The Beta Part Hidden In XP!!!
Posted by: shitshot on: 10/26/2001 11:00 PM [ Print | 5 comment(s) ] · 2024 views
I just got my copy of Windows XP Pro today and had a little play with it. The installation was completed on my system in under 40 Mins (Windows 2000 Pro 45 mins) and once completed I was greeted by a flashy intro. Afterwards I began playing with - what to me looks likes a kiddies OS - and found that part of Direct X that comes with the OSand part of it is still beta. I found it by running the DXDIAG from the run command on the start menu, selected the tab to see what Direct X files were installed and came across this little suprise. The mfc42.dll is still a beta file. The others all say final retail but this one say beta retail. So what is M$ up to?
I remembered the well known fact that appeared in Windows ME in XP. In Windows ME Microsoft gave us a beta version of Internet Explorer 5.5. In Windows XP this might be partly true. I ran the IE6 install, which if it was the final version would report that I have the latest version of IE installed, but this wasn't true. It ran the process as if IE6 hadn't been installed. Well I'm not sure what was installed with it as it doesn't report what it will be installing but this seemed kind of weird too.
Written by Louis Green
I remembered the well known fact that appeared in Windows ME in XP. In Windows ME Microsoft gave us a beta version of Internet Explorer 5.5. In Windows XP this might be partly true. I ran the IE6 install, which if it was the final version would report that I have the latest version of IE installed, but this wasn't true. It ran the process as if IE6 hadn't been installed. Well I'm not sure what was installed with it as it doesn't report what it will be installing but this seemed kind of weird too.
Written by Louis Green
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unknown Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-11-11 |
#33628 Posted on: 10/26/2001 11:26 PM
Hey that's right! My mfc42.dll is beta too... pretty weird... |
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unknown Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-11-11 |
#33629 Posted on: 10/27/2001 12:52 AM
Don't embarass yourself with your own ignorance! This file dates back to Visual Studio Service Pack 4, and guess what? It has been flagged as "beta retail" ever since. The same ship ships with Windows 2000 and Windows ME. Phoenix - GET INFORMED! And btw, your cute theories about IE are FALSE as well. Both DX8.1 and IE6 in Windows XP are FINAL RETAIL. |
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unknown Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-11-11 |
#33630 Posted on: 10/27/2001 01:44 AM
Yeah, it is final. Perhaps you should of searching MS knowledge base first before posting this incorrect "news"... |
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unknown Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-11-11 |
#33632 Posted on: 10/27/2001 08:14 AM
Another funny thing is written in the DirectX.log, located in XP Folder. One line says: 10/23/01 18:02:30: Installing on Whistler |
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unknown Posts: 2 Joined: 2002-11-11 |
#33633 Posted on: 10/27/2001 11:33 AM
I'm running build 2600 (final). I noticed when trying-out remote desktop, which needs IIS to run (urgh) that the ActiveX control that you download from the remote machine says RC2 on it! LOL. |
