how to check if windows prof or windows prof corporate?

[Michael Dirksen]

Hello
how can one check if the windows version on a computer is windows prof
or windows prof corporate?
thanks
Michael

 

[Alias]

Hello
how can one check if the windows version on a computer is windows prof
or windows prof corporate?
thanks
Michael

No such thing as a "corporate" version. Right click on My
Computer/Properties and you will see what version you have.

Alias

 

[Guest]

Go to run,type:WinVer

 

[Drew Tognola]

Michael,

I believe this is what you mean.

* Insert the Windows XP CD
* Open Windows Explorer, navigate to: D:\I386, click 'Setupp.ini'
* Note the last 3 digits next to Pid=
Note:

Use the below table to conclude which version of Windows XP is installed

xxxxx335
xxxxx270
xxxxxOEM


OEM = OEM (Manufacturers (BestBuy) who resell another company's (Microsoft)
product under their own packaging name and logos

335 = Retail (A boxed (By Microsoft) Windows product purchased from a retail
outlet (BestBuy) but with it's own packaging name and logos

270 = Volume License (Corporate version, for organizations needing multiple
copies of Windows software)

Drew

 

[Drew Tognola]

Sorry, it's Setup.ini, not Setupp.ini.

Drew

 

[Michael Dirksen]

Hello Drew thanks for your answer.
And if theres no setup cd available?
because I need to know if I have to do a repair installation (in case
its a corporate edition)or only to change the product key (if its a
normal XP prof) on the computer of a customer
ciao
MIchael

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hello
how can one check if the windows version on a computer is windows prof
or windows prof corporate?
thanks
Michael

Well, there's no such thing as WinXP "Corporate," for starters....


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[Michael Dirksen]

For sure thats not the problem!
to explain the whole case:
a computer seller sold to a customer of mine a computer with installed
win XP but it seems that its not a legal copy.
So to legalize it the customer wants to buy a new win xp prof.
But if the installed Xp is a XP prof corporate edition one has to do a
repair installation
else
if the installed Xp is a normal XP prof its enough to cahnge the serial
number
So I like to know how to identify the version, to tell the customer
about the cost to legalize the system
MIchael

 

[Drew Tognola]

Mmm, I was right the first time, it is setupp.ini.

Drew

 

[Bruce Chambers]

For sure thats not the problem!
to explain the whole case:
a computer seller sold to a customer of mine a computer with installed
win XP but it seems that its not a legal copy.
So to legalize it the customer wants to buy a new win xp prof.
But if the installed Xp is a XP prof corporate edition one has to do a
repair installation
else
if the installed Xp is a normal XP prof its enough to cahnge the serial
number
So I like to know how to identify the version, to tell the customer
about the cost to legalize the system
MIchael

Were it my customer, knowing that he/she'd ended up with illegitimate
software from an apparently untrustworthy vendor, I'd strongly recommend
formatting the hard drive and performing a clean installation. There's
no telling just what sort of other illicit software, most especially
malware, that the unscrupulous vendor might also have "bundled" with the OS.


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[Drew Tognola]

Michael,

Try looking in the registry (regedit.exe) at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid

Drew

 

[Drew Tognola]

Michael,

I don't see my reply from yesterday. It was in my 'Sent Items' folder.
Anyway, I resent it, sorry about the delay.

Try looking in the registry (regedit.exe) at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid

Drew