SP2 Changed bootup for XP Pro?

[billpatti01]

When I upgraded WinXP Pro with SP2 mycomputer now reboots with the XP home logo displayed rather than Windows XP Professional. How can I get the correct bootup screen? It didn't change my software, It's still running XP Pro, just ICON is wrong.

[argon007]

It is still Windows XP SP2 and it is normal.

[jrzycrim]

That's odd. I didn't think the new kernel displayed either the home or pro overlays...

[likuidkewl]

It doesn't display either, also no more "years" either.

[prathapml]

Either you changed the ntoskrnl.exe yourself (accidentally?)

--OR--

This looks like a case of having installed from a "modified" XP home CD, that used an XP Pro's setupreg.hiv - and when you installed the newer Service Pack, that messy patching got messed-up itself.

I'd say don't do upgrade installs (of SPs) - slip-stream them into your CD and do a clean-install, that way it is totally clean without the problems mentioned above.