windows-xp-servicepacks

A batch file to detect and display windows based information such as service packs.

I would like to have a batch file display which service pack it has installed, which internet explorer version it has installed, and which version of windows media player it has installed. This would be for windows xp only. The reason why I need this is because I have a script that can install windows updates offline but when it comes ...

Statistics regarding Windows XP before SP2, is it worth still supporting it

We would like to drop support for our application on stock Windows XP and XP SP1 and thus require SP2 or higher. I tried finding some statistics about market share of the various service packs of Windows but failed. Do you have such links? Do you still support XP before SP2? ...