Hi,

I need to find out if there is a way to determine the operating system
version and whether it is 32 or 64-bit by using the registry. I am aware of
the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion. Windows XP would be 5.1 and Vista would be
6.0. I noticed that both the 32 and 64 bit versions are set to version 6.0.
Does anyone know where to find the bit version installed in the registry?
System Information is able to tell so it must be in the registry somewhere.

I have been searching the internet for awhile without much luck so far.

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Thanks,

Rob

--OS Architecture.VBS--cut here--
' Mark L. Ferguson 2008
' script to detect 32 or 64 bit architecture
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOperatingSystem in colOperatingSystems
Wscript.Echo objOperatingSystem.Caption & _
" " & objOperatingSystem.OSArchitecture
Next
--end file--cut here--

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"RobM" <RobM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I need to find out if there is a way to determine the operating system
> version and whether it is 32 or 64-bit by using the registry. I am aware
> of
> the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion. Windows XP would be 5.1 and Vista would
> be
> 6.0. I noticed that both the 32 and 64 bit versions are set to version
> 6.0.
> Does anyone know where to find the bit version installed in the registry?
> System Information is able to tell so it must be in the registry
> somewhere.
>
> I have been searching the internet for awhile without much luck so far.
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob

Go here line 14 and download the script and run it.
http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksvista.html

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"RobM" <RobM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8A55D8EB-D956-4D0C-B978-54AE4A313300@xxxxxx

> Hi,
>
> I need to find out if there is a way to determine the operating system
> version and whether it is 32 or 64-bit by using the registry. I am aware
> of
> the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion. Windows XP would be 5.1 and Vista would
> be
> 6.0. I noticed that both the 32 and 64 bit versions are set to version
> 6.0.
> Does anyone know where to find the bit version installed in the registry?
> System Information is able to tell so it must be in the registry
> somewhere.
>
> I have been searching the internet for awhile without much luck so far.
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob