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A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST : I initiated the request for enhancement for what became Bug 7170169, System.getProperty("os.name") should return "Windows 8" when run on Windows 8. Fixes were delivered for Java 7 and 8, but not for Java 6 -- the platform I used to report the original bug. From Bug 7170169: FULL PRODUCT VERSION : java version "1.6.0_31" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_31-b05) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.6-b01, mixed mode, sharing) ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION : customer Windows [Version 6.2.8250] A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM : The JDK1.6.0 System.getProperty("os.name") doesn't get Windows 8's os.name correct. It should get "Windows 8" instead of "Windows NT (unknown)". JUSTIFICATION : Public updates for Java 6 are scheduled until November 2012. Windows 8 is expected to be released Q4 2012. A fix to the os.name problem is known and should be backported to Java 6 since there will be officially supported overlap between Java 6 and Windows 8. EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR : EXPECTED - System.getProperty("os.name") should return "Windows 8" using Java 6. ACTUAL - System.getProperty("os.name") returns "Windows NT (unknown)". ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ---------- Run the following code in Windows 8 Release Preview: public class SystemPropertyTest { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(System.getProperty("os.name")); } } ---------- END SOURCE ----------