VC++ 7.1 and WINVER warnings on Windows 2000

[sysop HAL9K com]

We recently moved from VC++ 7.0 to 7.1 and now are getting these strange warnings whenever we compile on a Windows 2000 machine WINVER not defined. Defaulting to 0x0501 (Windows XP and Windows .NET Server) This warning does not show up on Windows XP compiles. Obviously it's the wrong answer since it should be 0x0500 for Windows 2000 right? please cc victor.volkman@ugsplm.com with answer :confused:

[Joe Woodbury]

In Stdafx.h, define WINVER to a valid value. While at it, define _WIN32_WINNT, _WIN32_WINDOWS and _WIN32_IE to the the values that reflect your target OS. (And yes, 0x0500 is used for Windows 2000. For _WIN32_IE, decide what the minimal version of IE support you need--even if you don't use IE directly, you may use common controls which depended on IE for installation.) Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke