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

2015-10-08 Thread Laura Creighton
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

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

2015-10-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/10/2015 10:56, 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

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

2015-10-08 Thread Patrick Asselman
On 2015-10-08 15:59, Laura Creighton wrote: In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:52:11 +0200, Patrick Asselman writes: Microsoft tells you to do this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/which-operating-system Clicking on a link is too much to ask? Or is the URL too long? In that case I

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

2015-10-08 Thread Tim Golden
On 08/10/2015 13:37, Tim Golden wrote: > On 08/10/2015 10:56, 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

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

2015-10-08 Thread 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

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

2015-10-08 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:52:11 +0200, Patrick Asselman writes: >> Microsoft tells you to do this: >> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/which-operating-system > >Clicking on a link is too much to ask? Or is the URL too long? >In that case I would suggest to use

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

2015-10-08 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 16:03:23 +0200, Patrick Asselman writes: >On 2015-10-08 15:59, Laura Creighton wrote: >> In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:52:11 +0200, Patrick Asselman >> writes: Microsoft tells you to do this:

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

2015-10-08 Thread Patrick Asselman
On 2015-10-08 11:56, 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

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

2015-10-08 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 13:37:32 +0100, Tim Golden writes: >Windows + Pause/Break [*] will produce the system info window showing >the Windows version, including Service Pack, and bit-ness, for any >recent version of Windows. > >It does look slightly different on each version, but the

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

2015-10-08 Thread Tim Roberts
Laura Creighton wrote: > Wonderful. Now if any Vista people and RT people can confirm it works > for them too, I think I will have the whole set. The RT user experience is identical to Windows 8. It works there. The Vista start button is the same as Windows 7. Server 2008 is the same as

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

2015-10-08 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Thu, 08 Oct 2015 12:00:43 -0700, Tim Roberts writes: >Laura Creighton wrote: >> Wonderful. Now if any Vista people and RT people can confirm it works >> for them too, I think I will have the whole set. > >The RT user experience is identical to Windows 8. It works there. > >The