Re: What version of XP - definitive test?

If you see Media Center at boot, that is pretty definitive.
Also...
Start/Run
Type "winver" ENTER
Or...
Right click My Computer, click Properties
Look under General tab

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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm about to update my nvidia graphics drivers, and I see that there
> are slightly different versions for 'XP/2000' and 'XP Media Center
> Edition'. As far as I know I have the same XP Home SP1 that came with
> this MESH Athlon 1800 when I bought it 4 years ago. (I did try an
> upgrade to SP2 about 18 months ago, but had problems so quickly
> reverted to SP1.)
>
> However, on the rare occasions that I boot up I'm sure I see a brief
> message implying I'm running Media Center edition, so I'd like to be
> sure. How can I check this beyond doubt please?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK


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