Module for generic platform information: platform.py

[Mike Steed]

> From: M.-A. Lemburg [mailto:mal at lemburg.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:31 AM
> To: Thomas Heller
> Cc: python-list
> Subject: Re: Module for generic platform information: platform.py
> [snip]
> > is complete. I did not find a way to suppress this window.
> > Hope this helps,
> 
> Well it does, but I don't think weird windows popping up when
> calling a Python function is not really tolerable. Having the
> program write to a fixed filename is even less -- you'd write
> that file (which contains private data I suppose) into the
> current dir which could be just about anywhere...
> 
> Perhaps some of the win32 wizards out there could help out 
> with a function that gets this data from the registry (either
> direct via MarkHs win32 package or indirect via "regedit") ?

I happen to have this information handy at the moment, which is a start.  On
NT 4.0, the magic key is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion.  It includes the version, build number, and service pack,
among other things.  If I remember correctly, similar information can be
found under Win95/98 under ...\Windows\CurrentVersion.

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M.