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How to determine version of win95 if is OSR2?
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Frank
2003-12-25 17:13:04 UTC
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Hi,there

How to determine version of win95 if is OSR2 or laters use VC++? I worked
for that a long time, but ... :-( so, any reply is appreciated :p

Thanx very much
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Jeff Partch [MVP]
2003-12-25 23:58:28 UTC
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Post by Frank
How to determine version of win95 if is OSR2 or laters use VC++? I worked
for that a long time, but ... :-( so, any reply is appreciated :p
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/osversioninfo_str.asp
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Jeroen-bart Engelen
2003-12-26 01:07:08 UTC
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Post by Jeff Partch [MVP]
Post by Frank
How to determine version of win95 if is OSR2 or laters use VC++? I worked
for that a long time, but ... :-( so, any reply is appreciated :p
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/osversioninfo_str.asp
And to add to that.
Win95A is Win95 with a service pack
Win95B is Win95 OSR2
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (with USB support)

Jeroen-bart Engelen
Jeroen-bart Engelen
2003-12-27 03:04:50 UTC
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Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
Post by Jeff Partch [MVP]
Post by Frank
How to determine version of win95 if is OSR2 or laters use VC++? I worked
for that a long time, but ... :-( so, any reply is appreciated :p
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/osversioninfo_str.asp
And to add to that.
Win95A is Win95 with a service pack
Win95B is Win95 OSR2
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (with USB support)
I made a small mistake.
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (no USB support)
Win95D is Win95 OSR2.5 (with USB support)

Jeroen-bart Engelen
cquirke (MVP Win9x)
2003-12-27 12:05:20 UTC
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 04:04:50 +0100, Jeroen-bart Engelen
Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
And to add to that.
Win95A is Win95 with a service pack
Win95B is Win95 OSR2
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (with USB support)
I made a small mistake.
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (no USB support)
Win95D is Win95 OSR2.5 (with USB support)
All Win95 SR2.xx support USB/AGP, but none of them include this as
part of the install (well, haven't seen "D").

SR 2 requires USBsupp.exe to be downloaded
SR 2.1 has USBsupp.exe on the CD somewhere
SR 2.5 ("C") has IE 4 integrated, else same as SR 2.1

From a perspective of "what version are xxx files?", it's almost
inevitable that today's Internet-going Win95xx systems will have an
ugraded version of IE, with all the implications that go with that,
and most likely DirectX and Winsock upgrades as well.

So I'd be tempted to take the pain of ascertaining versions of the
individual files you are interested in, or (if committing to
post-Win95 versions of the Windows installer) use whatever the Windows
Installer can offer in automatic version management.
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Jeroen-bart Engelen
2003-12-27 16:09:59 UTC
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Post by cquirke (MVP Win9x)
Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
I made a small mistake.
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (no USB support)
Win95D is Win95 OSR2.5 (with USB support)
All Win95 SR2.xx support USB/AGP, but none of them include this as
part of the install (well, haven't seen "D").
SR 2 requires USBsupp.exe to be downloaded
SR 2.1 has USBsupp.exe on the CD somewhere
SR 2.5 ("C") has IE 4 integrated, else same as SR 2.1
We had a Win95 CD at the office a long time ago and on the CD was
printed "With USB support". This was Win95D (verified after installing).
I never "caught it in the wild" though.

I also believe OSR2 had IE 4 in it already.

Jeroen-bart Engelen
cquirke (MVP Win9x)
2003-12-27 23:11:46 UTC
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:09:59 +0100, Jeroen-bart Engelen
Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
Post by cquirke (MVP Win9x)
Post by Jeroen-bart Engelen
I made a small mistake.
Win95C is Win95 OSR2.1 (no USB support)
Win95D is Win95 OSR2.5 (with USB support)
All Win95 SR2.xx support USB/AGP, but none of them include this as
part of the install (well, haven't seen "D").
SR 2 requires USBsupp.exe to be downloaded
SR 2.1 has USBsupp.exe on the CD somewhere
SR 2.5 ("C") has IE 4 integrated, else same as SR 2.1
We had a Win95 CD at the office a long time ago and on the CD was
printed "With USB support". This was Win95D (verified after installing).
I never "caught it in the wild" though.
I also believe OSR2 had IE 4 in it already.
Win95 SR2 and SR2.1 has IE4 on a second CD, to be installed
separately, as I recall. If you didn't install it, you had what
looked like IE2, but which claimed to be IE4... at the time I avoided
IE4 and installed IE 3.02 instead, switching to IE5 later.

The "With USB support" text on the CD appeared from SR2.1 onwards -
but you still had to locate the USBSupp.exe on the CD and explicitly
install it, it wasn't integrated into the OS install.
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