Installation policy depending on workstation version

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I have a mixed set of Win2000 and XP workstations for which I want
to apply/not apply certain installation policies according to the
workstation version, ie, one package for 2000 machines, a different one
for XP machines. The 2000 package will not operate on the XP machines,
and the XP package will not run on the 2000 machines. They all belong
the the same OU.

Is there a way for a policy to check the workstation version before
applying itself, or do I have to manually create OUs or Security
Group(s) for each type? AD seems to know the version, so it seems a
sensible thing that a policy be able to use this information.

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