Windows 2000 version differences

[Guest]

I have a dll I've written that works fine on one set of machines, and does
not function on another set of machines. All the machines display 5.00.1295
SP 4 as the current OS version, yet, the set of machines that are problematic
have a user32.dll version 5.00.1295.7032 in the sytem directory, and all the
machines that allow the dll to function have a user32.dll with version
5.00.1295.7017 od less. Clearly, although the OSs are supposedly the same
version, clearly they are not. I do not know if the user32.dll is actually
the source of the problem, but this seems to indicate that there are
different iterations of the OS, some where my dll works, and some where it
does not. Does any one have any knowledge or insight into the subtle
differences in various iterations of the OS, and how to identify them.

Thanks for any help

 

[Joe Richards [MVP]]

Look at the hotfixes installed on the machines with 7032, then look them up and
you will probably find the source of the new version. There used to be a DLL
version lookup tool on the MS Site but I can't find it now.

joe

 

[John Phillips]

Additionally, you should describe what "does not function" means. It sounds
like you are either overthinking the problem, haven't done any serious
debugging, or both.


John