Distinguish XPE from XP Pro

[todd.sowter-eds]

Hi,

I need to distribute a patch to XPE systems only but not to our other
managed XP Pro systems. I usually do this sort of exclusions through
WMI properties but unfortunately the Win32_OperatingSystem value for
each OS version is exactly the same "Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1 2600 [Build 2600]"

Is there another WMI object I can use for this purpose? Failing that,
is there a particular file (ie .dll or .exe) that I can check against
date/time or size etc?

Thanks.
Todd

 

[Bing.Chen]

Dear Todd,

How about using the registry value to distinguish between XP Pro and
XPE.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cur­rentControlSet\Control\Product­Options]

Key Name: ProductSuite


Type: MULTI_SZ


Value: EmbeddedNT
(In XP Pro, it seems that no content in this key)


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