TSGL: Odd WinXP Pro Question

[Dave]

Gene,  it is of no great importance.  One of the Windows updates made 
the changes.

   Here is a thread that gets into the topic more deeply: 
*http://tinyurl.com/uv4vw

   You can eliminate the splash or change it if you like.  Here's a Google
search that will point to any number of possibilites: 
**http://tinyurl.com/s9pw2

   If you'd like to compare your systems, just run reports from either
Belarc Advisor or SIW.exe and confirm that they are equally updated.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
http://www.gtopala.com/siw_download.html (recently updated to v,1.64)

dave r
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> This is a silly little question of no real importance, but it's been
> bugging me.
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> I have two desktop computers with XP Pro installed.  Computer #1 is
> about six years old with an AMD CPU, and Computer #2 is about three
> years old with Intel.  (Both are no-name, locally assembled.)
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> Way back when SP2 came out (or was it SP1?) for XP, after installing
> the upgrade I noticed that the Windows logon splash screen no longer
> said it was loading XP Pro, but just said Windows XP.  No problem
> for me--I just took it as evidence that the SP was properly
> installed.
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> A few months ago I loaded Linux onto Computer #1 (on its own physical
> drive) and made the computer dual-boot for Windows and Linux.
> Everything has been working fine.  No problems with either computer.
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> But yesterday when I rebooted Computer #1 and selected the Windows
> logon, it showed me the old (fancy) WinXP Pro splash
> screen--something I hadn't seen in years.  Everything is still
> working fine; this is the only change I've noticed.  Computer #2
> still gives me the generic XP splash screen.  (Both computers are
> using the Windows Classic graphics theme, but that shouldn't have
> anything to do with the logon screen.)  As far as I recall (and my
> recollection may be faulty) I made no changes to Computer #1 before
> the splash screen changed.  But clearly something is different.
> I've rebooted both computers many times since the Linux install and
> yesterday was the first time the splash screen was different.
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> As I say, this is not big deal for me, but if anyone can shed some
> light on what might have happened I'd appreciate it.  Thanks.
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