What happened to my multimedia version?

[shempmcgurk]

I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it would
come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version of
Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
updated it correctly?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
updated it correctly?

Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)

 

[Gordon]

I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

have you installed SP2 since you bought it?

 

[shempmcgurk]

Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)

Windows XP Media Center Edition

 

[shempmcgurk]

have you installed SP2 since you bought it?

What is SP2?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The splash screen that appears at startup does not display
the complete Windows XP version information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886930/en-us

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.
|
| But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it would
| come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
| Multimedia" or something.
|
| Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".
|
| Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version of
| Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
| updated it correctly?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows
XP Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or
haven't updated it correctly?

Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2 (Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine - which gets rid of some
of the "branding" at startup. That's all.

What is XP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2

 

[Gordon]

What is SP2?

Service Pack 2

 

[shempmcgurk]

Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2 (Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine - which gets rid of some
of the "branding" at startup. That's all.

So I take it I've got everything and everything is A-OK?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows
XP Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or
haven't updated it correctly?

Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)

Windows XP Media Center Edition

Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2
(Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine -
which gets rid of some of the "branding" at startup. That's all.

What is XP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2

So I take it I've got everything and everything is A-OK?

As long as what you bought was Windows XP Media Center Edition - everything
is OK.