3 XP CD's

[Peterwolfe]

have 3 XP Corporate CD's, all bought, with different serialnumbers.....it was a mess at my place which I try to do something about, but how can I find out which XP I have installed....with which serialnumber

XP, IE70, Sygate, AVG(both), 4200Mhz, 2048RAM, AMD Athlon

[Doug Vitale]

You can download Key Finder from this site:

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/

[GX44]

Also, as far as I'm aware, the CD Key's aren't tied to the CD unless it's an OEM version (Even then, I'm still not 100% certain... someone else could clear this up?) so you don't need to bother with which CD each key is for.

[patio]

With the Corporate liscensed versions you do...

[Peterwolfe]

Doug Vitale....wow...thanks a lot...found it right away and the right one too...lol...that jellystuff is cool....great show...problem solved...lol..

[Broni]

This is an interesting subject.
I did some search, and I'm even more confused, then I was before...
Here:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=98368
one poster says:

Corporate is avalible but it is for larger companies as you pay for a license for each copy you want. No idea if regular users can get it and the price. As far as I know it is exactly the same expect for the licensing bit.

and another one:

The "Corporate Edition" is a license scheme by witch an entity pays for a specific number of uses of the product. It is assigned one key and does not have to be activated. That being said however the corporate key was leaked and MS knows this so if you install service pack 1 it will screw up your computer

Then, here:
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t182625-win-xp-corporate-version.html

There is no such thing as the Corporate version of Windows XP.

Pirated copies of a volume license for Windows XP Professional have
been available from the warez sites for some time now, and these have
often acquired the nickname "Corporate Version" probably because the
original was most likely stolen from a corporation or government.

These pirated versions are blocked from installing the Service Pack 1
Updates to Windows XP and also any subsequent updates for which
Service Pack 1 is a prerequisite.

So, I go to MS site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsxp/default.mspx
and I can't see any Corporate version listed.

Can anyone clarify this?

[michaewlewis]

Corporate version isn't a version at all. It deals with enterprise licensing for Microsoft software. You buy the enterprise cd and get one serial number to use on all your computers. But you can only (legally) install it on as many computers as you purchased licenses for. It doesn't really cost any less, it just allows you to only have to keep track of one serial number instead of 50.

[contrex]

I have a friend who said "All my Windows CDs have a file called serial.txt"... oops!

I happen to know that the corporate edition of XP professional can install SP1 and SP2 and security updates right up to the 29th September 2007 patch.