Checking Windows

cajonpeter · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:05 am

Is there a way to check on users Pc which windows version they are using? I want to use some system tools but they are situated on different locations in Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

Thanks for any advice.

eomc40 · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:12 am

capture output to "ver" command. Only have WIndows 2000 box, so not sure what you use for other o/s versions.

i.e.
C:\>ver

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

cajonpeter · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:19 am

Thanks I got it!

eomc40 · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 9:50 am

Did you find something generic to work with all o/s versions?

Duncan Lilly · **Posted:** April 22nd, 2005, 11:04 am

Just use the SYSTEM_OPERATING_SYS variable. From the help:

SYSTEM_OPERATING_SYS – provides the Windows platform for the system e.g. 2000 – meaning a Windows 2000 machine.
The possible values for this variable are:

Value - Operating System
NT3 - Windows NT 3.51
95 - Windows 95
98 - Windows 98
ME - Windows Me
NT4 - Windows NT 4.0
2000 - Windows 2000
XP - Windows XP
2003 - Windows Server 2003

Linnet · **Posted:** April 26th, 2005, 4:56 pm

To save anyone having to reinvent the wheel, here's a code snippet to distinguish between XP SP1 and SP2 platforms.

Code:

// The base Windows o/s is held in the system variable SYSTEM_OPERATING_SYS
// (see online help for values)
// but you will need to set up a separate publication variable (here: OS_SERVICE_PACK)
// & run a dedicated check for Service Packs.  This one is so far for XP only
// and will return "Service Pack 1" (1 and 1a), "Service Pack 2" or (presumably)
// empty for no SP, tho I've not tested this.
function GetSP()
{
   if (SYSTEM_OPERATING_SYS == "XP")
   {
      OS_SERVICE_PACK = ReadRegistryKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion", "CSDVersion")
   }
}

cajonpeter · **Posted:** April 26th, 2005, 8:00 pm

Everybody who helped, thanks a lot. I didn't know it was so simple. I completely overlooked the SYSTEM_OPERATING_SYS. It was not in my user guide? I am not sure, but anyway great help here on the forum.

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