XP SP2 Splash Screen

[Norman I. Rosenthal]

Has anyone noticed the XP SP2 Splash screen shows only XP and not XP Pro or
Home?

 

[V Green]

Has anyone noticed the XP SP2 Splash screen shows only XP and not XP Pro or
Home?

Makes sense to me, why waste code determining
the OS flavor just so you can have a "politicially correct"
splash screen?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Norman;
Yes, new change by design.
After all users usually know what they have.
Besides there ways to easily determine from within windows.

 

[Norman I. Rosenthal]

how do you determine Home from Pro from within. So I guess the new change
is to make things simipler.\

I guess 2180 is the real thing and went to MSDN Customers and otehr
customers before everyone else.

That is what I am running.

Thanks
Norman

 

[V Green]

how do you determine Home from Pro from within.

Start>>Control Panel>>System

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Right click My Computer and click Properties is one way.
Yes Build 2180 is the RTM build.
Your headers show build 2180 so as long as you got SP-2 from Microsoft
you have the final build.

 

[Norman I. Rosenthal]

Why does winver only show 21600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803.2158

What does all that mean. I checked hte properties of files and it showed
2180 but how does this tell me?

Thanks

 

[Norman I. Rosenthal]

One other question is XP SP2 suppose to increaes the speed of PC's. I think
my computer might be runing quicker and I am not sure>

 

[Testy]

Doubtful but to prove it one must do critical benchmarking, perceptions mean
nothing.

Testy

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

2180 tells you it is the final build since 2180 is the RTM build.

Many have reported better performance with SP2, so your noticing
better performance may in fact be true.

 

[Norman I. Rosenthal]

Will the real one on the update site have the RTM in the build # as well?

Thanks

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Yes, as you stated in an earlier post (with extra 1 removed)
"2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803.2158"
"040803" = 2004 August 3
"2158" = 9:58PM (most likely Pacific time)
What has been released to Beta Testers, MSDN subscribers and other
partners is identical to what will be released shortly.