Is XP the same as NT5? Pete 10/6/2008 10:18:00 AM I have a .Net application that detects the operating system it is running on (using the My.Computer.Info.OSFullName function). For some users it returns "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" and for others "Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2". Are these in fact the same operating system and if so why do they have different names? Any help much appreciated, Pete

Re: Is XP the same as NT5? "philo" <philo[ at ]privacy.net> 10/6/2008 11:21:13 AM "Pete" <Pete[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9CA4DCC6-9D03-454D-93E4-B2EBA9B2239F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I have a .Net application that detects the operating system it is running on > (using the My.Computer.Info.OSFullName function). For some users it returns > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" and for others "Microsoft Windows NT > 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2". Are these in fact the same operating system and if > so why do they have different names? > > Any help much appreciated, > > Pete Windows2000 = NT5 XP = NT5.1 Prior to Windows 2000 , "NT" operating systems did not use marketing "gimmicks" viz, NT4 = NT4 etc

Re: Is XP the same as NT5? VanguardLH <V[ at ]nguard.LH> 10/6/2008 12:08:46 PM Pete wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a .Net application that detects the operating system it is running on > (using the My.Computer.Info.OSFullName function). For some users it returns > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" and for others "Microsoft Windows NT > 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2". Are these in fact the same operating system and if > so why do they have different names? > > Any help much appreciated, > > Pete In a DOS shell, run: ver

RE: Is XP the same as NT5? Pete 10/6/2008 3:29:02 PM Thank you both your your replies. That at least answers part of my question. I need to go into this a bit deeper so I'll post a question on a .Net forum. Pete

Re: Is XP the same as NT5? "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.an.invalid.domain> 10/6/2008 4:48:26 PM On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 03:18:00 -0700, Pete <Pete[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have a .Net application that detects the operating system it is running on > (using the My.Computer.Info.OSFullName function). For some users it returns > "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" and for others "Microsoft Windows NT > 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2". Are these in fact the same operating system and if > so why do they have different names? Yes, they are the same. NT 5.1 is the real built-in name. XP is its marketing name. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup