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Sharon,
I am checking version by right clicking on My Computer and clicking
Properties.
You are correct, now that I think of it, I do believe it came with
SP1 installed and that I upgraded the computer to SP2 over the internet. I
did get confused as my father also bought a computer the same day and I had
to help set his up also. One came with SP1 and the other with SP2. Just
got confused which one. I still believe that our nephew has done something
unknowingly to revert it back to its original settings. One thing that has
got me believing this even more is that the icons on his desktop, as I
remember now, are back to the original display of when we turned the
computer on for the first time.
Thanks so much for your replies and help,
Darron T.
"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:56:25 -0600, Datman wrote:
>
>> Yes, SP2 did install correctly as I did the download and installation on
>> our
>> nephews PC.
>> The PC came with SP2 already installed, then a few days later it
>> disappeared. I thought to myself when I rechecked the computer that
>> something was odd that it was back to SP1 and that maybe I was mistaken
>> that
>> it had never been installed. So I downloaded it and installed it just
>> like
>> I had with my computers and SP2 was running well. But today I rechecked
>> the computer and it was back at SP1 again.
>> Sounds like I need to find out if someone there in their home had indeed
>> done a system restore.
>> I was just making sure that it could and had not defaulted back by
>> itself.
>>
>> Thanks so much for replying,
>
> How are you checking the version? Use Start> Run and type
> winver
> in the text box. Then click OK. A screen will appear showing the current
> version and service pack that is in use.
>
> If the system came with SP2 pre-installed, it is most likely that the OEM
> used the SP2 version of XP to prepare the machine. This is XP with SP2
> included - not XP patched with SP2. There is no way that I know of for
> that
> version to revert back to the SP1 level.
>
> --
> Sharon F
> MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User