Include Windows product name in OSDescription
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Description
Currently, OSDescription on windows gets set to "Microsoft Windows x.y.z" where x.y.z is the windows version number, e.g. "Wicrosoft Windows 10.0.19043". This does not include the windows product name, e.g. "Windows 10 Pro", "Windows 7 Professional", "Windows 10 Enterprise", etc.
The product name is used for Microsoft Licensing, which is audited by Microsoft; being able to query it for machines that have been recently active is very beneficial; it can be easily queried from Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProductName
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
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Research direction
Start by locating the Windows implementation that assembles OSDescription and inspect how it currently obtains the Windows version. Read the ProductName value from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and verify that OSDescription includes names such as Windows 10 Pro alongside the version.
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- csharp
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- operating-systems
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- Feature
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