How to Track the user's OS

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hi,
I have a problem to getting the user's OS to my site.
I write the code as follows.

C#

System.Environment.OSVersion.ToString()

It gives the System's Os not the User's Os.

If you know about this,share the information.

Thanks In Advance

Posted 12-Jan-12 23:00pm

penigandlakoti

Updated 12-Jan-12 23:03pm

Mehdi Gholam

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Dylan Morley · Answer 1 · 2012-01-12T23:17:00

The code you have posted will always give you the details of the machine executing the web page, not the client

If you want to view information about the client, you should use the UserAgent[^] property.

Also see here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

Obviously, it's up to the client computer what they disclose to you. They may hide certain agent settings, you can't be guaranteed consistent behaviour from this string.

virang_21 · Answer 2 · 2012-01-13T00:08:00

Solution 3

You can use Request.ServerVariables Collection to find out which OS users are using.

Check here Clickty [^] for list of variables available in the collection.

HTTP_USER_AGENT is the one useful for you.

Posted 13-Jan-12 0:08am

virang_21

Rajesh Anuhya · Answer 3 · 2012-01-12T23:09:00

Solution 1

may be this will help you

System.Environment.OSVersion.Platform.ToString();

thanks

Posted 12-Jan-12 23:09pm

Rajesh Anuhya

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 13-Jan-12 5:28am

OP knows it much better than you do! Why confusing people? This is Server-side OS, not client-side!

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