Windows Install Source ID Guide

[RogueSpear]

In the course of developing a utility I found that precise identification of a Windows OS install source is vital for various branch decisions. This is information that I've gathered from what must be over a dozen sources. Among them are MSFN (of course), tacktech.com, bink.nu, tech-hints.com, and Microsoft themselves. There's even some information I came up with myself like the MD5's and a few additions to the CD volume list.

I thought it would make things easier for others if all of this stuff were in one place and hopefully others will give me some additions and corrections.

CD Volume Label and PID assignments

This is a list of CD volume labels, the date & time stamp of the media and the PID number from SETUPP.INI. With the PID the first five numbers dictate the version and the last three numbers dictate the CD key. At the top is a legend for assistance with decoding the volume labels.

CCP = Compliance Checking Program (Upgrades)
FPP = Fully Packaged Product
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
SEL = Select (No Key Required)
VOL = Volume License Key Required
EVL = Evaluation Software

MS-DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11 OEM Combo = 05/31/94 2:22 AM / 11/03/93 4:11 AM

Windows 95 Retail = 07/11/95 9:50 AM
Windows 95 Retail Upgrade = 07/11/95 9:50 AM
Windows 95 OEM = WINDOWS95 07/11/95 5:50 AMor 07/11/95 9:50 AM
Windows 95 OEM OSR1 "A" = WINDOWS95 12/31/95 5:50 AM or 02/02/96 9:51 AM
Windows 95 OEM OSR2 "B" = W95_FULL_AR 08/24/96 8:11 AM or 08/24/96 11:11 AM
Windows 95 OEM OSR2.1 "B" = W95_FULL_AR 05/01/97 8:14 AM or 06/25/97 9:07 AM
Windows 95 OEM OSR2.5 "C" = WIN95_C 11/25/97 10:16 PM or 11/26/97 12:14 PM

Windows 98 Retail = Windows 98 05/11/98 8:01 PM
Windows 98 Retail Upgrade = Windows 98 05/11/98 8:01 PM
Windows 98 OEM = Windows 98 05/11/98 8:01 PM or 11/24/98 4:02 AM
Windows 98 SE Retail = Win98 SE 04/23/99 6:22 PM or 04/23/99 10:22 PM
Windows 98 SE Retail Upgrade = Win98 SE 04/23/99 6:22 PM or 04/23/99 10:22 PM
Windows 98 SE OEM = Win98 SE 04/23/99 6:22 PM or 04/23/99 10:22 PM

Windows ME Retail = Windows Me 06/08/00 1:00 PM or 06/08/00 3:00 PM
Windows ME Retail Upgrade = Windows Me 06/08/00 1:00 PM or 06/08/00 3:00 PM
Windows ME Retail Step Up = Windows Me 06/08/00 1:00 PM or 06/08/00 3:00 PM
Windows ME OEM = Windows Me 06/08/00 1:00 PM or 06/08/00 3:00 PM
Windows ME MSDN = Windows Me 06/08/00 1:00 PM

Windows NT 3.1 Workstation Retail = 
Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server Retail = 

Windows NT 3.5 Workstation Retail = WORKSTATION xx/xx/xx
Windows NT 3.5 Server Retail = SERVER xx/xx/xx

Windows NT 3.51 Workstation Retail = NTWKS xx/xx/xx
Windows NT 3.51 Server Retail = NTSRV xx/xx/xx

Windows NT 4.0 Workstation = NTWKS40A 10/13/96 9:38 PM 50036 
Windows NT 4.0 Server = NTSRV40A 10/13/96 9:38 PM 50370
Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Server Disc 1 = NTSE_BASE_D 09/12/97 8:00 AM 70234
Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Server Disc 2 = NTSE_COMP 09/15/97 8:00 AM
Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server = WINNT-TSE40 07/22/98 2:09 PM 88090270

Windows 2000 Combo Pro/Svr/Asvr = WIN2000_EN

Windows 2000 Pro OEM = W2POEM_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51873OEM
Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP1 = SP1POEM_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51873OEM
Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP2 = SP2POEM_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51873OEM
Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP3 = YRMPOEM_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51873OEM
Windows 2000 Pro OEM SP4 = ZRMPOEM_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51873OEM
Windows 2000 Pro Retail = W2PFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro Retail SP1 = SP1PFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro Retail SP2 = SP2PFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro Retail SP3 = YRMPFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro Retail SP4 = ZRMPFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro Select = W2PSEL_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51873270
Windows 2000 Pro Select SP1 = SP1PSEL_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51873270
Windows 2000 Pro Select SP2 = SP2PSEL_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51873270
Windows 2000 Pro Select SP3 = YRMPSEL_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51873270
Windows 2000 Pro Select SP4 = ZRMPSEL_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51873270
Windows 2000 Pro MSDN = W2PFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro MSDN SP1 = SP1PFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro MSDN SP2 = SP2PFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro MSDN SP3 = YRMPFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51873000
Windows 2000 Pro MSDN SP4 = ZRMPFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51873000

Windows 2000 Server OEM = W2SOEM_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51876OEM
Windows 2000 Server OEM SP1 = SP1SOEM_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51876OEM
Windows 2000 Server OEM SP2 = SP2SOEM_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51876OEM
Windows 2000 Server OEM SP3 = YRMSOEM_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51876OEM
Windows 2000 Server OEM SP4 = ZRMSOEM_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51876OEM
Windows 2000 Server Retail = W2SFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server Retail SP1 = SP1SFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server Retail SP2 = SP2SFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server Retail SP3 = YRMSFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server Retail SP4 = ZRMSFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server Select = W2SSEL_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51876270
Windows 2000 Server Select SP1 = SP1SSEL_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51876270
Windows 2000 Server Select SP2 = SP2SSEL_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51876270
Windows 2000 Server Select SP3 = YRMSSEL_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51876270
Windows 2000 Server Select SP4 = ZRMSSEL_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51876270
Windows 2000 Server MSDN = W2SFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server MSDN SP1 = SP1SFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server MSDN SP2 = SP2SFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server MSDN SP3 = YRMSFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51876000
Windows 2000 Server MSDN SP4 = ZRMSFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51876000

Windows 2000 Advanced Server OEM = W2AOEM_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51879OEM
Windows 2000 Advanced Server OEM SP1 = SP1AOEM_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51879OEM
Windows 2000 Advanced Server OEM SP2 = SP2AOEM_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51879OEM
Windows 2000 Advanced Server OEM SP3 = YRMAOEM_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51879OEM
Windows 2000 Advanced Server OEM SP4 = ZRMAOEM_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51879OEM
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Retail = W2AFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Retail SP1 = SP1AFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Retail SP2 = SP2AFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Retail SP3 = YRMAFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Retail SP4 = ZRMAFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Select = W2ASEL_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51879270
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Select SP1 = SP1ASEL_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51879270
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Select SP2 = SP2ASEL_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51879270
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Select SP3 = YRMASEL_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51879270
Windows 2000 Advanced Server Select SP4 = ZRMASEL_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51879270
Windows 2000 Advanced Server MSDN = W2AFPP_EN 12/07/99 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server MSDN SP1 = SP1AFPP_EN 07/26/00 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server MSDN SP2 = SP2AFPP_EN 05/08/01 3:00 PM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server MSDN SP3 = YRMAFPP_EN 07/24/02 8:00 AM 51879000
Windows 2000 Advanced Server MSDN SP4 = ZRMAFPP_EN 06/20/03 8:00 AM 51879000

Windows 2000 Datacenter inc. SP1 = W2DFPP_EN

Windows XP Combo Home/Pro = WXPHFPP_EN 08/23/01 1:00 AM

Windows XP Home Retail = WXHFPP_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55277000
Windows XP Home Retail w/ SP1 = XRMHFPP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55277000
Windows XP Home Retail w/ SP1a = X1AHFPP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55277000
Windows XP Home Retail w/ SP2 = VRMHFPP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55277000
Windows XP Home Upgrade = WXHCCP_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55285000
Windows XP Home Upgrade W/SP1 = XRMHCCP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55285000
Windows XP Home Upgrade W/SP1a = X1AHCCP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55285000
Windows XP Home Upgrade W/SP2 = VRMHCCP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55285000
Windows XP Home OEM = WXHOEM_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55277OEM
Windows XP Home OEM w/ SP1 = XRMHOEM_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55277OEM
Windows XP Home OEM w/ SP1a = X1AHOEM_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55277OEM
Windows XP Home OEM w/ SP2 = VRMHOEM_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55277OEM
Windows XP Home Volume = WXHVOL_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Home Volume W/ SP1 = XRMHVOL_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Home Volume W/ SP1a = X1AHVOL_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Home Volume W/ SP2 = VRMHVOL_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274270

Windows XP Pro Retail = WXPFPP_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Retail w/ SP1 = XRMPFPP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Retail w/ SP1a = X1APFPP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Retail w/ SP2 = VRMPFPP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Upgrade = WXPCCP_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55276000
Windows XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP1 = XRMPCCP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55276000
Windows XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP1a = X1APCCP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55276000
Windows XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP2 = VRMPCCP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55276000
Windows XP Pro OEM = WXPOEM_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55274OEM
Windows XP Pro OEM w/ SP1 = XRMPOEM_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274OEM
Windows XP Pro OEM w/ SP1a = X1APOEM_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274OEM
Windows XP Pro OEM w/ SP2 = VRMPOEM_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274OEM
Windows XP Pro Volume = WXPVOL_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Volume w/ SP1 = XRMPVOL_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Volume w/ SP1a = X1APVOL_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Volume w/ SP2 = VRMPVOL_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP1 Disc1 = XRMPFPP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP1a Disc1 = X1APFPP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP2 Disc1 = VRMPFPP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro MSDN = WXPFPP_EN 08/23/01 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro MSDN w/ SP1 = XRMPFPP_EN 08/29/02 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro MSDN w/ SP1a = X1APFPP_EN 03/31/03 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro MSDN w/ SP2 = VRMPFPP_EN 08/04/04 8:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Evaluation = WXPEVL_EN

Windows Media Center Edition 2005 = MRMPFPP_EN 08/10/04 12:00 PM76487000
Windows Media Center Edition 2005 CD2 = MRMSD2_EN 08/10/04 12:00 PM

Windows Server 2003 Combo Std/Ent = EN_WS03 03/25/03 8:00 AM

Windows Server 2003 Standard Retail = NRMSFPP_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69712000
Windows Server 2003 Standard Retail SP1 = BRMSFPP_EN 69712000
Windows Server 2003 Standard OEM = NRMSOEM_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69712OEM
Windows Server 2003 Standard OEM SP1 = BRMSOEM_EN 69712OEM
Windows Server 2003 Standard Volume = NRMSVOL_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69712270
Windows Server 2003 Standard Volume SP1 = BRMSVOL_EN 69712270
Windows Server 2003 Web Retail = NRMWFPP_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69753000
Windows Server 2003 Web Retail SP1 = BRMWFPP_EN 69753000
Windows Server 2003 Web OEM = NRMWOEM_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69753OEM
Windows Server 2003 Web OEM SP1 = BRMWOEM_EN 69753OEM
Windows Server 2003 Web Volume = NRMWVOL_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69753270
Windows Server 2003 Web Volume SP1 = BRMWVOL_EN 69753270
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Retail = NRMEFPP_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69713000
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Retail SP1 = BRMEFPP_EN 69713000
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise OEM = NRMEOEM_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69713OEM
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise OEM SP1 = BRMEOEM_EN 69713OEM
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume = NRMEVOL_EN 03/25/03 8:00 AM 69713270
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Volume SP1 = BRMEVOL_EN 69713270
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter = NRMDFPP_EN
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter SP1 = BRMDFPP_EN
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Eval = NRMEEVL_EN 69763000
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Eval SP1 = BRMEEVL_EN 69763000

IDENT Files

These are files in the root of a Windows 2000/XP/2003 install CD. They are referred to by some as IDENT files and by others as cd tag files.

Windows 2000 (common): CDROM_NT.5
Windows 2000 Pro: CDROM_IP.5
Windows 2000 Server: CDROM_IS.5
Windows 2000 Advanced Server: CDROM_IA.5
Windows 2000 Datacenter: CDROM_ID.5
Windows 2000 Powered: CDROM_IW.5
Windows 2000 Service Packs: cdrom_sp.txt, cdromsp2.tst, cdromsp3.tst, cdromsp4.tst, cdromsp5.tst (Hotstream)
Windows XP and Server 2003 (common to all): win51
Windows XP Home: win51ic
Windows XP Home Service Packs: win51ic.SP1, win51ic.SP2
Windows XP Pro: win51ip
Windows XP Pro Service Packs: win51ip.SP1, win51ip.SP2
Windows Server 2003 Standard: win51is
Windows Server 2003 Standard SP1: win51is.SP1
Windows Server 2003 Advanced: win51ia
Windows Server 2003 Advanced SP1: win51ia.SP1
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter: win51id
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter SP1: win51id.SP1
Windows Server 2003 Web: win51ib
Windows Server 2003 Web SP1: win51ib.SP1

EULA.txt

The very bottom line of %windir%\System32\eula.txt will tell the XP version. Substitute OEM for RTL for OEM versions. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated

Windows XP Home Retail: EULAID:WX.4_HOM_RTL_EN 
Windows XP SP1 Home Retail: EULAID:XPSP1_RM.1_HOM_RTL_EN 
Windows XP SP2 Home Retail: EULAID:XPSP2_RM.1_HOM_RTL_EN 
Windows XP Pro Retail: EULAID:WX.4_PRO_RTL_EN 
Windows XP SP1 Pro Retail: EULAID:XPSP1_RM.1_PRO_RTL_EN 
Windows XP SP2 Pro Retail: EULAID:XPSP2_RM.0_PRO_RTL_EN 
Windows XP Media Center 2005 Retail: EULAID:MCE05_RM.0_PRO_RTL_EN 
Windows XP 64-Bit Retail: EULAID:XPSP1_RM.1_P64_RTL_EN 
Windows Server 2003 Gold Standard/Enterprise: EULAID:WNET_RM.5_SRV-ENT_RTL_EN
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise: EULAID:WS03R2_RM.0_STD-ENT_RTL_EN

Service Pack CAB Files

All I did here was calculate an MD5 on the cab files.

Windows 2000 SP1.CAB: 3109AF4A22179FA75107F463E8346365
Windows 2000 SP2.CAB: 4F1BDEF97B5FEBE59D4EFB289B634E36
Windows 2000 SP3.CAB: 23B04BC6EAAC3D3FE93FB6D43E4BB245
Windows 2000 SP4.CAB: DD08ECAEA2F4D0CF4DD148C06039214C
Windows XP SP1.CAB: B162DDEB9376C983B467A6DAB56CD466
Windows XP SP2.CAB: A1EB1534E078B3D9CEBB548CFB7A412F
Windows 2003 SP1.CAB: FB057C4F127F514E863D134222F1FE49

Edited June 15, 2006 by RogueSpear

[kibmcz]

Here are XP SP3 Changes... I based this info on a MSDN sp3 dvd a friend gave me.

CD Volume Label and PID assignments

Windows XP Home Retail w/ SP3 = GRTMPPP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55277000
Windows XP Home Upgrade W/SP3 = GRTMPCCP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55285000
Windows XP Home OEM w/ SP3 = GRTMPOEM_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55277OEM
Windows XP Home Volume W/ SP3 = GRTMPVOL_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Retail w/ SP3 = GRTMPFPP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro Upgrade w/ SP3 = GRTMPCCP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55276000
Windows XP Pro OEM w/ SP3 = GRTMPOEM_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274OEM
Windows XP Pro Volume w/ SP3 = GRTMPVOL_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274270
Windows XP Pro Tablet PC w/SP3 Disc1 = GRTMPFPP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274000
Windows XP Pro MSDN w/ SP3 = GRTMPFPP_EN 04/14/08 6:00 AM 55274000

IDENT Files

Windows XP Home Service Packs: win51ic.SP1, win51ic.SP2, win51ic.SP3
Windows XP Pro Service Packs: win51ip.SP1, win51ip.SP2, win51ic.SP3

EULA.txt

Windows XP SP3 Home Retail: EULAID:XPSP3_RM.1_HOM_RTL_EN 
Windows XP SP3 Pro Retail: EULAID:XPSP3_RM.0_PRO_RTL_EN 

Service Pack CAB Files

Windows XP SP3.CAB: 022f43f69e08ca7943d67d8c18c0956f

Edited December 8, 2010 by kibmcz

[drive55]

Many Thanks for these helps and your efforts !