> Is there any other way > of distinguishing between XP and 2000 I wonder?
WinXP SP2: >>> import win32api >>> major, minor, spack, platform, ver_str = win32api.GetVersionEx() >>> print major, minor, spack, platform, ver_str 5 1 2600 2 Service Pack 2 WinNT SP4: >>> import win32api >>> major, minor, spack, platform, ver_str = win32api.GetVersionEx() >>> print major, minor, spack, platform, ver_str 5 0 2195 2 Service Pack 4 =Tony.Meyer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list