Windows XP Pro Corporate

[ver00]

What exactly does it mean by "corporate"?

 

[eXx08]

For buisnesses

 

[Green Man]

I think it's refering to a VLA or volume licensing agreement.
Nice because it doesn't need to be activated.

 

[ver00]

Also I was wondering if having a x64 processor is needed to run the 64 bit edition.

 

[Green Man]

if it's IA64 you need an itanium
if it's x86-64 you need an amd a64 or an intel p4 that supports em64t or whatever they call it. I think intel 600 series processors and 500J series, but i'm not too sure....someone feel free to jump in & help me out with the intel 64 bit processors.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Intel calls it's 64-bit compatible proccessors the 6xx line. The 5xxJ line only has support for Microsoft's NX bit.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: Green Man
if it's IA64 you need an itanium
if it's x86-64 you need an amd a64 or an intel p4 that supports em64t or whatever they call it. I think intel 600 series processors and 500J series, but i'm not too sure....someone feel free to jump in & help me out with the intel 64 bit processors.

GRRRR why bring up IA64, virtually nobody has an Itanium especially this noob.

When people say 64 bit windows they are talking x64 99.9999999% of the time now.

You need a Athlon 64 to run x64 or a Pentium 4 600 series NOT the 500 series.

There is no "corporate" version it's a generic word made up to mean VLK license.

Basically there is "OEM", "RETAIL" and "VLK", oem and retail require activation where VLK does not. If you have 500 machines at your office you buy a Volume License Key and install Windows XP with that key and you don't need to mess with product activation.


PS: There is also "ACADEMIC" sometimes referred as student and teacher version.

 

[Green Man]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

GRRRR why bring up IA64, virtually nobody has an Itanium especially this noob.

He seems to have a Windows XP VLA CD and doesn't know what it is. Since Windows XP x86-64 is fairly new, if he or (someone he knows) grabbed it from work there is a fair chance that it is the wrong 64 bit OS. Why not let him know there is another 64 bit windows version floating around? Err on the side of caution, I say.

 

[shoRunner]

it means no activation....

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
You need a Athlon 64 to run x64 or a Pentium 4 600 series NOT the 500 series.

actually the 5x1 will have x64 extensions, so yes 500 series also.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
it means no activation....

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons
You need a Athlon 64 to run x64 or a Pentium 4 600 series NOT the 500 series.

actually the 5x1 will have x64 extensions, so yes 500 series also.

Yeah they will but it's confusing for noobs so it's better if he just gets a 600 series since they all have the feature instead of trying to figure out which 500 series have it.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Actually, WinXP Pro VLK CD has 9 slightly different files in i386 folder that make it into a "corp" version
A legit WinXP Pro install CD using a corp lic key does nothing
Also the corp key must fall into certain PID ranges for respective XP Pro, XP Pro SP1, and XP Pro SP2 versions.
I dont know how it was in the past, that is how it is today.

The CD volume label tells you what you have:
for example XP SP1a.....
XP Pro SP1a labels
English Windows XP Professional (SP1a) Retail........ X1APFPP_EN
English Windows XP Home (SP1a) Retail... X1AHFPP_EN
English Windows XP Professional (SP1a) Upgrade.... X1APCCP_EN
English Windows XP Home (SP1a) Upgrade............. X1AHCCP_EN
English Windows XP Professional (SP1a) OEM.......... X1APOEM_EN
English Windows XP Home (SP1a) OEM.... X1AHOEM_EN
English Windows XP Professional (SP1a) VLK/Corporate/Volume............... X1APVOL_EN
English Windows XP Home (SP1a) VLK/Corporate/Volume........ X1AHVOL_EN
English Windows XP Professional (SP1a) MSDN........ X1APFPP_EN

XP Pro labels
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=226

And this is not a general hardware question

 

[MercenaryForHire]

It means "L33t JuAr3z Do0d Version."

- M4H

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
It means "L33t JuAr3z Do0d Version."

- M4H

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
It means "L33t JuAr3z Do0d Version."

- M4H

"juarez" = warez = piracy

The "corp ed." earned this reputation by being the easiest to stea... er, share, lacking activation. Although it does have great usefulness for corporations, when you hear it mentioned on forums, it is usually in the context of illegal distribution or acquisition.

 

[n7]

I thought it might mean warez, but i'd never heard of warez being called juarez.

And yeah...i'm a little too familiar with why teh Corp. Edition is warezed... >_>

 

[Supermanowar]

It's a buzz word. Like "on-demand" and "solution."