sysinfo

Strange values of SystemType property of Win32_ComputerSystem WMI class?

According to the documentation at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394102%28VS.85%29.aspx this property may assume the following string values: "X86-based PC" "MIPS-based PC" "Alpha-based PC" "Power PC" "SH-x PC" "StrongARM PC" "64-bit Intel PC" "64-bit Alpha PC" "Unknown" "X86-Nec98 PC" Most of it is pretty obvious, but what...

How can I discover my end user's users' system performance settings?

How can I discover my end users' system performance settings (visual effects, etc.)? I want to make my WPF application compatible with those settings. Is there any standard routine to do this or do I just have to read sysinfo? ...