zprog Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 I have WinXP Pro, and I just updated to XP SP2. Now whenever I boot my computer, the splash screen that before stated "Windows XP Professional" now only says "Windows XP". I was wondering if that was what happened to anybody else after installing XP SP2.
gamehead200 Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 This is old news... Everyone's is like this...
Alanoll Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 Your installation is still Pro, go to System Properties to verify. I'm guessing Microsoft just removed all the tags as it means they can have ONE kernel and the same settings across all their XP system.
prathapml Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 Yup!You aren't alone in seeing that "Professional" string go away - its normal with SP2.
zprog Posted August 18, 2004 Author Posted August 18, 2004 This is old news... Everyone's is like this... Sorry about that. Didn't get a chance to read all the topics. Should have done that first.I sure miss that "Professional" line, though.
Marsden Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 Does it really matter... does it make your machine run faster? It's just text on a screen...
argon007 Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 Does it really matter... does it make your machine run faster? It's just text on a screen...1. No, it doesn't matter.2. If your computer is as enough as faster, then yes
XtremeMaC Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 well if u're missing the pro line i'm sure there are already kernels compatible with sp2 that have pro line on them. just search themexp.org (I think that's right gotta check bookmarks)
arablizzard2413 Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 Your installation is still Pro, go to System Properties to verify. I'm guessing Microsoft just removed all the tags as it means they can have ONE kernel and the same settings across all their XP system.Accually, it has always been one kernel, the text was called based on what the version was; a separate picture is placed over the screen but it was still the same kernel for all the versions. The service pack 1 kernel was the same version for Home (retail, oem), Professional (retail, oem, corporate), Media Center (Professional with sp1 integrated), and Tablet PC (Professional with sp1 integrated). The only difference between them was the system properties dialog, Media Center and Tablet PC have a special version of sp1 integrated that searches for a special PID and installs their program files (not part of the kernel) service pack 2 includes some of these files when you slipstream with Professional. The kernel has always been the same for all the XP versions, it's been updated, but in each service pack it's been the same for all versions.
Alanoll Posted August 18, 2004 Posted August 18, 2004 yeah, but it's a few less function calls during startup to determin what picture to show. (My word choice before was....unwise. I knew they were one kernel, but it could just be easier for Microsoft to get rid of those tags anyway)
jcarle Posted August 19, 2004 Posted August 19, 2004 If you'd like, you could just extract the bitmaps from the Original Kernel (Pre-SP2) and insert them into the SP2 kernel to have the same look.
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