title: Is there a Python2 module that has more accurate Windows OS information than the sys module?
body: <p>The following code will generate different values, on the same Windows 10 OS, based on what version of python you are using:</p>
  <pre><code>import sys
  info = sys.getwindowsversion()
  major = info.major
  </code></pre>
  <p>On a Windows 10 machine, in python2: major == 6  (<em>which is not the correct value</em>)</p>
  <p>On a Windows 10 machine, in python3: major == 10  (<em>the correct value</em>)</p>
  <p>I'm in the unfortunate position of needing to use python2 here, but the values it is returning are not accurate.  Is there a module, available in python2, that will give me the accurate values for windows version information?</p>