Disc says Server 2003, contents are XP

xvi · Aug 15, 2014

I.. I need an adult. I don't even know. Anyone have any ideas as to why this does this?

Seriously, no tricks here. The disc appears very, very genuine.
Video explains everything. Might need to stick it in 1080p to see the finer details.

natr0n · Aug 15, 2014

Server 2003 is xp.

You would have to use virtual pc/software to see it is real.

xvi · Aug 15, 2014

I know it's based off of XP (or vice versa), but still.
I put it in a Dell PowerEdge 2850. It gives me the very familiar blue and white "Windows XP Setup". Disc contents have Windows XP readme files and such. There appears to be absolutely no reference to Server 2k3.

eidairaman1 · Aug 15, 2014

xvi said:
I know it's based off of XP (or vice versa), but still.
I put it in a Dell PowerEdge 2850. It gives me the very familiar blue and white "Windows XP Setup". Disc contents have Windows XP readme files and such. There appears to be absolutely no reference to Server 2k3.

See what it says after it is installed

natr0n · Aug 15, 2014

Just do a quick vm test.

newtekie1 · Aug 15, 2014

Hmmm...I'll have to dig out my Server 2003 disc and see what it does.

Edit: Mine just says that this version of windows needs to be installed by booting off the disc.

remixedcat · Aug 15, 2014

VM it and test

xvi · Aug 19, 2014

Server 2k3 disc physically in drive (the same one that's in the video above), VM capturing local drive.

Very, very WinXP, it would seem

c:\> tree d: /f

Code:

Folder PATH listing for volume VX3PFPP_EN
Volume serial number is 00000076 1650:0155
D:\
├───DOCS
├───DOTNETFX
├───I386
│   ├───ASMS
│   │   ├───1
│   │   │   └───DEFAULT
│   │   ├───10
│   │   │   ├───MSFT
│   │   │   │   └───WINDOWS
│   │   │   │       └───GDIPLUS
│   │   │   └───POLICY
│   │   │       └───MSFT
│   │   │           └───WINDOWS
│   │   │               └───GDIPLUS
│   │   ├───1000
│   │   │   └───MSFT
│   │   │       └───WINDOWS
│   │   │           └───GDIPLUS
│   │   ├───2
│   │   │   └───DEFAULT
│   │   ├───5100
│   │   │   └───MSFT
│   │   │       └───WINDOWS
│   │   │           └───SYSTEM
│   │   │               └───DEFAULT
│   │   ├───52
│   │   │   ├───MSFT
│   │   │   │   └───WINDOWS
│   │   │   │       └───NET
│   │   │   │           ├───DXMRTP
│   │   │   │           ├───RTCDLL
│   │   │   │           └───RTCRES
│   │   │   └───POLICY
│   │   │       └───MSFT
│   │   │           └───WINDOWS
│   │   │               └───NETWORKING
│   │   │                   ├───DXMRTP
│   │   │                   └───RTCDLL
│   │   ├───60
│   │   │   ├───MSFT
│   │   │   │   └───WINDOWS
│   │   │   │       └───COMMON
│   │   │   │           └───CONTROLS
│   │   │   └───POLICY
│   │   │       └───60
│   │   │           └───COMCTL
│   │   ├───6000
│   │   │   └───MSFT
│   │   │       ├───VCRTL
│   │   │       └───WINDOWS
│   │   │           └───COMMON
│   │   │               └───CONTROLS
│   │   ├───70
│   │   │   ├───MSFT
│   │   │   │   └───WINDOWS
│   │   │   │       └───MSWINCRT
│   │   │   └───POLICY
│   │   │       └───MSFT
│   │   │           └───MSWINCRT
│   │   └───7000
│   │       └───MSFT
│   │           └───WINDOWS
│   │               └───MSWINCRT
│   ├───COMPDATA
│   ├───DRW
│   │   └───1033
│   ├───LANG
│   ├───SVCPACK
│   ├───SYSTEM32
│   ├───WIN9XMIG
│   │   ├───ACROBAT
│   │   │   └───FILES
│   │   ├───CMMGR
│   │   ├───DEVUPGRD
│   │   ├───DMICALL
│   │   ├───DVD
│   │   ├───EASTMAN
│   │   ├───FAX
│   │   ├───HPTOOLS
│   │   ├───IBMAV
│   │   ├───ICM
│   │   │   ├───SYMBOLS
│   │   │   │   └───RETAIL
│   │   │   │       └───DLL
│   │   │   └───SYMBOLS.PRI
│   │   │       └───RETAIL
│   │   │           └───DLL
│   │   ├───IEMIG
│   │   │   ├───SYMBOLS
│   │   │   │   └───RETAIL
│   │   │   │       └───DLL
│   │   │   └───SYMBOLS.PRI
│   │   │       └───RETAIL
│   │   │           └───DLL
│   │   ├───MAPI
│   │   │   ├───80
│   │   │   ├───801
│   │   │   ├───802
│   │   │   ├───803
│   │   │   ├───98MAPI
│   │   │   ├───98OMI
│   │   │   ├───DLL
│   │   │   ├───EX40
│   │   │   ├───EX40A
│   │   │   ├───EX40SP3
│   │   │   ├───EX40SP4
│   │   │   ├───EX50SP1
│   │   │   └───EX50SP2
│   │   ├───MODEMS
│   │   ├───MSGQUEUE
│   │   ├───MSI
│   │   ├───MSNEXPLR
│   │   ├───MSP
│   │   ├───NECKBD
│   │   ├───NECPA
│   │   ├───NECWPS
│   │   ├───OCTOPUS
│   │   ├───OEWAB
│   │   ├───PRINT
│   │   │   ├───BLAINF
│   │   │   ├───DTCINF
│   │   │   ├───ENTINF
│   │   │   ├───PERINF
│   │   │   ├───SBSINF
│   │   │   └───SRVINF
│   │   ├───PWS
│   │   │   ├───SYMBOLS
│   │   │   │   └───RETAIL
│   │   │   │       └───DLL
│   │   │   └───SYMBOLS.PRI
│   │   │       └───RETAIL
│   │   │           └───DLL
│   │   ├───RUMBA
│   │   ├───SETUP
│   │   ├───TRANSACT
│   │   ├───WIA
│   │   └───WMP
│   ├───WIN9XUPG
│   └───WINNTUPG
│       ├───ENTINF
│       ├───MS
│       │   ├───MODEMSHR
│       │   └───SNA
│       ├───OEM
│       │   ├───DIGI
│       │   │   ├───ASYNC
│       │   │   ├───ISDN
│       │   │   │   ├───BRI
│       │   │   │   └───PRI
│       │   │   └───REALPORT
│       │   ├───EICON
│       │   ├───EQN
│       │   ├───SPX
│       │   │   └───MPS
│       │   └───TIGERJET
│       ├───PERINF
│       └───SRVINF
├───SUPPORT
│   └───TOOLS
└───VALUEADD
    ├───3RDPARTY
    │   └───MGMT
    │       └───CITRIX
    └───MSFT
        ├───FONTS
        ├───MGMT
        │   ├───CIMV2R5
        │   ├───IAS
        │   ├───PBA
        │   └───WBEMODBC
        ├───NET
        │   ├───NETBEUI
        │   └───TOOLS
        └───USMT
            └───ANSI

Edit: Medium is knackered anyways.

newtekie1 · Aug 19, 2014

Probably for the best, as you shouldn't be installing either at this point anyway.

FR@NK · Aug 19, 2014

VX2PFPP_EN is the volume label for retail XP pro with service pack 2b.

Yours says VX3PFPP_EN and I dunno what that one is....maybe sp3?

Can you take few more pictures of what the disk looks like?

xvi · Aug 19, 2014

I was hoping for a more specific list of security measures for this disc, but I've checked everything on Microsoft's "How To Tell" guide and it's all pretty vague. It doesn't appear to be a sticker on top of the disc, which is one of the first things I checked.

newtekie1 said:
Probably for the best, as you shouldn't be installing either at this point anyway.

Yeeeeaah. As soon as I saw "XP Pro Setup", I figured trying to figure out why this was happening would be purely for curiosity's sake.

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Video Card(s)	ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity
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Power Supply	Seasonic 760W SS-760XP
Mouse	Razer Deathadder 2013
Keyboard	Corsair Vengeance K95
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Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

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Motherboard	MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC
Cooling	Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM
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Display(s)	PIXIO IPS 240Hz 1080P
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 VT
Audio Device(s)	LOXJIE D10 + Kinter Amp + 6 Bookshelf Speakers Sony+JVC+Sony
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III ARGB 80+ Gold 650W
Software	XP/7/8.1/10
Benchmark Scores	http://valid.x86.fr/79kuh6

Disc says Server 2003, contents are XP

xvi

natr0n

xvi

eidairaman1

The Exiled Airman

natr0n

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

remixedcat

xvi

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

FR@NK

xvi

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