Windows XP version number has changed!

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Normally, when installing Hotfixes, the version number doesn't change (it
was showing as 2600.xpsp2_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), today I noticed it has
changed to 2600.xpsp2_sp2_gdr_050301-1519

Has one of the recent hotfixes changed the actual Build number of Windows?
What does the _gdr bit mean?

Thanks in advance!

 

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"Brian Wescombe" <brian.wescombeSODOFF@ntlworldSPAM.com> wrote in message
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> Normally, when installing Hotfixes, the version number doesn't change (it
> was showing as 2600.xpsp2_sp2_rtm.040803-2158), today I noticed it has
> changed to 2600.xpsp2_sp2_gdr_050301-1519
>
> Has one of the recent hotfixes changed the actual Build number of Windows?
> What does the _gdr bit mean?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
>


gdr = general distribution releases

Description of the contents of Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Server
2003 software update packages
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=824994

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William

 

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"WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote:


>
>gdr = general distribution releases
>

And here I always thought it stood for "grin, duck, and run"




Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
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In memory of a dear friend Alex Nichol MVP
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"Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "WTC" <bcrawfordjr(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>gdr = general distribution releases
>>
>
> And here I always thought it stood for "grin, duck, and run"
>
>
>


LOL, nice to see someone from BC, I am in Prince George.

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William