Can one find out type of licence for Windows-XP?

[witan]

How many different varieties of Windows-XP and types of licences exist
for Windows-XP? I know about "Home" edition, Pro, and OEM. If one has
only the "key" and the XP installation CD (or a copy of it) and not the
original box, can one find the type of licence from it? The EULA does
not seem to contain the information.
Thanks in advance.

 

[R. McCarty]

Within the i386 folder, you'll find a file Setupp.Ini. If you open this file
using Notepad/Wordpad it will contain the identifying string "Pid". It's
this unique number that identifies what product and type the disk is. It
doesn't appear in simple English but with a numerical value.
The first 5 numbers indicate the product, and the remaining 3 are the
type. Unfortunately, there isn't a easy look up table - but if you check
your disk and post that Pid #, I'll see if I can decipher it for you.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How many different varieties of Windows-XP and types of licences
exist for Windows-XP? I know about "Home" edition, Pro, and OEM. If
one has only the "key" and the XP installation CD (or a copy of it)
and not the original box, can one find the type of licence from it?
The EULA does not seem to contain the information.
Thanks in advance.

There's the type of license agreement and then there are different editions
of Windows XP for personal computer systems/laptops...

Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP x64 Edition

OEM
Retail Full
Retail Upgrade
MSDN
Volume
Educational

You can look in the setupp.ini on the CD itself and get a ROUGH idea of the
type of license it is - sometimes the packaging and even the graphics on the
CD can clue you in...

Here's a list of Product Codes.
-------------------------------------
55274 : XP Pro generic OEM or Volume License (VL is a special case of OEM)
55276 : XP Pro (upgrade)
55276 : XP Home (?) ?
55277 : XP Home generic OEM
55285 : XP Pro ?
55661 : XP Pro (retail)
76475 : XP Home (upgrade) (?)
76477 : XP Home Royalty OEM
76487 : XP Media Center Edition 2005
76487 : XP Pro Royalty OEM
76487 : XP Pro volume license (with '640' channel ID)
76500 : XP MCE 2005 (XP Pro with AD/GPO disabled)
76588 : XP Pro x64 OEM
(This is the first number of the Product ID.)

The second number is Channel ID
-------------------------------------------
000 : Other (includes some retail, upgrade and evaluation versions)
007 : Retail
009 : Not for resale - bundle
011 : XP Home Upgrade
OEM : OEM (This does not specify royalty or normal OEM)
270 : Volume License
296 : MSDN
308/347 : Microsoft Action Pack subscription
335 : Retail
640 through 648, 652 : Volume License (usually generated via 270 CID in
setupp.ini)
699 : Volume Windows XP Tablet Edition
071 : Possible, but unknown. Possibly an SP2 integrated install of some
variety.

That list may not be 100% accurate/complete... But it might get you
started.

 

[Peter Foldes]

May I ask , from where\who did you procure the XP Cd from

 

[Bruce Chambers]

How many different varieties of Windows-XP and types of licences exist
for Windows-XP? I know about "Home" edition, Pro, and OEM. If one has
only the "key" and the XP installation CD (or a copy of it) and not the
original box, can one find the type of licence from it? The EULA does
not seem to contain the information.
Thanks in advance.

You could use the part number from an orginal installation CD, but is
all you have is a burned CD copy, you likely have no license, of any kind.


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[witan]

There's the type of license agreement and then there are different editions
of Windows XP for personal computer systems/laptops...

Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP x64 Edition

OEM
Retail Full
Retail Upgrade
MSDN
Volume
Educational

You can look in the setupp.ini on the CD itself and get a ROUGH idea of the
type of license it is - sometimes the packaging and even the graphics on the
CD can clue you in...

Here's a list of Product Codes.
-------------------------------------
55274 : XP Pro generic OEM or Volume License (VL is a special case of OEM)
55276 : XP Pro (upgrade)
55276 : XP Home (?) ?
55277 : XP Home generic OEM
55285 : XP Pro ?
55661 : XP Pro (retail)
76475 : XP Home (upgrade) (?)
76477 : XP Home Royalty OEM
76487 : XP Media Center Edition 2005
76487 : XP Pro Royalty OEM
76487 : XP Pro volume license (with '640' channel ID)
76500 : XP MCE 2005 (XP Pro with AD/GPO disabled)
76588 : XP Pro x64 OEM
(This is the first number of the Product ID.)

The second number is Channel ID
-------------------------------------------
000 : Other (includes some retail, upgrade and evaluation versions)
007 : Retail
009 : Not for resale - bundle
011 : XP Home Upgrade
OEM : OEM (This does not specify royalty or normal OEM)
270 : Volume License
296 : MSDN
308/347 : Microsoft Action Pack subscription
335 : Retail
640 through 648, 652 : Volume License (usually generated via 270 CID in
setupp.ini)
699 : Volume Windows XP Tablet Edition
071 : Possible, but unknown. Possibly an SP2 integrated install of some
variety.

That list may not be 100% accurate/complete... But it might get you
started.

I asked the question mostly out of curiosity. The context was that I
recently had to change my hard disk (after it developed a few bad
sectors and Seagate's diagnostic tool warned it was likely to fail) and
reinstall XP-Pro. While taking out the original CD, I remembered I also
had *another* CD with XP-Pro on it, given to me (free) by a friend who
had no use for it because he was using only Linux. I had "slipstreamed"
it with SP2, but never used it, because it was a burnt copy and not an
original. Information given by Shenan Stanley (and in part by R.
McCarty), suggests that the XP given by my friend is an OEM that came
preinstalled on a Dell computer, and can be installed only on that
computer or a clone. My friend no longer has that particular computer,
and he does not remember its make.
As for my computer, I have successfully reinstalled, registered,
activated and fully updated XP on it. It is a fully legitmate copy, and
I have been having it for a little over two years now.
My thanks to Shenan Stanley and McCarty for their helpful response.