My Whistler Is Whistling Again

[Mikki]

Through learning from a previous question, I asked here
on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta version
of Windows. I have a few questions from this:::::Boot.Ini
multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Microsoft Whistler
Personal"/fast detect.
1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I or
can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm nosey...lol
2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take my
hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He did
this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better with
ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on and had
him take it off and put my XP back on)
3. Could I have caused this by doing a system recovery,
according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not have the
CD)
4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a beginner
and take responsibility for things I have done, but could
this beta version be helping me along the way ?
5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP Home
Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything out,
that is on my computer now?
Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
back for any suggestions.
Mikki

[Chris Jackson]

If you are using a beta version of XP (which was codenamed Whistler), then
you have a version that is going to expire at some point. You also won't
have a valid version, as beta versions are no longer licensed for use. What
really effects you is the expiration - one day, you are going to fire your
machine up, and just not be able to get in.

Upgrades over beta are seldom a good idea, so I would recommend just booting
with your XP Home CD in and doing a clean install - wipe out the partition
and start over. Well, after backing up your data first. :-)

--
Chris Jackson
Software Engineer
Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
Windows XP Associate Expert
--
More people read the newsgroups than read my email.
Reply to the newsgroup for a faster response.
(Control-G using Outlook Express)
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"Mikki" > wrote in message
...
> Through learning from a previous question, I asked here
> on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta version
> of Windows. I have a few questions from this:::::Boot.Ini
> multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Microsoft Whistler
> Personal"/fast detect.
> 1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
> partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I or
> can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm nosey...lol
> 2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take my
> hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
> then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He did
> this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better with
> ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on and had
> him take it off and put my XP back on)
> 3. Could I have caused this by doing a system recovery,
> according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not have the
> CD)
> 4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a beginner
> and take responsibility for things I have done, but could
> this beta version be helping me along the way ?
> 5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP Home
> Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything out,
> that is on my computer now?
> Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
> back for any suggestions.
> Mikki

[David Candy]

Type winver in Start Run and report what it says. The entry means to =
boot from 1st disk (0 is disk 1), second partition (1 is 1st partition). =
Which of the 0 is the disk depends on the type of hard disk.
"Chris Jackson" <chrisjATmvpsDOTorgNOSPAM> wrote in message =
...
> If you are using a beta version of XP (which was codenamed Whistler), =
then
> you have a version that is going to expire at some point. You also =
won't
> have a valid version, as beta versions are no longer licensed for use. =
What
> really effects you is the expiration - one day, you are going to fire =
your
> machine up, and just not be able to get in.
>=20
> Upgrades over beta are seldom a good idea, so I would recommend just =
booting
> with your XP Home CD in and doing a clean install - wipe out the =
partition
> and start over. Well, after backing up your data first. :-)
>=20
> --=20
> Chris Jackson
> Software Engineer
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
> Windows XP Associate Expert
> --=20
> More people read the newsgroups than read my email.
> Reply to the newsgroup for a faster response.
> (Control-G using Outlook Express)
> --=20
>=20
> "Mikki" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Through learning from a previous question, I asked here
> > on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta version
> > of Windows. I have a few questions from this:::::Boot.Ini
> > multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows=3D"Microsoft Whistler
> > Personal"/fast detect.
> > 1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
> > partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I or
> > can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm nosey...lol
> > 2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take my
> > hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
> > then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He did
> > this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better with
> > ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on and had
> > him take it off and put my XP back on)
> > 3. Could I have caused this by doing a system recovery,
> > according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not have the
> > CD)
> > 4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a beginner
> > and take responsibility for things I have done, but could
> > this beta version be helping me along the way ?
> > 5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP Home
> > Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything out,
> > that is on my computer now?
> > Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
> > back for any suggestions.
> > Mikki
>=20
>=20

[Mikki]

Hi David,
I typed it in and this is what it says:::Windows XP Home
Edition version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107
Thanks for responding. I'm at a point now, where I just
want to know if it's a beta version or not. This computer
was bought brand new with this on it, which, as I've
learned from reading these posts, that you should never
buy a computer with the operating system already
installed.
Thanks for any advice about this.
Mikki
>-----Original Message-----
>Type winver in Start Run and report what it says. The
entry means to boot from 1st disk (0 is disk 1), second
partition (1 is 1st partition). Which of the 0 is the
disk depends on the type of hard disk.
>"Chris Jackson" <chrisjATmvpsDOTorgNOSPAM> wrote in
message ...
>> If you are using a beta version of XP (which was
codenamed Whistler), then
>> you have a version that is going to expire at some
point. You also won't
>> have a valid version, as beta versions are no longer
licensed for use. What
>> really effects you is the expiration - one day, you
are going to fire your
>> machine up, and just not be able to get in.
>>
>> Upgrades over beta are seldom a good idea, so I would
recommend just booting
>> with your XP Home CD in and doing a clean install -
wipe out the partition
>> and start over. Well, after backing up your data
first. :-)
>>
>> --
>> Chris Jackson
>> Software Engineer
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
>> Windows XP Associate Expert
>> --
>> More people read the newsgroups than read my email.
>> Reply to the newsgroup for a faster response.
>> (Control-G using Outlook Express)
>> --
>>
>> "Mikki" > wrote in
message
>> ...
>> > Through learning from a previous question, I asked
here
>> > on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta
version
>> > of Windows. I have a few questions from
this:::::Boot.Ini
>> > multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Microsoft
Whistler
>> > Personal"/fast detect.
>> > 1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
>> > partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I
or
>> > can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm
nosey...lol
>> > 2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take
my
>> > hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
>> > then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He
did
>> > this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better
with
>> > ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on
and had
>> > him take it off and put my XP back on)
>> > 3. Could I have caused this by doing a system
recovery,
>> > according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not
have the
>> > CD)
>> > 4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a
beginner
>> > and take responsibility for things I have done, but
could
>> > this beta version be helping me along the way ?
>> > 5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP
Home
>> > Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything
out,
>> > that is on my computer now?
>> > Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
>> > back for any suggestions.
>> > Mikki
>>
>>
>
>.
>

[Mikki]

Hi Chris,
Thanks for the advice, although it isn't what I wanted to
hear ;-( . This was bought March 30,2002. My friend took
a two year warranty out on it, when he bought it for me.I
noticed I have had an issue with this computer not being
able to accept a windows update for SP1 on the web site.
Could this be another sign that this isn't a real version
of Windows.
If I did put this new boxed version over it, I would WANT
to delete everything off, but what I was told, is that I
couldn't do that because the drivers wouldn't match up or
something to that matter and I would lose all the
programs that came with this.
Thank You for your advice
Mikki
>-----Original Message-----
>If you are using a beta version of XP (which was
codenamed Whistler), then
>you have a version that is going to expire at some
point. You also won't
>have a valid version, as beta versions are no longer
licensed for use. What
>really effects you is the expiration - one day, you are
going to fire your
>machine up, and just not be able to get in.
>
>Upgrades over beta are seldom a good idea, so I would
recommend just booting
>with your XP Home CD in and doing a clean install - wipe
out the partition
>and start over. Well, after backing up your data
first. :-)
>
>--
>Chris Jackson
>Software Engineer
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
>Windows XP Associate Expert
>--
>More people read the newsgroups than read my email.
>Reply to the newsgroup for a faster response.
>(Control-G using Outlook Express)
>--
>
>"Mikki" > wrote in
message
...
>> Through learning from a previous question, I asked here
>> on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta version
>> of Windows. I have a few questions from
this:::::Boot.Ini
>> multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows="Microsoft Whistler
>> Personal"/fast detect.
>> 1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
>> partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I or
>> can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm
nosey...lol
>> 2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take my
>> hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
>> then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He did
>> this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better
with
>> ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on and
had
>> him take it off and put my XP back on)
>> 3. Could I have caused this by doing a system recovery,
>> according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not have
the
>> CD)
>> 4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a
beginner
>> and take responsibility for things I have done, but
could
>> this beta version be helping me along the way ?
>> 5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP Home
>> Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything out,
>> that is on my computer now?
>> Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
>> back for any suggestions.
>> Mikki
>
>
>.
>

[David Candy]

2600 is the release version of XP so it's not whistler. Edit c:\boot.ini =
and change the display name. Someone may have copied their boot.ini over =
(Copy your boot.ini to Win 2000 or NT4 and it will start those OS while =
calling it whistler - though the folder name is likely to be wrong, esp =
in NT4 - WinNT and Windows are the standard names for the main folder, =
most NT4 are winnt, some 2000 are, and a few XP also are).
"Mikki" > wrote in message =
...
> Hi David,
> I typed it in and this is what it says:::Windows XP Home=20
> Edition version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpclnt_qfe.021108-2107
> Thanks for responding. I'm at a point now, where I just=20
> want to know if it's a beta version or not. This computer=20
> was bought brand new with this on it, which, as I've=20
> learned from reading these posts, that you should never=20
> buy a computer with the operating system already=20
> installed.
> Thanks for any advice about this.
> Mikki
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Type winver in Start Run and report what it says. The=20
> entry means to boot from 1st disk (0 is disk 1), second=20
> partition (1 is 1st partition). Which of the 0 is the=20
> disk depends on the type of hard disk.
> >"Chris Jackson" <chrisjATmvpsDOTorgNOSPAM> wrote in=20
> message ...
> >> If you are using a beta version of XP (which was=20
> codenamed Whistler), then
> >> you have a version that is going to expire at some=20
> point. You also won't
> >> have a valid version, as beta versions are no longer=20
> licensed for use. What
> >> really effects you is the expiration - one day, you=20
> are going to fire your
> >> machine up, and just not be able to get in.
> >>=20
> >> Upgrades over beta are seldom a good idea, so I would=20
> recommend just booting
> >> with your XP Home CD in and doing a clean install -=20
> wipe out the partition
> >> and start over. Well, after backing up your data=20
> first. :-)
> >>=20
> >> --=20
> >> Chris Jackson
> >> Software Engineer
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Client
> >> Windows XP Associate Expert
> >> --=20
> >> More people read the newsgroups than read my email.
> >> Reply to the newsgroup for a faster response.
> >> (Control-G using Outlook Express)
> >> --=20
> >>=20
> >> "Mikki" > wrote in=20
> message
> >> ...
> >> > Through learning from a previous question, I asked=20
> here
> >> > on this XP newsgroup, I was told I have a beta=20
> version
> >> > of Windows. I have a few questions from=20
> this:::::Boot.Ini
> >> > multi(0)disk(0)partition(2)\Windows=3D"Microsoft=20
> Whistler
> >> > Personal"/fast detect.
> >> > 1. Does this mean I have Whistler Personal on 2
> >> > partitions of my hard drive and if I do, how would I=20
> or
> >> > can I see what is on the other partition ? I'm=20
> nosey...lol
> >> > 2. Could I have caused this by letting a friend take=20
> my
> >> > hard drive out, putting his version of Windows ME on,
> >> > then putting my hard drive back on my computer? (He=20
> did
> >> > this thinking, I was a beginner,so I would do better=20
> with
> >> > ME, but I didn't like it, as soon as he put it on=20
> and had
> >> > him take it off and put my XP back on)
> >> > 3. Could I have caused this by doing a system=20
> recovery,
> >> > according to the HP owners manual? (as I did not=20
> have the
> >> > CD)
> >> > 4. Would this version cause problems, as I am a=20
> beginner
> >> > and take responsibility for things I have done, but=20
> could
> >> > this beta version be helping me along the way ?
> >> > 5. I have a brand new boxed version of Windows XP=20
> Home
> >> > Edition.Can this be installed deleting everything=20
> out,
> >> > that is on my computer now?
> >> > Thank You for any advice and help. I will be checking
> >> > back for any suggestions.
> >> > Mikki
> >>=20
> >>=20
> >
> >.
> >