Specifically, I am trying to detect Windows XP users as they are not compatible with my software.
Is there a way to detect with at least 70% or higher accuracy?
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Specifically, I am trying to detect Windows XP users as they are not compatible with my software.
Is there a way to detect with at least 70% or higher accuracy?
Try
navigator.appVersionhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms533080(v=VS.85).aspx
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.navigator.appVersion
I have Windows 7 here and the
navigator.appVersionreturns a string containing “NT 6.1” in these browsers: Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE9 beta.Only Firefox does not return that info in that string 🙁
btw, WinXP is “NT 5.1”, Vista is “NT 6.0” …
Update
navigator.userAgentreturns the “NT version” string in all 5 browsers. That means thatuserAgentis the property that is able to tell the Windows version.