How to differentiate Win98 from NT ?

Svante Kleist Svante.Kleist at edt.ericsson.se
Thu Jan 20 02:03:53 EST 2000


Dear Pythonists,

"os.name" says "nt" for both Windows NT and Windows 98.

In order to differentiate between the two,
I could search for the existence of "cmd.exe",
but that feels rather clumsy. 

Better suggestions, please?

 / Svante Kleist
/NEMESIS systemDesign, Stockholm



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