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    [Updated] Determine Windows Version and Edition

    By Marius Bancila
      -  Published 03/12/2010

    Learn about a comprehensive method of getting the Windows version and differentiate among the various editions.

    Handling OS Shut Down in Windows Vista

    By Nick Wienholt
      -  Published 12/06/2006

    The way Vista closes applications during operating system shut down has changed from prior Windows versions' approaches. Learn how to provide your users with appropriate notification from the Vista shut down screen.

    SMBIOS Demystified

    By kirants
      -  Published 08/01/2006

    Discover a basic SMBIOS parser that demonstrates querying for SMBIOS info using WMI and then parsing the data to extract necessary information.

    DOS Info Block: A Definitive Guide

    By Najam
      -  Published 10/21/2005

    Tons of information about DOS registers and their functions.

    Make GDI+ Less Finicky About Fonts

    By Sjaak Priester
      -  Published 09/23/2005

    Windows GDI+ understands only half of the fonts out there. Use the QGraphicsText class to work with the other half.

    Enumerate WFP Files

    By Ajay Vijayvargiya
      -  Published 02/02/2005

    Windows systems launched after Windows2000 include a WFP feature (Windows File Protection). This article glimpses over it and shows how to enumerate the list of all protected files.

    MFC Class "System Information"

    By Alexey Kazakovsky_LEGACY
      -  Published 12/23/2002

    Get various items of system information, such as the OS version (for example, Windows 2000 Terminal Server or Windows XP Home Edition), the CPU type, the amount of physical memory and memory usage, the version of IE, the version of ADO, the network interface (NIC) list with the IP addresses, and much more.

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