Identifying Windows
- Thread starter Piyono
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Groltz
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Doesn't the "general" tab under system properties give it? Or does it not cover OEM, MSN, etc?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
You can't, unless you can decrypt the serial number in the registry.
What *I'd* like to know is how to tell which version of MS Office someone has installed, so I know which of five different disks to use when installing service packs or running the repair procedure.
What *I'd* like to know is how to tell which version of MS Office someone has installed, so I know which of five different disks to use when installing service packs or running the repair procedure.
Buck
Storage? I am Storage!
Mercutio said:
Can't you just open . . . never mind.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
On my single solitary XP machine, it says "Windows XP Professional 2002 Version Service Pack 1". It doesn't say that I installed from a volume license or retail disk or MSDN disk (mine is from the Indiana University Volume License, actually).
In the normal place in the registry, HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Windows>Currentversion, there's a ProductID key, but no listing of the type of install that was done.
It's not in System Information, either.
I had to install a different Office to check it, but the MSDN disk I used gives a version number of 9.00.3281 (Premium SR 1). If I install SP2 or 3, I'm prompted for my install CD. If I put in, say, an OEM Office 2000 Premium SR1 or a Retail copy, I'm prompted again for the original installer files.
That's what I'm talking about. I run into it a lot. Often enough that it's a source of annoyance, anyway. In local common use there are retail versions of Office, OEM copies that came with PCs or local universities. Every once in awhile I run into someone who has snagged an MSDN/Microsoft Select or most annoying of all the copies that're MS-use-only (they'll only install if you enter "Microsoft" for your company name. I don't know where they're come from but I've run across them several times).
In the normal place in the registry, HKLM>Software>Microsoft>Windows>Currentversion, there's a ProductID key, but no listing of the type of install that was done.
It's not in System Information, either.
I had to install a different Office to check it, but the MSDN disk I used gives a version number of 9.00.3281 (Premium SR 1). If I install SP2 or 3, I'm prompted for my install CD. If I put in, say, an OEM Office 2000 Premium SR1 or a Retail copy, I'm prompted again for the original installer files.
That's what I'm talking about. I run into it a lot. Often enough that it's a source of annoyance, anyway. In local common use there are retail versions of Office, OEM copies that came with PCs or local universities. Every once in awhile I run into someone who has snagged an MSDN/Microsoft Select or most annoying of all the copies that're MS-use-only (they'll only install if you enter "Microsoft" for your company name. I don't know where they're come from but I've run across them several times).
Jake the Dog
Storage is cool
start/run/ type "winmsd"
blakerwry
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Jake the Dog said:
ahahahahaha
i didn't realize that was the name of the system information executable... hahah... brings back DOS memories (MSD was the Dos diag too.)
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
Mercutio said:
Merc, when you install office, do you ever install it from the HDD instead of from the CD?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Usually I dump the installer files to a network share or something. But if I'm not the person who installed it, there's still an issue.
Where's the media-type info in System Information? I didn't see it when I looked.
Where's the media-type info in System Information? I didn't see it when I looked.
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
Piyono said:
no.. that's winNT 5.1 build 2600 (every retail/OEM version of XP Pro .. and I think XP home.. beta versions would have a diff build number)