I used AUTOINST to install PowerPatch 7.
Could be that Patch/iX modifies the USER VERSION. But then so can anyone who
is able to make an SLT and do an UPDATE.

PUB.SYS:showme
USER: #S606,MANAGER.SYS,PUB      (NOT IN BREAK)
RELEASE: C.55.03   MPE/iX HP31900 C.05.08   USER VERSION: C.55.03
CURRENT: THU, MAY 11, 2000,  8:48 AM

-----Original Message-----
From: John Burke [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

Or maybe not. Apparently under some circumstances the user version is
changed. For example, all three of my systems on 5.5 pp7 show something like
this:

showme
USER: #S5044,MGR.SYSMGR,PUB      (NOT IN BREAK)
RELEASE: C.55.00   MPE/iX HP31900 C.05.08   USER VERSION: C.55.07
CURRENT: FRI, MAY 12, 2000,  1:35 PM
LOGON:   FRI, MAY 12, 2000,  5:59 AM

...

So, the "user version" seems to show the PowerPatch level in all cases.
Note: I used PATCH/iX exclusively to update these systems.

John Burke