Easy way to tell version from command prompt

[MillMaster]

I have a hard drive that I am viewing with an xp boot-disk. I need to know if the OS installed on that hard disk is XP home or XP pro. What is an easy way to check this. (I am assuming I could just check for the presence of some certain file thats only on pro versions?)

 

[chipk]

maybe c:\windows\system32\eula.txt

 

[Trevoke]

The difference between XP pro and XP home is just a bunch of network options that are set by default on XP pro..

"That time in Seattle... was a nightmare. I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a girlfriend and a knowledge of UNIX."
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-- Neal Stephenson, "Cryptonomicon"

 

[bcastner]

\windows\sytem32\gpedit.msc

 

[trojanman]

The difference between XP pro and XP home is just a bunch of network options that are set by default on XP pro..

Thats not the only difference...

 

[linney]

The bootcfg /list command reads the Boot.ini file, and then displays the operating system identifier, the operating system load options, and the operating system location (path).

A Discussion About the Bootcfg Command and Its Uses

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q291/9/80.asp