Fix recognition of remote Windows OS #794
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Changes done and why
FIX: failed to properly recognize remote OS as being Windows, closes #788
Also reduced a bit the impact of the previous change, because a normal exception might be catched at the file level, whereas FatalError would always exit
Modify comparetest.py to use new feature. Allow remote parts of comparetest to work under Windows
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