Uname for Windows

Chris Gehlker wrote:

> Seems like a curious question for this group but I don't feel like
> joining a Windows mailing list just to ask it. Besides, it's actually a
> Samba question in disguise.
>
> I was trying to add some Windows XP computers to a a domain and it just
> wasn't working. I finally wised up to the fact that these computers came
> preloaded with some crippled version of Windows called 'Home Edition'
> even though the salesman had sold them to the poor business owner as
> office machines. The OS had been customized with HP splash screens and
> whatnot to the point where it was only obvious that it was something
> like XP. I didn't really know that MS deliberately made something
> crappier than Windows.
>
> So how does one tell just by looking what version of Windows is running
> on a machine?

I just look at Control Panel -> System
First tab says the OS Version, and SP level (it should discriminate between XP
Pro and Home).