When this FingerPrint option flag is set, the operating system on the host machine is queried for its minor version number. This value is stored in software. The version of Windows is comprised of three numbers: major version, minor version, and build number. This version string will change if the user upgrades the version of the operating system. This does not apply to service packs - just version.

Typical Internal Values

There are only seven possible values.

• "0" (corresponds to Win 95, NT4 and 2000)

• "10" (corresponds to Win 98)

• "90" (corresponds to Win ME)

• "51" (corresponds to Win NT3.51)

• "1" (corresponds to Win XP)

• "2" (corresponds to Win Server 2003 family)

Operating System and Security

This flag will be able to successfully query the operating systems minor version number on all versions of Windows. No special user permissions are required.