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This article: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar...s/q158/2/38.asp shows that for these systems, these are the strings to look for under My computer -> Properties -> General

Release                    Version                      File dates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows 95 retail, OEM     4.00.950                     7/11/95
Windows 95 retail SP1      4.00.950A                    7/11/95-12/31/95
OEM Service Release 2      4.00.1111* (4.00.950B)       8/24/96
OEM Service Release 2.1    4.03.1212-1214* (4.00.950B)  8/24/96-8/27/97  
OEM Service Release 2.5    4.03.1214* (4.00.950C)       8/24/96-11/18/97
Windows 98 retail, OEM     4.10.1998                    5/11/98
Windows 98 Second Edition  4.10.2222A                   4/23/99
Windows Me                 4.90.3000                    6/08/00

Yet for IE it goes like this:

  Version          Product
  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  4.40.308         Internet Explorer 1.0 (Plus! for Windows 95)
  4.40.520         Internet Explorer 2.0
  4.70.1155        Internet Explorer 3.0
  4.70.1158        Internet Explorer 3.0 (Windows 95 OSR2)
  4.70.1215        Internet Explorer 3.01
  4.70.1300        Internet Explorer 3.02 and 3.02a
  4.71.544         Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 1.0 (PP1)
  4.71.1008.3      Internet Explorer 4.0 Platform Preview 2.0 (PP2)
  4.71.1712.6      Internet Explorer 4.0
  4.72.2106.8      Internet Explorer 4.01
  4.72.3110.8      Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 1 (Windows 98)
  4.72.3612.1713   Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
  5.00.0518.10     Internet Explorer 5 Developer Preview (Beta 1)
  5.00.0910.1309   Internet Explorer 5 Beta (Beta 2)
  5.00.2014.0216   Internet Explorer 5
  5.00.2314.1003   Internet Explorer 5 (Office 2000)
  5.00.2614.3500   Internet Explorer 5 (Windows 98 Second Edition)
  5.00.2516.1900   Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 Beta 3, build 5.00.2031)
  5.00.2919.800    Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC1, build 5.00.2072)
  5.00.2919.3800   Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000 RC2, build 5.00.2128)
  5.00.2919.6307   Internet Explorer 5.01 (Office 2000 SR-1)
  5.00.2920.0000   Internet Explorer 5.01 (Windows 2000, build 5.00.2195)
  5.00.3103.1000   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 (Windows 2000 SP1)
  5.00.3105.0106   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1 (Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0)
  5.00.3314.2101   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 (Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0)
  5.00.3315.1000   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP2 (Windows 2000 SP2)
  5.00.3502.1000   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 (Windows 2000 SP3 only)
  5.00.3700.1000   Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 (Windows 2000 SP4 only)
  5.50.3825.1300   Internet Explorer 5.5 Developer Preview (Beta)
  5.50.4030.2400   Internet Explorer 5.5 & Internet Tools Beta
  5.50.4134.0100   Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows Me (4.90.3000)
  5.50.4134.0600   Internet Explorer 5.5
  5.50.4308.2900   Internet Explorer 5.5 Advanced Security Privacy Beta
  5.50.4522.1800   Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
  5.50.4807.2300   Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
  6.00.2462.0000   Internet Explorer 6 Public Preview (Beta)
  6.00.2479.0006   Internet Explorer 6 Public Preview (Beta) Refresh
  6.00.2600.0000   Internet Explorer 6 (Windows XP)
  6.00.2800.1106   Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 (Windows XP SP1)
  6.00.3663.0000   Internet Explorer 6 for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 RC1
  6.00.3718.0000   Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 RC2
  6.00.3790.0000   Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 (released)

The later can be found here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=164539

If you are a C++ programmer, the info at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;307394 will really help you since it gives a way (programatically) to identify the Windows version using the following table:

               PlatformID      Major Version   Minor Version

Windows 95      1               4               0
Windows 98      1               4               10
Windows Me      1               4               90
Windows NT4     2               4               0
Windows 2000    2               5               0
Windows XP      2               5               1

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