How to check if OS is Vista in Python?
Python has the lovely 'platform' module to help you out.
>>> import platform>>> platform.win32_ver()('XP', '5.1.2600', 'SP2', 'Multiprocessor Free')>>> platform.system()'Windows'>>> platform.version()'5.1.2600'>>> platform.release()'XP'NOTE: As mentioned in the comments proper values may not be returned when using older versions of python.
The solution used in Twisted, which doesn't need pywin32:
def isVista(): if getattr(sys, "getwindowsversion", None) is not None: return sys.getwindowsversion()[0] == 6 else: return FalseNote that it will also match Windows Server 2008.
The simplest solution I found is this one:
import sysdef isWindowsVista(): '''Return True iff current OS is Windows Vista.''' if sys.platform != "win32": return False import win32api VER_NT_WORKSTATION = 1 version = win32api.GetVersionEx(1) if not version or len(version) < 9: return False return ((version[0] == 6) and (version[1] == 0) and (version[8] == VER_NT_WORKSTATION))