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Windows 2000
Structure
<Version><Edition><Release>_<Language code>
Example for Windows 2000 Professional Retail SP3: YRMPFPP_EN
OEM and MSDN releases may follow a different naming scheme
Version
| Version | ID |
|---|---|
| Windows 2000 - RTM | W2 |
| Windows 2000 - SP1 | SP1 |
| Windows 2000 - SP2 | SP2 |
| Windows 2000 - SP3 | YRM |
| Windows 2000 - SP4 | ZRM |
Edition
| Edition | ID |
|---|---|
| Professional | P |
| Server | S |
| Advanced Server | A |
Release
| Release | ID |
|---|---|
| Retail | FPP |
| OEM | OEM |
| Upgrade | CCP |
| Select | SEL |
| Debug | CHK |
There is another ID "IS" whose exact purpose is currently unknown.[1] Not many releases beyond RTM are known to exist. It should behave similar to Retail and OEM.
Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2
Structure
<Version><Edition><Architecture><Release>_<Language code>_DVD
Example for Windows 7 SP1 Professional Retail x64: GSP1RMCPRXFRER_EN_DVD
Note: Language Packs, SDKs, Service Pack DVDs and Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 follow a different format.
Version
| Version | ID |
|---|---|
| Windows 7 - RTM | GRM |
| Windows 7 - SP1 | GSP1RM |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 - RTM | GRM |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 - SP1 |
Edition
| Edition | ID |
|---|---|
| Windows 7 | |
| Starter | CST |
| Starter N | CNST |
| Home Basic | CHB |
| Home Basic N | CNHB |
| Home Premium | CHP |
| Home Premium N | CNHP |
| Professional | CPR |
| Professional N | CNPR |
| Enterprise | CEN |
| Enterprise N | CNEN |
| Ultimate | CUL |
| Ultimate N | CNUL |
| Multiple Editions | C |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | |
| Standard / Enterprise / Datacenter / Web | S |
| Server Enterprise | E |
| Server Foundation | SF |
| Server HPC | SH |
| Server Hypercore | HV |
Architecture
| Architecture | ID |
|---|---|
| x86 | - |
| x64 | X |
| ia64 | IAI |
Release
| Release | ID |
|---|---|
| Retail | FRER |
| OEM | FREO |
| Volume | VOL |
| Evaluation | EVAL |
| Upgrade | VCCP |
