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Thread ID: 84472	2007-11-07 01:36:00	Windows XP Pro	Pato (2463)	Press F1

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608993	2007-11-07 01:36:00	My OS was installed in 2003/4. Was the OS upgraded with each release and if so would the last XP edition be much different?. I am not quite sure what SP1 amended?. Thanks.	Pato (2463)
608994	2007-11-07 01:40:00	Here are the release notes for SP1: support.microsoft.com	beeswax34 (63)
608995	2007-11-07 01:48:00	Here are the release notes for SP1: support.microsoft.com LOL. Well I asked for it eh?. Can you answer my other question please?.	Pato (2463)
608996	2007-11-07 01:56:00	What question? SP1 or 2 are mainly bugfixes / patches. Not a whole new OS like Vista XP looks exactly the same, with or without SP1 or 2. SP2 just added the Wireless network setup wizard. And fixed bugs.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
608997	2007-11-07 02:09:00	It also added a few more security features.	wainuitech (129)
608998	2007-11-07 02:57:00	What question? SP1 or 2 are mainly bugfixes / patches . Not a whole new OS like Vista XP looks exactly the same, with or without SP1 or 2 . SP2 just added the Wireless network setup wizard . And fixed bugs . I have always thought that SP2 was pretty much a re-write of XP . . . and with the Pro version, it's a lot more intrusive to the original XP-Pro without SP-2 . It (SP2) took a long time to install and there was a lot of HDD grinding and read-write going on while it happened . There are some minor differences in the Home version, but with the encryption capacity in Pro, there had to be quite a few changes . . . as written by M$ about the changes at the time . It was not totally about security . . . although that was a lot of the changes . Remember that M$ was trying to invoke some of the newer digitally signed and newly-authorized applications and since the inception of the original OE release of XP there had been a slew of new hardware and devices that sought and got approval by M$ and some of these drivers were inserted into the never ending list of bloat that M$ felt necessary to make the installation of such PnP devices easy . It was also a change in the way certain "calls" (damn, that's an old-fashioned term . . sorry) to the system were made and the storage of files and commands in the OPSYS had new areas created for those purposes . Networking problems were corrected and/or changed and also some PnP things were modified . New lines and entries in the registry were added and some deleted as they had the propensity to leave certain ports opened or unguarded . A firewall was added . . . the "BIG" security system was invoked . . . . . some rendering engines were changed or put on a RAM diet . . . (told to me by my son) . . . . . and there were some doors closed and others opened for M$ to add/delete things like WGA, QOS, Dr . Whatshisname with new powers, other "Nazis-In-Your-OPSYS" . . . . . . . and if I remember correctly, IE was also updated too . In the more noticeable arena: The word "Professional" does NOT appear in the XP load/splash screen when SP-2 is installed . There are other things that run under the radar for most SYSOPS . . . but maybe it's best that they don't know/realize it either .	SurferJoe46 (51)
608999	2007-11-07 03:04:00	Thanks to you both. That is what I was after. A friend is doing a basic computer course using XP. She reckons, for example, their Windows Explorer has an extra Toolbar and Status Bar. Also, she can do a virus scan from Explorer and other subtle differences. I thought they may be using Vista or that later versions of XP may be different. Just curious. Oops! I meant SP2 in my original query.	Pato (2463)
609000	2007-11-07 03:19:00	If an anti-virus program is installed, it'll let you scan whatever from within my computer. Most AV programs do this. And the extra toolbar / status bar is most probably some other program. That she installed. Some programs will install / put extra toolbars in IE or my computer. Well, yup SP2 will take a while to install its 266 mb. Wait for SP3. Thats most probably 300-330mb! As it'll install files similar to Vista's. For the network. But youre right SJ, you could call SP2 a whole new OS.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
609001	2007-11-07 03:40:00	OIC. Thanks Joe and Speedy. It is now becoming clearer what is going on with my friends Course and possible differences.	Pato (2463)
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