Re: automatic system info tool?

On Jul 17, 2006, at 12:57 PM, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 11:06:50AM -0400, Bort, Paul wrote:
>> If you can open a command shell you can get the OS version with the
>> 'ver' command under Windows:
>>
>> C:\>ver
>>
>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>
> How do you do this from a program though. Under UNIX uname() is a
> function call as well as a program. It returns the os name, version,
> hostname and system type.
>

GetVersionEx() will get you the windows version, service pack, etc IIRC.

Cheers,  Steve