What happened to my multimedia version?

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I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it would
come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version of
Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
updated it correctly?
 
shempmcgurk said:
I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
updated it correctly?
Click to expand...

Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)
 
I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".
Click to expand...

have you installed SP2 since you bought it?
 
The splash screen that appears at startup does not display
the complete Windows XP version information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886930/en-us

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| I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with it.
|
| But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it would
| come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows XP
| Multimedia" or something.
|
| Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".
|
| Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version of
| Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or haven't
| updated it correctly?
 
shempmcgurk said:
I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows
XP Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or
haven't updated it correctly?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)
Click to expand...
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Click to expand...

Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2 (Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine - which gets rid of some
of the "branding" at startup. That's all.

What is XP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
 
Shenan said:
Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2 (Microsoft
Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine - which gets rid of some
of the "branding" at startup. That's all.
Click to expand...




So I take it I've got everything and everything is A-OK?
 
shempmcgurk said:
I bought a new computer about 2 months ago and am very happy with
it.

But I seem to recall that when I bought the computer that when it
would come on for the first few weeks I saw that it was "Windows
XP Multimedia" or something.

Now it seems to be just "Windows XP".

Am I imagining this? Or is it possible that I have a newer version
of Windows XP but I haven't turned something on correctly or
haven't updated it correctly?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Start button --> RUN..
Type in WINVER
Click OK.

What does it tell you that you have? (Picture at the top..)
Click to expand...
Windows XP Media Center Edition
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Problem solved.
That's what you have.

You likely (albeit probably through automatic updates) has SP2
(Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2) installed on the machine -
which gets rid of some of the "branding" at startup. That's all.

What is XP SP2?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=windowsxpsp2
Click to expand...
So I take it I've got everything and everything is A-OK?
Click to expand...

As long as what you bought was Windows XP Media Center Edition - everything
is OK.
 
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