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From: David Walker on 4 Jan 2007 22:02 I just bought a Windows XP Professional Upgrade at Best Buy. The box says that it includes SP2. Also it says, near the bottom of the front of the box: "Professional Services Kit". I searched both Google and Microsoft.Com for "Professional Services Kit" and got no relevant hits telling me what it is. (Google's search showed a few EBayers selling Win XP Home with this "kit".) If Microsoft has something called a Professional Services Kit, shouldn't a search (from the search box at www.Microsoft.Com) show some results? Microsoft doesn't have ANY online documentation saying what this is! The fact that I can't find this search term at MS's site is bizarre. David Walker
From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] on 4 Jan 2007 22:41 David; Is that printed on the box or a label? If a label, it it on the box or the cellophane? I have not noticed that before. Have you opened the box? Is anything else included such another CD? -- Jupiter Jones [MVP] http://www3.telus.net/dandemar http://www.dts-l.org "David Walker" <None(a)none.com> wrote in message news:Xns98AECC45AEDBFDWalker(a)207.46.248.16... >I just bought a Windows XP Professional Upgrade at Best Buy. The box says > that it includes SP2. > > Also it says, near the bottom of the front of the box: "Professional > Services Kit". > > I searched both Google and Microsoft.Com for "Professional Services Kit" > and got no relevant hits telling me what it is. (Google's search showed a > few EBayers selling Win XP Home with this "kit".) > > If Microsoft has something called a Professional Services Kit, shouldn't a > search (from the search box at www.Microsoft.Com) show some results? > > Microsoft doesn't have ANY online documentation saying what this is! > > The fact that I can't find this search term at MS's site is bizarre. > > > David Walker >
From: DWalker on 5 Jan 2007 12:07 "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter(a)hotnomail.com> wrote in news:uMXJutHMHHA.1872(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > David; > Is that printed on the box or a label? > If a label, it it on the box or the cellophane? > I have not noticed that before. > Have you opened the box? > Is anything else included such another CD? > It is printed directly on the box, under the cellophane (which I have not taken off yet). I have not opened the box yet. There might be another CD in there. The part number is X11-33581. This part number also isn't found in a search of Microsoft.com, or Google. The UPC code is 8 05529 98443 1.
From: DWalker on 5 Jan 2007 12:41 DWalker <none(a)none.com> wrote in news:O4voxvOMHHA.4376(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl: > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter(a)hotnomail.com> wrote in > news:uMXJutHMHHA.1872(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >> David; >> Is that printed on the box or a label? >> If a label, it it on the box or the cellophane? >> I have not noticed that before. >> Have you opened the box? >> Is anything else included such another CD? >> > > It is printed directly on the box, under the cellophane (which I have > not taken off yet). > > I have not opened the box yet. There might be another CD in there. > > The part number is X11-33581. This part number also isn't found in a > search of Microsoft.com, or Google. > > The UPC code is 8 05529 98443 1. I called Microsoft, and they didn't know either. They asked me to open the box and see what was in it. There's one Windows XP Professional Upgrade CD, which says "includes service pack 2, version 2002" (Part number X10-52219), plus three booklets - "start here", "discover", and "explore". The "discover" booklet is an ad for the Windows Marketplace site. The "explore" booklet describes the Control Panel and has a few other tips about the desktop. "start here" is a 30-page booklet with the basics of installation and getting started. The contents of the CD itself looks just like the last XP upgrade CD I saw -- folders DOCS, DOTNETFX, I386, SUPPORT, and VALUEADD, with 7 other files in the root. The files and folders are dated 2/28/2006 at 5:00 AM. The internal CD label is VX2PCCP_EN. Oh yes, there's a yellow-orange sticker inside the box with a product key. I guess that "Professional Services Kit" printed on the front of the box was just there to make me think I had bought a kit instead of the XP upgrade, or something. No other CD. Odd. David Walker
From: DL on 5 Jan 2007 14:25
Sounds like the marketting people trying to make an 'expensive' large box appear more than just a cd "DWalker" <none(a)none.com> wrote in message news:etoHBDPMHHA.536(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > DWalker <none(a)none.com> wrote in > news:O4voxvOMHHA.4376(a)TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl: > > > "Jupiter Jones [MVP]" <jones_jupiter(a)hotnomail.com> wrote in > > news:uMXJutHMHHA.1872(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > > > >> David; > >> Is that printed on the box or a label? > >> If a label, it it on the box or the cellophane? > >> I have not noticed that before. > >> Have you opened the box? > >> Is anything else included such another CD? > >> > > > > It is printed directly on the box, under the cellophane (which I have > > not taken off yet). > > > > I have not opened the box yet. There might be another CD in there. > > > > The part number is X11-33581. This part number also isn't found in a > > search of Microsoft.com, or Google. > > > > The UPC code is 8 05529 98443 1. > > I called Microsoft, and they didn't know either. They asked me to open > the box and see what was in it. > > There's one Windows XP Professional Upgrade CD, which says "includes > service pack 2, version 2002" (Part number X10-52219), plus three > booklets - "start here", "discover", and "explore". > > The "discover" booklet is an ad for the Windows Marketplace site. The > "explore" booklet describes the Control Panel and has a few other tips > about the desktop. "start here" is a 30-page booklet with the basics of > installation and getting started. > > The contents of the CD itself looks just like the last XP upgrade CD I > saw -- folders DOCS, DOTNETFX, I386, SUPPORT, and VALUEADD, with 7 other > files in the root. The files and folders are dated 2/28/2006 at 5:00 > AM. The internal CD label is VX2PCCP_EN. > > Oh yes, there's a yellow-orange sticker inside the box with a product > key. > > I guess that "Professional Services Kit" printed on the front of the box > was just there to make me think I had bought a kit instead of the XP > upgrade, or something. > > No other CD. > > Odd. > > David Walker |