Detect windows version?

[Microbe]

Hey there,

I am using highslide (

http://vikjavev.no/highslide/)

in a site and I have 100% confirmed that it has some sort of code that causes the combination of W2K and IE6 to reboot. Not just crash the browser, actually restart the machine.

This is not a good thing.

However Highslide is so cool I want to keep using it for the other 99.9% (?) of people so the trick would be to simply disable it for W2K IE6 combination.

I know how to detect a browser, I can detect the OS. But how can I detect Windows 2000 specifically? Can't find anything out there which leads me to think it might not be possible.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions


Steve

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

As far as I know (I don't have W2K to test), you should be able to examine the "window.navigator.userAgent" property:

Running XP, I see the string "Windows NT 5.1" contained. If running W2K, I think you'll see either "Windows NT 5.0" or "Windows NT 5.00" - but if you've got 2K you should be able to test the exact details.

Of course, why not email the author of the script and see if he can fix it? That way, your W2K users get to enjoy the benefits, too.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[Microbe]

Thanks Dan, I'll give that a try.

I agree about getting it to work properly and the author is going to set up a W2K IE6 system to do some testing.

Steve

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