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Paul Watson7-Mar-03 3:02
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Friday Fun.

Ok I just lost a bet with a co-worker, but I think there is something very fishy going on.

Our WXP Pro disk was "lost" sometime back so a co-worker brought in his copy and I installed that on a new laptop.

Thing was during the install it never asked me to join a domain or any network settings actually. It even has the "SEt up a home or small office network" option which my WXP Pro does not have, sounds more like Home t me. Also once installed and booted up it presented what I thought was the Windows XP Home login screen. The one where you can swap between different users with the cute little pictures and what not. Not the usual Windows XP Pro single login screen.

So I bet that this was actually a Windows XP Home disc and not Professional. I then went into the System applet in Control Panel, with a big smug grin on my face, only to see it say "Windows XP Professional" and with the same build and version number as what is on my WXP Pro desktop.

So this is all a bit confusing. Is there a version of Windows XP Pro out there that has the Home login screen and is not able to join domains and what not?

Or is there a way to make Windows XP Pro masquerade as Windows XP Pro? Please say the latter, then the bastard won't get his coke and he owes me one Big Grin | :-D

Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africa

Macbeth muttered:
I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er

DavidW wrote:
You are totally mad. Nice.
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