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>>Is there a way to determine what the current Operating System is at run time? Specifically whether NT Workstation or NT Server is running. The OS() function does not give this detail.
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>You can retrieve the details from the registry.
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>From the NT FAQ at www.ntfaq.com:
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>Q. How can I check what type of NT installation I have?
>
>A. There are now many types of NT installation, Windows NT Workstation, NT Server, NT domain controllers, Terminal Server Edition and Enterprise addition. The normal way would be to just type "net accounts" however this will not give all the information sometimes. One way to check is to look in the registry
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>Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe)
>Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions
>Look at ProductType, it will be one of
>WinNT - Windows NT Workstation
>ServerNT - Windows NT Server standalone
>LanmanNT - Windows NT Server Domain Controller
>You can also look at ProductSuite (if it exists), and depending on your version you may see
>Terminal Server - Windows NT Terminal Server Edition
>Enterprise - Windows NT Enterprise Edition
>Close the registry editor
>If you attempt to open or edit these values (depending on your service pack) a warning will be shown and the value changed back to its original. Don't try to change them.
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>If you don't want to muck around in the registry, WinInfo (from http://www.savilltech.com/download/wininfo.zip) displays the Product Type (and much more) and will be one of
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>Windows NT Workstation
>Windows NT Server
>Windows NT Domain Controller
>Windows Terminal Server Edition
>Windows NT Enterprise Edition

Ed,

Could GetVersionEx() be of any use here?
George

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