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Microsoft has announced retail pricing for Windows 7 that includes an option to preorder the operating system at a substantial discount.  From today through July 11, U.S. consumers can preorder an upgrade from XP or Vista to Windows 7 Home premium for $49 or Windows 7 Professional for $99.  However, XP customers must do Related posts: Determine Windows Version and Edition with C# Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1: RC Microsoft to Share .NET Framework Code

This article explains how to use C# to determine the name, edition, service pack, version and bits of the host operating system. For example, the results on my PC would be: Operation System Information —————————- Name = Windows Vista Edition = Home Premium Service Pack = Service Pack 1 Version = 6.0.6001.65536 Bits = 64 Code You can download the code here. Sample Program Here is a