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Thread ID: 125318 2012-06-20 07:17:00 What edition version of XP Home is this Nomad (952) Press F1
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1282967 2012-06-20 07:17:00 What edition of XP Home is it when it is the serial sticker on the side of the case off a big brand PC. Just saves me going thru all the diff editions. Cheers. :thanks: Nomad (952)
1282968 2012-06-20 07:21:00 Home is home there are no different versions of home, XP only came in 3 flavours. Home, Pro and media centre. The only thing is with Pro it needs to be an OEM disc if it says OEM on the sticker, with home it doesn't matter gary67 (56)
1282969 2012-06-20 21:26:00 XP home is a version of XP, there is no version of XP home. If you mean what service pack, download speccy and have a look. Nick G (16709)
1282970 2012-06-20 21:35:00 OEM Alex B (15479)
1282971 2012-06-20 21:49:00 Home is home there are no different versions of home, XP only came in 3 flavours. Home, Pro and media centre. The only thing is with Pro it needs to be an OEM disc if it says OEM on the sticker, with home it doesn't matter

There was:


Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
Windows XP x64 (for Itanium)
Windows XP Professional x64 (for x86-64)
Windows XP Embedded (to be complete :p)
pcuser42 (130)
1282972 2012-06-20 23:01:00 Home is home there are no different versions of home, XP only came in 3 flavours. Home, Pro and media centre. The only thing is with Pro it needs to be an OEM disc if it says OEM on the sticker, with home it doesn't matter


Pretty sure I've tried to use a OEM Home key with the Home Retail CD and it failed. There's also the not so common Home Upgrade CD.
Renegade (16270)
1282973 2012-06-21 00:32:00 XP Home has two editions, Retail and OEM. If it is big brand and sticker on case, then it will be OEM edition
XP Pro has three editions, Retail, OEM and Volume License. Again If it is big brand and sticker on case, then it will be OEM edition
tmrafi (5179)
1282974 2012-06-21 04:19:00 XP Home has two editions, Retail and OEM. If it is big brand and sticker on case, then it will be OEM edition
XP Pro has three editions, Retail, OEM and Volume License. Again If it is big brand and sticker on case, then it will be OEM edition

Also, the wording of the setup page asking you for your key will give you a clue as to what version that disc is.
pcuser42 (130)
1282975 2012-06-21 06:10:00 XP Home has two editions, Retail and OEM. If it is big brand and sticker on case, then it will be OEM edition

AFAIK the OEM editions aren't specifically interchangeable. For example, using a Dell OEM key with HP OEM CD's won't specifically accept the key...
Chilling_Silence (9)
1282976 2012-06-21 08:06:00 I think there is a difference too between Big brand OEM and Retail OEM.

You can get XP preinstalled on an HP and HP will be printed on the COA sticker.

You can go to a shop and buy XP OEM (as long as you buy hardware as well) and it won't say HP or Dell or anything on it.

The key from the HP OEM and the key from the 'retail' OEM won't be interchangeable either.
Agent_24 (57)
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