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<swat> What's a "newuser" to make of that? Now Our Poor PRNole is even
*more* cornfused.
PRNole, Copy/paste the following line into an IE Addressbar, click on GO:
javascript:navigator.appMinorVersion
If you have SP2 installed, the you will see only...
;SP2;
....displayed.
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~PA Bear
Sky King wrote:
> PA Bear wrote:
> > PRNole wrote:
> > > Does the "xpsp2" have anything to do with SP2?
> >
> > No.
>
> Uhmmm....well, I hate to contradict the PA Bear, but actually Yes it does
> have something to do with SP2.
>
> After XP SP1 was released to the world, any update that MS released for
> Windows XP after that may have an earmark similar to the "xpsp2" one you
> mention that meant it was scheduled to be included in the next available
> XP Service Pack (which at that time was SP2).
>
> So all those MS Updates you see on an RTM or SP1/1a system that show
> something about "SP2" in the naming means those files/updates should have
> been included in SP2 RTM. And when you install XP SP2 then all those
> updates should be removed from your Add&Remove Programs listing and in
> several other places on your system.
>
> BTW, you can probably see those older (pre-SP2) items listed in
>
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811113 So, yeah, as you can see the
> reference to SP2 you may see on an older version of XP does actually have
> something to do with SP2.
>
> {now crawling back into my cave awaiting the bear swat. <VBG>}