boinc manager shows wrong OS on my system

Einar
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Topic 190437

I am running XP Pro 64 bit version. Why is the manager showing it as the following? Thanks

Microsoft Windows 2003
Professional Edition, Service Pack 1, (05.02.3790.00)

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boinc manager shows wrong OS on my system

Right Click on "My Computer" report what the OS says there.

My bet is it's the internal name for XP64. I believe BOINC can not change the name of an OS, it just reports what it reads directly from the OS.

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