There are several editions of Windows 8.1: Enterprise, Pro etc. I wan't to make sure, I am running correct edition.
When I go to PC info, I see Edition: Windows 8.1
.
How can I figure out which version am I running?
In the Run window (Win+R) type: cmd /c "slmgr /dli"
You should see something like this:
Name: Windows(R) BLAH edition Description: Windows(R) Operating System, BLAH channel ... License status: Licensed
You can also use WMI to query the OS information using this command:
wmic os get Caption, Version, OperatingSystemSKU, OSProductSuite
You should see something like this:
Caption OperatingSystemSKU OSProductSuite Version Microsoft Windows 8.1 Single Language 100 768 6.3.9600
OS SKU codes are explained here and here. 100 (0x64) stands for PRODUCT_CORE_SINGLELANGUAGE
OSProductSuite codes are explained here. 768 (0x300) = 512 (0x200) + 256 (0x100)
This means Windows Home Edition is installed and Terminal Services is installed, but only one interactive session is supported.
With PowerShell
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption
To start PowerShell, hit Win + R (to open Run utility), type in powershell and hit enter.
Open the command line (right click on window, then select Run
), type systeminfo.exe
and press Enter.
In the Run window (Win+R) type:
msinfo32.exe
This will give the user a very detailed system summary of hardware resources, components and software environment. On the System Summary page, the first field OS Name
will identify the version and variant of the OS, such as Microsoft Windows 8 Pro
You can use the ver command. There might be some variants I am not aware of. It should print the version of your and / or the version of the command processor.
There are keys in registry in bottom that hold the value of the Ver.
Single Language
norProfessional
norMedia Center
when you hit properties onMy PC
then your runningWindows 8
which is known asWindows 8 Core
the same applies to 8.1