How to detect Windows version and run a specific program

[Cliff Seely]

I am looking for a way to detect the version of Windows (2K, XP or
Vista) a user has from a web page and run one of several programs
based on that. Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Cliff

 

[Tom Willett]

Google for: "detect windows os version script"
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|I am looking for a way to detect the version of Windows (2K, XP or
| Vista) a user has from a web page and run one of several programs
| based on that. Can anyone help?
|
| Thanks,
| Cliff
|

 

[Mike Mueller]

I am looking for a way to detect the version of Windows (2K, XP or
Vista) a user has from a web page and run one of several programs
based on that. Can anyone help?

The http headers can help you determine the OS & browser being used to
access a webpage.

NT4= Windows NT4
NT5= Windows 2000
NT5.1= Windows XP
NT5.2= Windows 2003
NT6 = Windows Vista

What type of program are you going to be running? Server side or client
side?

 

[Cliff Seely]

The http headers can help you determine the OS & browser being used to
access a webpage.

NT4= Windows NT4
NT5= Windows 2000
NT5.1= Windows XP
NT5.2= Windows 2003
NT6 = Windows Vista

What type of program are you going to be running? Server side or client
side?

Thanks for the reply. The program is client side.

 

[David Berry]

For Client-Side you can use JavaScript to do this. See the example at
http://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/browser-check.html

 

[Cliff Seely]

For Client-Side you can use JavaScript to do this. See the example athttp://javascript.internet.com/miscellaneous/browser-check.html

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Thanks for the reply. However, I need to determine the version of
Windows the user has rather than the browser. If it is Windows 2000,
I want to run one program and if it is XP or Vista I want to run
another program. I think I need to use navigator.appVersion.indexOf
but I can't find the values that would indicate if it's 2K, XP or
Vista.

 

[Cliff Seely]

Thanks for the reply. However, I need to determine the version of
Windows the user has rather than the browser. If it is Windows 2000,
I want to run one program and if it is XP or Vista I want to run
another program. I think I need to use navigator.appVersion.indexOf
but I can't find the values that would indicate if it's 2K, XP or
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Well, I just found it here: http://www.begues.net/javascript/6350-sistema_operativo.html
(in Spanish but easy enough to change the variable to English).