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| Thread ID: 108085 | 2010-03-13 06:50:00 | XP License Versions | feersumendjinn (64) | Press F1 |
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| 866820 | 2010-03-13 06:50:00 | Is there any way to easily tell what XP license (i.e. OEM, Full, Upgrade, Volume etc) type one has on any given machine? Am attempting to repair this computer which has no OS disc, no COA on case (have extracted a key with Magical Jelly Bean), and the Hdd is dying (I have a new one) and losing data as I watch, aaarrgh! I need to clone the drive and then do a repair on the new drive. Original OS is XP Professional. Found this (www.technibble.com) but doesn't help much (talks about install cds only). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 866821 | 2010-03-13 07:19:00 | Right click My Computer, properties - under the general tab, if Its OEM near the middle of the window it will say (Example) 12345-OEM-6789098-76543. Dont have any retail Licenses to check loaded up at the moment. Edited: I tell Lies :p Just remembered My media center has Retail -- Just checked, NO OEM/ Retail words only numbers Example: 12345-111-6789098-76543. One other thing you can try, I dont know if this works for other versions as well, click start/Run - type in winver.exe Open Licence agreement, scroll down the very bottom - on every OEM version of XP I have here it will say what the original Install was Eg:Eulaid XPSP3-RTM-HM-OEM-EN PC's that had sp2 but upgraded to SP3 have Eulaid XPSP2-RTM-HM-OEM-EN. Edited2 To above, at the end of the licence agreement on the Retail Version there is the following EULAID:MCE05E_RM.0_UPD_RTL_EN |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 866822 | 2010-03-13 08:05:00 | Excellent, thanx Wainui, ya blood's worth bottling (www.slang-dictionary.org)! :clap the second thing worked as you said. (Now I just need to go borrow a retail version off a mate, have to be tomorrow, dang it). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 866823 | 2010-03-13 08:32:00 | I just finished doing this sort of thing after some idiot had not made a copy of recovery on a compac laptop. I had to get a magnifying glass out to read the code due to wear and tear on the COA Fortunately I had a copy of Vista and after entering the code it it decided it was Vista home basic. Then I had to identify the model and downloaded the drivers from HP. He had downloaded Ubuntu and installed same to the 80 Gig hard drive and he managed to delete the recovery partition in the process. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 866824 | 2010-03-13 08:48:00 | One other thing you can try, I dont know if this works for other versions as well, click start/Run - type in winver.exe Open Licence agreement, scroll down the very bottom - on every OEM version of XP I have here it will say what the original Install was Eg:Eulaid XPSP3-RTM-HM-OEM-EN Works in Vista, but doesn't show the difference between upgrade licences (like mine), and doesn't show SP2 even though mine has SP2. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 866825 | 2010-03-13 09:26:00 | Excellent, thanx Wainui, ya blood's worth bottling (www.slang-dictionary.org)! :clap the second thing worked as you said. (Now I just need to go borrow a retail version off a mate, have to be tomorrow, dang it). :o Ah Shucks :) You can always change the PID on the XP CD (tells XP what version it is) , but that can also lead to activation problems. If it were W7 - easy - found a tool the other day when looking for something else - changes the version or blows it away - Changes the ISO files and you can use the one DVD to load in what ever version of W7 you have (still need a legit COA) bit like Vista, all (well most) on the one DVD. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 866826 | 2010-03-13 09:33:00 | If it were W7 - easy - found a tool the other day changes the version or blows it away - Changes the ISO files and you can use the one DVD to load in what ever version of W7 you have (still need a legit COA) bit like Vista, all (well most) on the one DVD. I found a tool (the same one I assume) a few months back when I was on the hunt for a Win 7 Pro 64bit DVD to go with my Pro key. Ended up torrenting a Ultimate image and then switching it to Pro. Dam handy because now I have an image of everything in 64bit and 32bit |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 866827 | 2010-03-13 09:40:00 | Dam handy because now I have an image of everything in 64bit and 32bit Ditto :thumbs: Handy when customers need reinstalls, have a COA but no DVD or recovery partition. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 866828 | 2010-03-13 09:46:00 | Which is just about everyone, because all that crap that comes in a box with the new computer just gets garaged and lost forever. Only thing the tool lacked was the ability to convert 64bit to 32bit, I don't even know how that would work. Is that possible? |
hueybot3000 (3646) | ||
| 866829 | 2010-03-13 09:47:00 | I doubt it, unless you know how to do programming and you know how to convert every single file | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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