What are these different SP3 versions?

[JulianL]

Not strictly nLite but I think/hope the answer will be valuable for others.....

I just went the the Microsoft Technet Plus area (that you can still browse if not a subscriber, you just can't download) and I found the ISOs for XP Pro retail with SP3 included that now available for download if you're a subscriber (I'm not, but I know someone who is). I'm confused though because there are 4 versions available and I can't find a description of the differences. Could comeone please explain to me what the "K" and the "N" signify in the 4 versions below (basically cut and pasted from the Technet Website with a bit of tidy-up):

Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)

en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso 589.14 2008-05-02

Date Posted (UTC):5/1/2008 11:01:59 PM

SHA1:1c735b38931bf57fb14ebd9a9ba253ceb443d459

ISO/CRC:FFFFFFFF

Windows XP Professional KN with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)en_windows_xp_professional_kn_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92432.iso 597.14 2008-05-02

Date Posted (UTC):5/1/2008 11:20:54 PM

SHA1:29aafdd5abd8cc48eb43d262797d80676e4993fb

ISO/CRC:FFFFFFFF

Windows XP Professional K with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)

en_windows_xp_professional_k_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92430.iso 615.36 2008-05-02

Date Posted (UTC):5/1/2008 11:20:54 PM

SHA1:8d94e2f006de74defbfc363fb6aaa58af7a1b9a4

ISO/CRC:FFFFFFFF

Windows XP Professional N with Service Pack 3 (x86) - CD (English)

en_windows_xp_professional_n_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-92445.iso 597.84 2008-05-02

Date Posted (UTC):5/1/2008 11:28:14 PM

SHA1:569b84652fd1b43505d9a8efe8667e456816880c

ISO/CRC:FFFFFFFF

Here's the URL if it's useful to anyone: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/subscri...aspx?pm=p%3a140

- Julian

[Fox Mulder]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922474/en

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886540/en

BTW, Google is your friend

Edited May 6, 2008 by Fox Mulder

[Angelico_Payne]

Hope this link answers your question : Changes to Windows XP Home Edition K and Windows XP Professional K from earlier versions of Windows XP

[m99]

Does nLite work with the N-version? And is it possible to get MTP-devices to work with it without installing WMP10/11 ?

[JulianL]

Thank you Fox and Angelico; mystery solved!

By the way, in my defence, Google most definitely wasn't my friend in this case but I really cannot work out why. Maybe it had an internal glitch on my search query because Googling "XP Professional N" came up with a total of about 6 hits when I first tried it, all but 1 in languages other than English and none useful. Various other google terms also yielded nothing useful. I just tried Googling "XP Professional N" again and I got plenty of hits. Strange.

- Julian

[Trixxy]

EDIT: oh nevermind, seems I'd downloaded the wrong version.. what a flump.

Edited May 6, 2008 by Trixxy