Re: Winnt versus Windows

It's a refurbished Gateway, so you are right on the target. Now that I know
I think it's the best to leave things as they are.

Thanks


"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u5jiynJiFHA.2644@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[[On a clean install, Setup creates a top-level folder called Windows. On
an upgrade, Setup uses the current path for %WinDir% - for Windows 98 or
Windows Me, that?s typically C:\Windows; for Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000,
the drive letter may vary, but the name of the system folder is usually
\Winnt. ]]

If you do an upgrade over Win 2000, which uses WINNT, then the installation
will be in WINNT.

If you have an OEM installed version (like on a Gateway) it may be in WINNT
if they used the System Preparation Tool and never changed the setup from
WINNT to WINDOWS. Or decided for whatever reason to use WINNT instead of
WINDOWS.

I know a good number of people who have bought Gateways with XP preinstalled
in C:\WINNT.

%windir% can be anything that the person doing the install, or scripting the
install, chooses.

When performing a clean install, you can specify a different folder name,
but your safest choice is to use the default name.

It makes no difference if the %windir% is WINNT or WINDOWS. Except that it
can be confusing.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:eRCPtxEiFHA.1412@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
ColTom2 <noemailaddress@xxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> Hi:
>
> I guess my next question after reading all the replies is as follows:
>
> Is there any simple way to change the WINNT directory back to WINDOWS
> directory?
>
> Thanks for all the previous replies.
>
>
> "ColTom2" <noemailaddress@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OOn5hpBiFHA.3656@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi:
>
> Does anyone have any idea as to why when I open Local Disk (C:) with
> Windows Explorer that it would indicate WINNT folder instead of WINDOWS
> folder with a Windows XP Home Edition installed?
>
> Thanks


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