Cant find XP Pro SP2 X64 MSDN or OEM MD5 Checksum

[Bozo Galora]

Need checksum for this MS 64 bit O/S if someone has it
Went thru 20 pages of Google, its all VL-VLK-Vol MD5
I assume it was downloadable from MSDN?

Just curious - most actual discs offered for sale on net were/are OEM .
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Sku....asp?SCriteria=AA34610
These two vendors specify SP2C but dont mention retail. Where did that "C" come from?
http://www.orbitmicro.com/glob...ditionsp2c-p-4565.html
http://www.nextag.com/windows-xp-pro-x64/search-html
Looks like "non oem" is $6 - $20 more.

There is a vol label for retail:
ARMPXFPP_EN

 

[RebateMonger]

XP SP2c is an OEM version. Microsoft somehow RAN OUT of legimate Keys that would be accepted by standard OEM XP, so MS created a new series of keys that only work with the SP2c version.

 

[Bozo Galora]

Ah, thnx for that, quite helpful in fact.

:thumbsup:

Just noticed there's a "SP2b" also
http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=366

Any insight on that one?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
XP SP2c is an OEM version. Microsoft somehow RAN OUT of legimate Keys that would be accepted by standard OEM XP, so MS created a new series of keys that only work with the SP2c version.

They ran out of keys for XP X64?

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
They ran out of keys for XP X64?

Microsoft originally said that SP2c didn't apply to X64. But that vendor is calling it SP2c. So who knows.