Sysinfo control 1

[sacsac]

The sysinfo control in VB6 can reveal what operating system is being used, but seems limited to 0=unidentifed 2=Win95 3=NT.
Is there any way of establishing with more precision the other variants e.g. Win 98;Win98SE;Win ME;Win 2000;Win XP ??

 

[johnwm]

SysInfo1.OSVersion gives 5.01 for XP Pro and 5.0 for W2K pro

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[zemp]

I am assuming that you want to get the system info from your VB app while it is running. Add the VB About
dialog form, It has a system ifo button with code. You can use this form or cut and paste the relevant code. Thanks and Good Luck!

zemp

 

[strongm]

>SysInfo1.OSVersion gives 5.01 for XP Pro and 5.0 for W2K pro

Which should give a clue as to how much better XP is compared to W2K...

 

[CCLINT]

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[sacsac]

Thanks for the help everyone! Can anyone tell me what will be returned by Sysinfo1.OSVersion for Windows ME ?

 

[FRoeCassNet]

Here's the latest info I had on it.

Windows: Platform Major Minor
------------ -------- ----- -----
Windows 95 1 4 0
Windows 98 1 4 10
Windows ME 1 4 90
Windows NT 3.51 2 3 51
Windows NT 4.0 2 4 0
Windows 2000 2 5 0
Windows XP 2 5 1

 

[sacsac]

Many thanks FRoeCassNet - just what I needed

 

[JGillespie]

If you want detailed information look into using WMI to provide it. Gives you access to all you will ever need to know with very little effort. Jamie Gillespie
j-gillespie@s-cheshire.ac.uk