{"id":217,"date":"2009-04-21T20:48:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-04-21T20:48:36","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:48:36","slug":"how-to-find-out-what-type-and-version-of-windows-xp-you-are-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/random\/how-to-find-out-what-type-and-version-of-windows-xp-you-are-running","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out What Type and Version of Windows XP you are running"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/windows_xp_logo_81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-218 img-responsive\" title=\"WindowsXP\" src=\"http:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/windows_xp_logo_81-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"WindowsXP\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/windows_xp_logo_81-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/windows_xp_logo_81.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Its difficult to tell which version of Windows XP you or someone else is running &#8230; Home , Professional or Media Center and if it&#8217;s Retail ( Bought in a Box ) , OEM ( Bought with a new computer) or Volume License for large corporations , schools and Microsoft. Here&#8217;s a way to find out exactly which version and flavour!\r\n\r\nClick on Start, then Run\r\n\r\nType sysdm.cpl and press enter\r\n\r\nUnder the Registered To Section , there should be a 20 Digit Number\r\n\r\nThe first Group of 5 Numbers Determines the Type of Windows XP , Match your code for your OS Type\r\n55274 : XP Professional\r\n55276 : XP Professional upgrade\r\n55276 : XP Home\r\n55277 : XP Home\r\n55285 : XP Professional\r\n76487 : XP Media Center Edition 2005\r\n76487 : XP Pro Royalty OEM\r\n76487 : XP Pro volume license (with &#8216;640&#8217; channel ID)\r\n\r\nThe second group of numbers displaus your Version , Match your number for your version\r\n\r\nSecond set:\r\n007 : retail\r\n011 : upgrade\r\nOEM : OEM\r\n270 : Volume License\r\n335 : Retail\r\n640 : Volume License\r\n648 : Academic","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its difficult to tell which version of Windows XP you or someone else is running &#8230; Home , Professional or Media Center and if it&#8217;s Retail ( [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[158,159,161,160],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-type-of-windows-xp","tag-windows-xp-flavour","tag-windows-xp-retails-or-oem","tag-windows-xp-version"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}