyst, there seems to be a slight echo in here.

Might take a bit here I was having a issue before where I could not switch between my two Microsoft accounts so I reformatted this new problem is happening after reformatting.
The only System restore I guess I had so far was the fresh install one so it's making set everything back up I'll get the screenshot shortly I hope lol

Cattlelyst said:

I'm checking to see if ... I can recreate it

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Would you at least tell us where you saw whatever it was you saw that referred to Windows 7?


Denis

Sure sorry I can do that in system\activation
It said windows 7 home premium
And on my desktop I have it set to show the os and build it said it there too

Rolling back the system restore now to get a screenshot

In light of the version display, don't be concerned if seeing Win10 mentioned in some places in Win11, seems to do no harm.

Also, could the install of Win11 be an Upgrade from Win7 that was originally on the computer?

@Berton if it was just showing windows 10 meh w/e not a big deal but this showing windows 7 and affecting apps because of it

Cattlelyst said:

in system\activation
It said windows 7 home premium
And on my desktop I have it set to show the os and build it said it there too

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In that case, I would now also like to see the WinVer response that WiseWiz asked for.

Nope used my windows 10 key as always with my windows 11 boot USB

Cattlelyst said:

@Berton if it was just showing windows 10 meh w/e not a big deal but this showing windows 7 and affecting apps because of it

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Yeah, it is a problem as Win10/Win11 can't run some of the old programs that Win7 and earlier could.

I'll get the screenshot shortly I'm sorry

Great! Undid the system restore now it's all sorts of messed up signed in with some weird email a combination of my email and part of my password like it was before I reformatted and ended up with this new issue.
Going to try and load the system restore I created before I did the 1st one
Windows sucks sometimes lol

Do you have a system image you could restore instead? System images are much more reliable than System restore points.


Denis

Unfortunately not I didn't get the chance to set one up yet

So your options would seem to be
1 Run SFC and hope that fixes things. SFC - ElevenForumTutorials
2 Run a Repair install & hope that fixes things. Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade - ElevenForumTutorials
3 Investigate this rather strange fault and hope to find a solution.
4.1 Reinstall Windows using Reset Windows 11 PC - ElevenForumTutorials
4.2 Reinstall Windows using Clean Install Windows 11 - ElevenForumTutorials [assuming you were previously activated with either Windows 10 or Windows 11 and in preparation for a Clean install you should Backup and Restore Device Drivers - ElevenForumTutorials]


All the best,
Denis

I'd add to Denis' #1 that if SFC can't fix issues use DISM as shown here:
For #4 it may require a fully clean install.