Winnt versus Windows

[ColTom2]

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

 

[pcbutts1]

Because you system was upgraded from NT.

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[Bruce Chambers]

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

Because whomever installed the OS specified that as the folder name.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Because you system was upgraded from NT.

I'm afraid not. WinNT cannot be upgraded to WinXP Home, only to WinXP Pro.


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[PA Bear]

Either you upgraded to WinXP from WinNT or Win2K or whomever installed the
OS elected to change
the default folder name.

See
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/msg/5a1d9ae19222d7b0?hl=en
or any of the first several threads here:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group...xp.general&q="C:/winnt"+++"C:/windows"&qt_g=1

 

[Peter Foldes]

Upgraded from Win2K

 

[ColTom2]

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.


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

 

[Malke]

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.

No. You would need to do a clean install. Normally this would not be an
issue at all since many machines use the WINNT directory. Are you
having some other problems with which you would like help?

Malke

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[[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.

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[George Hester]

Well there must have been WinNT 4 or 5 in there somewhere?

 

[George Hester]

No simple way. The simplest is to reinstall the Op sys.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Not necessarily. I know a good number of people who have bought Gateways
with XP preinstalled in C:\WINNT.


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[pcbutts1]

Those are loaded with images which could have started with NT.

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[ColTom2]

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


[[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.

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Wes
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In

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What is loaded with images which could have started with NT? Gateway
machines?

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[Bruce Chambers]

Well there must have been WinNT 4 or 5 in there somewhere?

Why? WinXP would work just as well if the installer decided to name
its folder "Fred" or "Alphonse." Granted, many poorly coded application
installation routines would tank, but Windows would run just fine.


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[Bruce Chambers]

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?

The simplest way would be to reinstall the OS. Why? Does the name
"Winnt" somehow cause problems?


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[pcbutts1]

Yes.

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[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:17:06 -0400, "ColTom2"

Is there any simple way to change the WINNT directory back to WINDOWS
directory?

No - not if the OS installed there is expected to work :-(

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[Dr. Indera]

i fall into this category.
when i bought my gateway laptop last year, it came with xp home edition and
the drive for formatted as ntfs and it had the c:\winnt folder.
i've since installed xp pro.

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: Not necessarily. I know a good number of people who have bought Gateways
: with XP preinstalled in C:\WINNT.
:
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: Hope this helps. Let us know.
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: Wes
: MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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: In : George Hester <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
: > Well there must have been WinNT 4 or 5 in there somewhere?
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: > --
: > George Hester
: > _______________________________
: > : >> pcbutts1 wrote:
: >>> Because you system was upgraded from NT.
: >>>
: >>
: >>
: >> I'm afraid not. WinNT cannot be upgraded to WinXP Home, only to WinXP
: >> Pro.
: >>
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: >> Bruce Chambers
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: >> Help us help you:
: >>
: >>
: >>
: >> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
: >> both at once. - RAH
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