Difference between XP Professional RTM & SP1

[Rajiv Khandelwal, M. D.]

In the Windows Update site, the following OS are shown:
a.. Windows XP Home Edition RTM
b.. Windows XP Home Edition SP1
c.. Windows XP Professional RTM
d.. Windows XP Professional SP1
e.. Windows XP RTM
f.. Windows XP SP1
Will some one be kind enough to explain the difference between RTM and SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?

Thanking you in advance.

Rajiv Khandelwal

 

[Sjonia Harper [MSFT]]

RTM is an internal MS term that stands for Release to Manufacturing. RTM code is the state the software is in on the date it ships and become available to the public. Service Packs are roll ups of previously released updates. If you want to learn the differences between XP Pro and XP Home, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.mspx

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In the Windows Update site, the following OS are shown:
a.. Windows XP Home Edition RTM
b.. Windows XP Home Edition SP1
c.. Windows XP Professional RTM
d.. Windows XP Professional SP1
e.. Windows XP RTM
f.. Windows XP SP1
Will some one be kind enough to explain the difference between RTM and SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?

Thanking you in advance.

Rajiv Khandelwal

 

[Tim Slattery]

In the Windows Update site, the following OS are shown:
a.. Windows XP Home Edition RTM
b.. Windows XP Home Edition SP1
c.. Windows XP Professional RTM
d.. Windows XP Professional SP1
e.. Windows XP RTM
f.. Windows XP SP1
Will some one be kind enough to explain the difference
between RTM and SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?

RTM means "release to manufacturing". The systems labeled that way
would be the original versions, with no service packs installed.
Clearly, the SP1 tag means that the system has Service Pack 1
installed.

XP Professional has some networking and security features that XP Home
does not. XP Pro can join a domain, for example, and XP Home cannot.
Search www.microsoft.com for more details.

It's the "e" and "f" entries on your list that I don't understand.
After listing both Home and Pro, with and without SP1, what do the "e"
and "f" entries mean?

 

[WIslu Plethora]

-----Original Message-----
RTM is an internal MS term that stands for Release to

Manufacturing. RTM code is the state the software is in
on the date it ships and become available to the public.
Service Packs are roll ups of previously released
updates. If you want to learn the differences between XP
Pro and XP Home, please visit
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.mspx
Leave it to a top-posting MSFT employee to muddy the
waters. Service Packs may be more than "rollups of
previously released updates." Both SPs for XP include
updates that were not previously available. By not making
this clear you might lead the ignorant to believe that if
they've kept up to date with updates they don't need SP2.
Also, you failed to explain what the OP's references E and
F refer to.

 

[Ken Blake]

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In the Windows Update site, the following OS are shown:
a.. Windows XP Home Edition RTM
b.. Windows XP Home Edition SP1
c.. Windows XP Professional RTM
d.. Windows XP Professional SP1
e.. Windows XP RTM
f.. Windows XP SP1
Will some one be kind enough to explain the difference between
RTM
and SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?

I see you've already gotten answers to the RTM vs SP1 difference.
I'll address your second question.

Windows XP comes in Home and Professional versions. There is no
product called just "Windows XP," although one might use that
term to refer to both Home and Professional, such as in "Service
Pack 1 for Windows XP" (since SP1 applies to both Home and
Professional).

 

[Box134]

Leave it to a bottom-feeding, dimwit parasite like you to add your worthless
bullshit, Pisslu.

 

[Rajiv Khandelwal, M. D.]

Tim,

Thanks for your reply. I understand the difference in the Home and
Professional but got confused when so many options are available when you
try to download the updates from the MS site using the tools -> Windows
Update and then trying to d/l the updates for future installation on your
network computers.

Nevertheless, things are clearer now.

Rajiv Khandelwal

 

[Alex Nichol]

In the Windows Update site, the following OS are shown:
a.. Windows XP Home Edition RTM
b.. Windows XP Home Edition SP1
c.. Windows XP Professional RTM
d.. Windows XP Professional SP1
e.. Windows XP RTM
f.. Windows XP SP1
Will some one be kind enough to explain the difference between RTM and SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?

RTM means the original version that came out in 2001. SP1 means
machines where Service Pack 1 has been installed on that (or came with
more recent installations - from roughly early 2003). Plain XP refers
to any variant of it; Home and Professional to those specific editions,
though it is very rare for there to be updates that apply only to one
of them

 

[Rajiv Khandelwal, M. D.]

Ales,

Thanks for your reply. In fact this is a repeat of my earlier post.

I understand the difference in the Home and
Professional but got confused when so many options are available when you
try to download the updates from the MS site using the tools -> Windows
Update and then trying to d/l the updates for future installation on your
network computers.

Nevertheless, things are clearer now.

Rajiv Khandelwal

SP1 and between XP Professional and only XP?