Module for generic platform information: platform.py

[Thomas Heller]

> [...] BTW, is there any way (other than using the registry) to find
> out the patch level of WinNT, e.g. something like "Windows NT 4.0 with
> SP4" ? Since this information seems vital on WinNT I think it should
> be included in the version string.

You can use the command
"winmsd /s /f"
to generate a report containing more than you ever wanted to know about NT.
Flags: /s - summary report (about 13kB here),
       or /a - complete system report (about 40kB)
       /f - system report will be sent to file,
       or /p - system report will be sent to printer


The first few lines are:
  Microsoft Diagnostics Report For \\THOMASNOTEBOOK
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------

  OS Version Report
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Microsoft (R) Windows NT (TM) Workstation
  Version 4.0 (Build 1381: Service Pack 4) x86 Uniprocessor Free
  Registered Owner: Thomas Heller, ION-TOF GmbH
  Product Number: <...deleted...>

Problems I see:
a - the report is written to the file <computername>.txt in the current
directory
    (hostname.exe will return this name)
b - the report is written in the language corresponding to the NT version
c - you may want to start winmsd with the command line
    "start /wait winmsd /s /f"
    so that the command returns when winmsd is finished.
d - winmsd displays a progress box (which you may not want to see?)
e - I'm not sure if winmsd is included in every version of NT,
    I could only check several NT4.0 boxes here.


Thomas Heller
ION-TOF GmbH