win98 are still used in the industrial field. There are still plenty of office computers that use WinXP because replacing devices in bulk requires cost considerations.
And then there are autists people who collect/own Windows XP era computers. XP2ESD saves a insane amout of time.
Anybody know registry key to detect Windows Edition? Meaning Professional / Home / Enteprise. Media Center and Tablet PC are easy according to these keys Code: SYSTEM\WPA\MediaCenter SYSTEM\WPA\TabletPC I can get Windows Version and License type without problem on offline system Code: for /f "tokens=3* delims= " %%i in ('"reg query "HKLM\TEMPSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ProductName"') do set "Version=%%i %%j" set Version=!Version:Microsoft =! for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%i In ('reg query "HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM\Setup\Pid" /v Pid') do set Pid=%%i I tried ProductSuite, but I don't think it's usable. Really messy key on Servers Code: for /f "tokens=3* delims= " %%i In ('"reg query "HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ProductOptions" /v ProductSuite"') do set "Edition=%%i %%j" Any ideas?
I just couldn't find the 2K3 SP2 or XP SP3 original ISOs for some editions. And I wanted to use original ISOs instead of edited ones. That's why I'm asking it. Otherwise I could integrate all service packs into all ISOs that are not XP SP3 or 2K3 SP2.
I don't have XP installed right now, but wouldn't it be possible to see this information through sysdm.cpl?
I need to read it from offline copy, so this must be only somewhere in registry. I compared XP Home and XP Home N registry hives and I still don't catch it
I think, this is only way I can do it. I will see in +- 12hours what is returned on all possible Editions Code: setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion reg load HKLM\TEMPSOFTWARE "%ASSIGNLETTER%:\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE" >nul reg load HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM "%ASSIGNLETTER%:\Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM" >nul REM Windows version - XP / 2003 for /f "tokens=3* delims= " %%i in ('"reg query "HKLM\TEMPSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ProductName"') do set "Version=%%i %%j" set Version=!Version:Microsoft =! REM License type for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%i In ('reg query "HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM\Setup\Pid" /v Pid') do set Pid=%%i REM Product Suite for /f "tokens=3* delims= " %%i In ('"reg query "HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\ProductOptions" /v ProductSuite"') do set "ProductSuite=%%i %%j" REM Edition for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "Terminal"') do set "Edition=Standard" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "Enterprise"') do set "Edition=Enterprise" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "DataCenter"') do set "Edition=Datacenter" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "Blade"') do set "Edition=Web" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "Business"') do set "Edition=Small Business" for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('echo "!ProductSuite!" ^| findstr /i "Personal"') do set "Edition=Home" if "!Edition!" == "" set "Edition=Professional" if not exist "%ASSIGNLETTER%:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" set "Edition=!Edition! N" reg unload HKLM\TEMPSYSTEM >nul reg unload HKLM\TEMPSOFTWARE >nul set "Pid=!Pid:~-3,3!" if "!Pid!" == "270" ( set VL=1 set "License=Volume License" ) else if "!Pid!" == "OEM" ( set "License=OEM" set OEM=1 ) else ( set "License=" ) set "Edition=!Edition! !License!" echo !Version! !Edition! endlocal
You are right! I'm not an expert, but according to my research, the path is the same: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions
@George King, I could be wrong, since I'm going from memory, but wasn't there some issue when trying to update Media Center SP2 up to SP3? Maybe that has been fixed, or does XP2ESD take care of things, or am I just remembering incorrectly? [ I just Googled "upgrading XP media center SP2 to SP3" and saw many instances that said it didn't work, with no clear fix listed. It would be truly wonderful if you could solve this. ] Cheers and Regards
Why VirtualBox instead of Hyper-V? For me VirtualBox takes 2 days and it's very buggy. + Please disable Windows XP screensaver for VM by default