Shotgun Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 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 -> GeneralRelease Version File dates------------------------------------------------------------------------Windows 95 retail, OEM 4.00.950 7/11/95Windows 95 retail SP1 4.00.950A 7/11/95-12/31/95OEM Service Release 2 4.00.1111* (4.00.950B) 8/24/96OEM 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) 8/24/96-11/18/97Windows 98 retail, OEM 4.10.1998 5/11/98Windows 98 Second Edition 4.10.2222A 4/23/99Windows Me 4.90.3000 6/08/00Yet 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=164539If 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 VersionWindows 95 1 4 0Windows 98 1 4 10Windows Me 1 4 90Windows NT4 2 4 0Windows 2000 2 5 0Windows XP 2 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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