Detecting windows variants

banaman8d · 16th September 2003, 13:13

Hi,

I am trying to figure out what variant of windows I am running and the GetWindowsVersion and others don't seem to do the job when trying to find out whether I am running Windows NT 4 Terminal Server, or Windows NT4 Server, or Windows NT Workstation. I have been searching on MSDN to see if there is any information on how to do this, but I can't seem to locate it.

Is anyone out there doing this?

The basic idea of what I am trying to do is detect the following versions:

Server 2003
Server 2003-64
XP
XP-64
2000
NT4 Server
NT4 Workstation
NT4 Terminal Server
WIN9x (I don't care which)

I don't have any choice because the packages I am trying to install are made for these and give no concrete dependencies that I can match on like dll versions.

kichik · 16th September 2003, 13:20

Try the sysinfo plug-in by Sunjammer.

16th September 2003, 13:13	#1
banaman8d Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 19	Detecting windows variants Hi, I am trying to figure out what variant of windows I am running and the GetWindowsVersion and others don't seem to do the job when trying to find out whether I am running Windows NT 4 Terminal Server, or Windows NT4 Server, or Windows NT Workstation. I have been searching on MSDN to see if there is any information on how to do this, but I can't seem to locate it. Is anyone out there doing this? The basic idea of what I am trying to do is detect the following versions: Server 2003 Server 2003-64 XP XP-64 2000 NT4 Server NT4 Workstation NT4 Terminal Server WIN9x (I don't care which) I don't have any choice because the packages I am trying to install are made for these and give no concrete dependencies that I can match on like dll versions.

16th September 2003, 13:20	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,343	Try the sysinfo plug-in by Sunjammer. NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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