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June 7th 08, 04:59 AM
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What tells files "THIS IS VISTA"?
I know this seems totally absurd but really, what tells files that the OS you
are running is Vista Home Prem. or Ultimate? I know there entries in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion in the registry and from what Carey Frisch [MVP] told me that sysinfo32 gets its info from some weird file in the %SystemRoot%System32WbemRepository folder that I can only open in a text format. Any ideas, or have I just lost my mind? 
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June 7th 08, 09:03 AM
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What tells files "THIS IS VISTA"?
UnknownTBeast;739333 Wrote: I know this seems totally absurd but really, what tells files that the OS you are running is Vista Home Prem. or Ultimate? I know there entries in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion in the registry and from what Carey Frisch [MVP] told me that sysinfo32 gets its info from some weird file in the %SystemRoot%System32WbemRepository folder that I can only open in a text format. Any ideas, or have I just lost my mind? Most applications call the "GetVersionInfo" or "GetVersionInfoEx" functions of windows. Generally, if the major version number returned by those functions is 6, then the application knows you're running on Vista... -- Dzomlija *Peter Alexander Dzomlija* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP CPU : AMD Phenom 9600 Quad MEM : 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800 GPU : ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 '[image: http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png) (\"http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png\")
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June 7th 08, 03:25 PM
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What tells files "THIS IS VISTA"?
Since Windows Server 2008 is also "6" how does it further differentiate?
"Dzomlija" wrote in message ... UnknownTBeast;739333 Wrote: I know this seems totally absurd but really, what tells files that the OS you are running is Vista Home Prem. or Ultimate? I know there entries in the HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion in the registry and from what Carey Frisch [MVP] told me that sysinfo32 gets its info from some weird file in the %SystemRoot%System32WbemRepository folder that I can only open in a text format. Any ideas, or have I just lost my mind? Most applications call the "GetVersionInfo" or "GetVersionInfoEx" functions of windows. Generally, if the major version number returned by those functions is 6, then the application knows you're running on Vista... -- Dzomlija *Peter Alexander Dzomlija* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP CPU : AMD Phenom 9600 Quad MEM : 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800 GPU : ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 '[image: http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png) (\"http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png\")
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June 7th 08, 05:24 PM
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What tells files "THIS IS VISTA"?
Colin Barnhorst;739676 Wrote: Since Windows Server 2008 is also "6" how does it further differentiate? Extracted directly from the WINDOWS.PAS (a partial translation of the Windows C++ SDK) source code file of Delphi 2007: Code: -------------------- type POSVersionInfoA = ^TOSVersionInfoA; POSVersionInfoW = ^TOSVersionInfoW; POSVersionInfo = POSVersionInfoA; _OSVERSIONINFOA = record dwOSVersionInfoSize: DWORD; dwMajorVersion: DWORD; dwMinorVersion: DWORD; dwBuildNumber: DWORD; dwPlatformId: DWORD; szCSDVersion: array[0..127] of AnsiChar; { Maintenance AnsiString for PSS usage } end; {$EXTERNALSYM _OSVERSIONINFOA} _OSVERSIONINFOW = record dwOSVersionInfoSize: DWORD; dwMajorVersion: DWORD; dwMinorVersion: DWORD; dwBuildNumber: DWORD; dwPlatformId: DWORD; szCSDVersion: array[0..127] of WideChar; { Maintenance WideString for PSS usage } end; -------------------- You can see that version numbers are made up of 4 numbers : Major, Minor, Build Number and Platform ID. Since I don't have Windows Server 2008, I can't confirm, but I'd suspect that the Major and Minor numbers for Vista and Server 2008 are the same, with the Platform IDs marking the difference between the two. Is that enough to clear it up for you? -- Dzomlija *Peter Alexander Dzomlija* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP CPU : AMD Phenom 9600 Quad MEM : 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800 GPU : ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 '[image: http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png) (\"http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png\")
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June 7th 08, 07:33 PM
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What tells files "THIS IS VISTA"?
Yes. Thanks.
"Dzomlija" wrote in message ... Colin Barnhorst;739676 Wrote: Since Windows Server 2008 is also "6" how does it further differentiate? Extracted directly from the WINDOWS.PAS (a partial translation of the Windows C++ SDK) source code file of Delphi 2007: Code: -------------------- type POSVersionInfoA = ^TOSVersionInfoA; POSVersionInfoW = ^TOSVersionInfoW; POSVersionInfo = POSVersionInfoA; _OSVERSIONINFOA = record dwOSVersionInfoSize: DWORD; dwMajorVersion: DWORD; dwMinorVersion: DWORD; dwBuildNumber: DWORD; dwPlatformId: DWORD; szCSDVersion: array[0..127] of AnsiChar; { Maintenance AnsiString for PSS usage } end; {$EXTERNALSYM _OSVERSIONINFOA} _OSVERSIONINFOW = record dwOSVersionInfoSize: DWORD; dwMajorVersion: DWORD; dwMinorVersion: DWORD; dwBuildNumber: DWORD; dwPlatformId: DWORD; szCSDVersion: array[0..127] of WideChar; { Maintenance WideString for PSS usage } end; -------------------- You can see that version numbers are made up of 4 numbers : Major, Minor, Build Number and Platform ID. Since I don't have Windows Server 2008, I can't confirm, but I'd suspect that the Major and Minor numbers for Vista and Server 2008 are the same, with the Platform IDs marking the difference between the two. Is that enough to clear it up for you? -- Dzomlija *Peter Alexander Dzomlija* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP CPU : AMD Phenom 9600 Quad MEM : 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800 GPU : ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 '[image: http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png) (\"http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png\")
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