Re: Detect and Display Windows Version
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Re: Detect and Display Windows Version

From: VK <schools_ring@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Nov 30 2005 - 19:46:24 CET




VK wrote:


> You cannot do it directly from the available browser info, because in


> userAgent string (and other places) Microsoft uses version codes (5.0,


> 5.1 etc) and not the market names like Windows ME, Windows XP etc.


>


> So you have to make (or find) a match table {version code : marken


> name}, study navigator.userAgent for code and display the match from


> that table.



And these Microsoft tables will help you:


<http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/aboutuseragent.asp#UARegistry>


Received on Sat Dec  3 04:33:50 2005