Distinguish XPE from XP Pro



todd.sowter-eds@eds.com
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
Hi,

I need to distribute a patch to XPE systems only but not to our other
managed XP Pro systems. I usually do this sort of exclusions through
WMI properties but unfortunately the Win32_OperatingSystem value for
each OS version is exactly the same "Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1 2600 [Build 2600]"

Is there another WMI object I can use for this purpose? Failing that,
is there a particular file (ie .dll or .exe) that I can check against
date/time or size etc?

Thanks.
Todd

Bing.Chen
07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
Dear Todd,

How about using the registry value to distinguish between XP Pro and
XPE.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Cur­rentControlSet\Control\Product­Options]

Key Name: ProductSuite


Type: MULTI_SZ


Value: EmbeddedNT
(In XP Pro, it seems that no content in this key)


http://groups.google.com.tw/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded/browse_frm/thread/176e36179dff65a/10e20192198eea9a?hl=zh-TW&lr=&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Dzh-TW%26lr%3D%26group%3Dmicrosoft.public.windowsxp.embedded#10e20192198eea9a

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Best Regards,
Microsoft MVP for Windows Embedded
Bing Chen
Advantech Co., Ltd.


<todd.sowter-eds@eds.com>
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> Hi,
>
> I need to distribute a patch to XPE systems only but not to our other
> managed XP Pro systems. I usually do this sort of exclusions through
> WMI properties but unfortunately the Win32_OperatingSystem value for
> each OS version is exactly the same "Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 5.1 2600 [Build 2600]"
>
> Is there another WMI object I can use for this purpose? Failing that,
> is there a particular file (ie .dll or .exe) that I can check against
> date/time or size etc?
>
> Thanks.
> Todd
>


Distinguish XPE from XP Pro