Is this right?

Question

I am running Windows XP home....when I typed this code into C# and ran it:

System.Environment.OSVersion.ToString();

I ended up with the result: Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack 2, is this rigth? Shouldn't it say Windows XP? I am probably wrong...so please correct me

Answer 1

XP was built on the supposed "stability and reliability" of NT - its an offspring of the NT family and therefore still Windows NT



So thats fine

Answer 2

GetVersionEx in my programs comes out with the following for XP



Windows NT Version 5.1, build 2600, Service Pack 2



Windows 2000 says:



Windows NT Version 5.0, build 2195, Service Pack 2



Window XP x64 is:



Windows NT Version 5.2, build 3790, Service Pack 1



Vista Beta was:



Windows NT Version 6.0, build 5384

Answer 3

Nope. It's correct. "Service Pack 2" is actually a subversion of the operating system. This is because SP2 was actually a massive internal change for XP!



[edit] Ooops, we're talking about "XP" versus "NT" aren't we? Well, XP is part of the NT family so it's correct!

Answer 4

XP is a loosely based version of NT. That's fine.

Answer 5

XP is based on NT.

Answer 6

its right trust me