Microsoft KB Archive/275259

= SMS: Information on Identifying the Version of DCOM on a Window 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition Computer =

Article ID: 275259

Article Last Modified on 2/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q275259



SUMMARY
This article provides information on how to identify the version of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) that is installed on Microsoft Windows 95-based, Microsoft Windows 98-based, and Windows Millennium-based computers.



MORE INFORMATION
You can determine which version of Dcom95 or Dcom98 is installed on a Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition-based computer by checking the registry. If DCOM is installed on the system, the default value of the registry key

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{bdc67890-4fc0-11d0-a805-00aa006d2ea4}\InstalledVersion

will contain the version of DCOM installed on the system. The version number in the registry is stored in the format &quot;a,b,c,d&quot; and these correspond to:
 * - a - major operating system version
 * - b - minor operating system version
 * - c - minor file version
 * - d - major file version

To determine the version of Dcom95 or Dcom98 based on these values, use the following table:

Additional query words: prodsms

Keywords: kbinfo KB275259

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