[python-win32] Is there a _simple_ way to find out what version of Windows you are running?

[Bob Hood]

On 10/8/2015 3:56 AM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> Hi, I am one of the python.org webmasters.  We get people -- often children
> who want to install python on their computers but don't know what OS they
> are running.  Nearly all of these people are running Windows, though I
> did get somebody who was running FreeBSD the other day. :)
>
> Microsoft tells you to do this:
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/which-operating-system
>
> This is asking an awful lot of the people who are mailing webmaster
> and who don't know what OS they are running.  It is futile to tell
> these people methods to find out what OS version they are running that vary
> depending on what OS you have, so  I am looking for a thing you can do on
> any version of windows which will reliably spit out the correct
> answer.
>
> something along the lines of the windows XP discovery:
>
>      Click the Start button, click Run, type winver, and then press Enter.

You can reduce it be at least one step:

Windows Key + R, type winver, press Enter.

I tested this with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.  I don't 
have Vista handy, but I assume it will work there as well.