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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:10:25 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DOZE and WINDOZE versions
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Hello.

Martin Str|mberg wrote:
> FYI, I've checked what versions are reported on some platforms:
[snip]
> Where "ver" reports "Windows 98 [Version 4.10.1998]"
> _get_dos_version() reports 7.10.

Windows 98 Second Edition aka "Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]" reports
7.10 too.

From a post I saw recently in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.vxd, it seems
one accurate way to detect the Windows version is to examine various keys
in the Windows registry. This successfully distinguishes the variants of
Windows '98, NT, etc. I can forward the posting, if anyone's interested.
It's allegedly described here, but I haven't looked at it yet:

    http://vato.free.fr/cours/builder/tips10.htm

Bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe
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