There is an operatingSystem object that has Platform, servicepack, version and versionstring. Here is an example straight from Microsoft help:
Visual Basic
' Example for the OperatingSystem constructor and the
' OperatingSystem.ToString( ) method.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Module OpSysConstructDemo
' Create and display an OperatingSystem object.
Sub BuildOSObj( pID As PlatformID, ver As Version )
Dim os As New OperatingSystem( pID, ver )
Console.WriteLine( " {0}", os.ToString( ) )
End Sub
Sub BuildOperatingSystemObjects( )
' The Version object does not need to correspond to an
' actual OS version.
Dim verNull As New Version( )
Dim verMajMin As New Version( 3, 11 )
Dim verMMBld As New Version( 5, 25, 625 )
Dim verMMBVer As New Version( 5, 6, 7, 8 )
Dim verString As New Version( "3.5.8.13" )
' All PlatformID members are shown here.
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32NT, verNull )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32S, verMajMin )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32Windows, verMMBld )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.WinCE, verMMBVer )
BuildOSObj( PlatformID.Win32NT, verString )
End Sub
Sub Main( )
Console.WriteLine( \_
"This example of the OperatingSystem constructor " & \_
"and " & vbCrLf & "OperatingSystem.ToString( ) " & \_
"generates the following output." & vbCrLf )
Console.WriteLine( \_
"Create and display several different " & \_
"OperatingSystem objects:" & vbCrLf )
BuildOperatingSystemObjects( )
Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & \_
"The OS version of the host computer is: " & \_
vbCrLf & vbCrLf & " {0}", \_
Environment.OSVersion.ToString( ) )
End Sub
End Module
' This example of the OperatingSystem constructor and
' OperatingSystem.ToString( ) generates the following output.
'
' Create and display several different OperatingSystem objects:
'
' Microsoft Windows NT 0.0
' Microsoft Win32S 3.11
' Microsoft Windows 98 5.25.625
' Microsoft Windows CE 5.6.7.8
' Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.8.13
'
' The OS version of the host computer is:
'
' Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600.0
C#
// Example for the OperatingSystem constructor and the
// OperatingSystem.ToString( ) method.
using System;
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