Re: SP2 install CHANGES software ID display

From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 10/05/04


Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 14:08:01 -0700

In news:5efb8a42.0410042117.397aea84@posting.google.com,
Info Network <infnet@rocketmail.com> typed:

> Noticed that after install of SP2, on the reboot it only
> displays
> on the screen "Windows XP"...INSTEAD of ID'ing the original OS
> as
> HOME or PRO editions...
>
> Why is that?..

Because Microsoft decided they liked it better that way.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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