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Qjimbo
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O.P. Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
I'm pretty certain this isn't a msgplus problem, but rather something a registry tweaker program screwed up a while ago:
![[Image: vererror.png]](http://rainscape.org.uk/vererror.png)
After downloading the msn messenger beta update it refused to install stating my system was not XP when, as you can see from the image, it in fact is. I have no idea where !VER reads it's data from, if I knew I could probably correct the problem 
Anyone have any ideas?
This post was edited on 08-07-2005 at 11:50 PM by Qjimbo.
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| 08-07-2005 11:48 PM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Start > Run > Winver
Tell what it says
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| 08-08-2005 12:13 AM |
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Qjimbo
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O.P. RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Here ya go, 100% XP from the looks of things 
 Attachment: winver.png (39.51 KB)
This file has been downloaded 203 time(s).
This post was edited on 08-08-2005 at 03:21 AM by Qjimbo.
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| 08-08-2005 03:10 AM |
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ShawnZ
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Start > Run > Cmd /k prompt $v
and tell me what that says
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| 08-08-2005 03:22 AM |
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linx05
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
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Originally posted by ShawnZ
Start > Run > Cmd /k prompt $v
and tell me what that says
I think we have established that his system is XP. Qjimbo, do you know what the tweaker was? Can you re-download it again and change what you have done? |
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| 08-08-2005 03:56 AM |
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lopardo
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Don't you have any Service Packs? 
Do you have any patch?
Run the attached program, it will show you a message with Windows version numbers and will copy it to the clipboard, paste it here.
 Attachment: GetWinVer.zip (156.32 KB)
This file has been downloaded 156 time(s).
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| 08-08-2005 05:19 AM |
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Qjimbo
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O.P. RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Yeah I had SP1 before now, but my computer recently screwed up so I had to do a repair install, which I thought would actually fix the Win2000 problem, but it didn't.
GetWinVer:
![[Image: getwinver.png]](http://rainscape.org.uk/getwinver.png)
And that prompt thing shows "Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]"
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Qjimbo, do you know what the tweaker was? Can you re-download it again and change what you have done?
I thought it was "GameXP", but after undoing everything the problem was still there... I'm not sure what exactly did it, I was running lots of tweakers at the time whcih I've uninstalled. It's not the sort of problem you notice right away 
This post was edited on 08-08-2005 at 02:18 PM by Qjimbo.
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| 08-08-2005 02:14 PM |
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lopardo
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Well, everything looks alright there, so it could be a MsgPlus bug, I don't know where it gets that information from.
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| 08-08-2005 04:07 PM |
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Messenger Plus! uses the Windows API to get the version of Windows. If it gets it wrong, it means the API sends the wrong values . Could it be that you changed the compatibility settings of msnmsgr.exe ? Windows (and other programs) can fool specific software to think they are running on different versions of windows sometimes. |
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| 08-08-2005 09:13 PM |
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RE: Incorrect Windows Version displayed with (!VER) command
Cool, you can fool the (!VER) command with the compatibilty modes |
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| 08-08-2005 09:32 PM |
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