Determining windows OS version details

[Guest]

I'm developing a very light-weight, web-based server monitor (read: can't use API calls ) for our DBA's to monitor our database servers. When querying for the OS version of the "remote" server i get back a version string like "5.0.2195" which I believe is Windows 2000 SP<something>. Can anyone direct me to a link here at microsoft (or anywhere, as long as it's accurate) that has a table of the windows versions/build numbers and exactly what they correllate to in human readable form...like the above. Any help is much appreciated.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I'm developing a very light-weight, web-based server monitor (read: can't

use API calls ) for our DBA's to monitor our database servers. When
querying for the OS version of the "remote" server i get back a version
string like "5.0.2195" which I believe is Windows 2000 SP<something>. Can
anyone direct me to a link here at microsoft (or anywhere, as long as it's
accurate) that has a table of the windows versions/build numbers and exactly
what they correllate to in human readable form...like the above. Any help
is much appreciated.

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Maybe gettype.exe?

gettype.exe [\\RemoteComputer] [/s]
/s specifies silent mode.

GetType will run on any 32-bit client and sets the error level
(%ERRORLEVEL%) as follows:

Error level meaning
1 Windows NT Workstation
2 Windows 2000 Professional
3 Windows NT Server Non-Domain Controller
4 Windows 2000 Server Non-Domain Controller
5 Windows NT Server Domain Controller
6 Windows 2000 Server Domain Controller
7 Windows NT [Enterprise/Terminal] Server Domain Controller
8 Windows NT [Enterprise/Terminal] Server Non-Domain Controller

 

[Guest]

x.y.

x = major versio
y = minor versio
z = build numbe

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 15823
"How to Determine the Version of Windows 95/98/Me in Use
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=15823

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 18924
"HOWTO: Determine Which 32-Bit Windows Version Is Being Used
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=18924

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 304289
"HOW TO: Determine Windows Version by Using Visual Basic .NET
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;30428

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I'm developing a very light-weight, web-based server monitor (read: can't use API calls ) for our DBA's to monitor our database servers. When querying for the OS version of the "remote" server i get back a version string like "5.0.2195" which I believe is Windows 2000 SP<something>.

Hi

Note that the version number "5.0.2195" for Win2k is independent of what SP level the computer is at.