Windows somehow downgraded?

[Richimself]

Alright i'm at a loss right now i have no idea what's up with it right now but when i go into sys info it used to say "Windows XP (build 2600)" there's no longer the 2600 bit and the ctrl+alt+del menu is the older xp one i think, that gives you the option to shut down or whatever, and the shutdown menu isn't the three little images now it's a drop down menu... anyone know how or why this may have happened and any possible fix for it?

i reformated all the way back to the first day (relatively new build so wasn't too long ago) when it worked fine, now it seems sluggish and i'm pretty worried so any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Osiris]

Windows wasnt downgraded. Its just a different logon screen. Go to control panel, users, make sure fast user switching is enabled, make sure both have a checkmark and reboot and the logon that you are used to should show up

 

[Richimself]

Wow.. i'm gonna go ahead and say that i feel like a complete moron but in any case.. very relieved from such an easy fix. Thank you very much for your help, sorry for the moronic question. Btw why would the build 2600 part go away? or does it go away once you update?

 

[talldude123]

it doesnt go away, which version of xp are you using? i am assuming professional? Try going to microsoft, get the LATEST updates, and look again.

 

[Osiris]

Put yours on here so I can see.
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System Information report written at: 01/31/06 17:39:43
System Name: COOLER_MASTER
[System Summary]

Item Value
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name COOLER_MASTER
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model PF5
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3758 Mhz
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 4 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~3758 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080012, 6/17/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name COOLER_MASTER\Warez Monster
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 542.81 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.90 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Richimself]

Yep it's lookin like it's still build 2600 in system info, that all looks about right correct?




OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name RICH1
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2010 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1008, 8/22/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name RICH1\Richard
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 211.04 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.40 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

 

[Osiris]

looks good

 

[Richimself]

Good to hear, once again thank you for your help

 

[Osiris]

Sure thing.....

 

[KSoD]

I will clear this up and say that Build 2600 is the only official release of XP available. There are other builds available but all of them are the Beta Builds of XP which are called "Codename Whistler". Anything newer than 2600 would be build 3683 which is the first "leaked" build of "Codename Longhorn". The builds inbetween 2600 and 3683 are all internal builds at M$ and if you have one of them i have to say congrats. Since i have not seen nor heard of them before.

I hope this clears up the issues of build numbers. The only difference in XP is the SP installed.