On Jan 12, 2015 12:56 AM, "Ken Sharp" <imwellcushtymelike@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> On 11/01/15 12:07, Nikolay Sivov wrote:
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>> On 11.01.2015 14:33, Ken Sharp wrote:
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>>> �� �� �� { "win7",�� �� �� �� "Windows 7",�� �� �� �� ��6,�� 1,
>>> 0x1DB1,VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 1", 1, 0, "WinNT"},
>>> �� �� �� { "vista",�� �� �� ��"Windows Vista",�� �� ��6,�� 0,
>>> 0x1772,VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 2", 2, 0, "WinNT"},
>>> �� #ifdef _WIN64
>>> -�� �� { "winxp64",�� �� ��"Windows XP",�� �� �� �� 5,�� 2, 0xECE,
>>> VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 2", 2, 0, "WinNT"},
>>> -#else
>>> -�� �� { "winxp",�� �� �� ��"Windows XP",�� �� �� �� 5,�� 1, 0xA28,
>>> VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 3", 3, 0, "WinNT"},
>>> +�� �� { "winxp64",�� �� ��"Windows XP x64",�� �� 5,�� 2, 0xECE,
>>> VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 2", 2, 0, "WinNT"},
>>> �� #endif
>>> +�� �� { "winxp",�� �� �� ��"Windows XP",�� �� �� �� 5,�� 1, 0xA28,
>>> VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT, "Service Pack 3", 3, 0, "WinNT"},
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>> If we're doing this it should be called "winxp" in both cases, we don't
>> have "win764", so why XP should be different?
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> Because Windows XP and Windows XP x64 Edition are different versions entirely.

Right, but there isn't the case where Windows xp is 64 bit and not xp64. A 64 bit prefix shouldn't be able to pretend to be a (non-existent) 32 bit version.