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How can I find out BIOS version in Windows without rebooting the system? I would gladly spare finding out the shortcut to enter BIOS and search in BIOS.

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  • I'm curious as to what you'd need it for that you don't need to restart, and that you'd trust windows to tell you what it is.
    – Mazura
    May 5, 2018 at 1:21

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Reset to default
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Press Win + R & enter msinfo32

Then you can navigate and look for all kinds of information, including the BIOS version.

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    In fact, since Windows Vista, pressing the Win key and typing msinfo32 will also work.
    – Andreas Rejbrand
    May 4, 2018 at 17:47
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    @AndreasRejbrand Run is faster though. You might have to wait up to 3 seconds because the indexing for Windows search is the worst IMO (at least until Win7).
    – 41686d6564 stands w. Palestine
    May 4, 2018 at 19:36
  • @AhmedAbdelhameed: I know. On my Windows 7 PC, though, it is very fast. But I also have a Windows 10 PC, and there - for some reason - it is much slower.
    – Andreas Rejbrand
    May 4, 2018 at 20:34
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    "It works on my machine"
    – Mom344
    Jan 29, 2019 at 13:00
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You also can find out your BIOS version on cmd typing:

wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion

It will return only the version. msinfo32 will provide you all the information about the BIOS.

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  • A black window appears but it vanishes as quickly as it appears. I wonder what could be added to the command line to make this "DOS screen" stay.
    – CopperKettle
    May 3, 2018 at 19:03
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    @CopperKettle You should use the command line, not the run box. You'll want cmd /k "wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion" for that.
    – wizzwizz4
    May 3, 2018 at 19:18
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As a third option using Powershell:

 Get-WmiObject win32_bios

You can find the other possible properties by piping Get-WmiObject win32_bios to get-member to show the other possible properties.

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  • You don't have to type "select SMBIOSBIOSversion" just read it from the line! Nonetheless +1 good answer!
    – Stackcraft_noob
    May 5, 2018 at 3:06
  • Ah, I added that part after checking to see what information the OP was seeking, and didn't catch that it was visible by default, since there's a lot of information that Powershell doesn't show by default.
    – Davidw
    May 5, 2018 at 6:54
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I have found a registry key containing the BIOS version, which could be useful if you need to access this information from some software: 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\SystemBiosVersion
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  • In Powershell: Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\ | Select SystemBiosVersion (With more detail) or Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS\ | Select BIOSVersion (Just raw version string same as @Davidw 's answer)
    – Zhenhir
    May 4, 2018 at 8:51
  • +1 Good for the first! But plz descripe also how! Open CMD -> systeminfo | findstr /I /c:bios -> wmic bios get manufacturer, smbiosbiosversion -> reg query HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS -> view for "BIOSVersion"
    – Stackcraft_noob
    May 5, 2018 at 3:14
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If you like to use third-party software ...

CPU-Z can do this :

CPU-Z Screen Shot

Of course there are several other tools that can give you this information, you just have to Google for System information software!

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