Hi all! It's no secret that Windows 10 is the latest version of the system from Microsoft, but everyone is familiar with its desire to update on a large scale several times a year... hence a logical question arises - how to find out the version of Windows 10 installed on your computer?

Professional edition or Home edition, or maybe Corporate with long-term service? Build number or bit size? — We will consider all this in detail in today’s article.

If you don’t look at the whole zoo of editions and versions, then in general the overall picture with Windows 10 becomes clear - information about the system can be described in three terms

1. Edition - determines the functionality of your copy of Windows 10 (For example Professional or Home)
2. Bit capacity - x86 (32 bit) and x64... in general, the differences are colossal, but for the average user there are only problems with old hardware (although who installs old hardware on Windows 10) and 64bit sees more than 4 gigabytes of RAM
3. OS version - Latest at the time of writing 1803 (since there are no Service Packs now, each new edition of the system with major changes changes the version)

It is the operating system version that deserves special attention. If you believe the words of Microsoft, then Windows 10 is with us seriously and for a long time - it will simply be seriously updated and new functionality will be gradually added. Therefore, the top ten that you installed a couple of years ago may be seriously different from the latest edition - the name remains the same, the version has changed...

The easiest way to see the version of Windows 10

This method works great in absolutely any version of Windows 10 and is incredibly easy to use. To do this, open the Start menu and type winver - select the appropriate item in the search results.

You can also press the WIN + R key combination on your keyboard to open the Run window, type Winver and press ENTER or click OK.

This command will open the Windows Details window, where you can view detailed information about Windows 10 installed on your computer. As you can see, I have Windows 10 PRO Version 1803 (Spring Creator Updates) installed. I will publish detailed information about each version at the end of the note...

Are you still confused by this version name? - These are just flowers, it will be more interesting later

Determining the version of Windows 10 through “Settings”

This method, similar to the previous one, works on any edition of Windows 10, but may look slightly different due to cosmetic changes to the system interface in different versions.

Open "Settings" (Open the "Start" menu and click on the gear icon and go to the "System" section)

In the left column, scroll the list to the very bottom and find the “About the system” item. This is what information about Windows looks like after upgrading to Windows 10 Spring Creator Updates 1803 - everything that interests us is here:

• System type - this line displays the bitness of the installed copy of Windows 10 (32 or 64-bit)
• Edition - information about the edition of your Windows 10
• Version - (what we were looking for) exact version of Windows

The location of these lines may change from version to version, but this does not change the essence - we need exactly these three lines with information about the version, edition and bitness

Another way to find out the version of Windows 10

If you are only interested in the edition and bitness of your copy of Windows 10, then you can find out this information in the “System” menu. To do this, go to the control panel and in the “System and Security” section, find the “System” item (when you hover over Windows, it tells us that here you can view information about the installed system)

The “System” window will open, in the Windows Edition category we see the installed edition (in my case it's Windows 10 Professional) and in the “System type” line the bit depth is displayed (32 or 64 bit).

Unfortunately, with this method we do not see the version of the Windows 10 system

Now that you know the version of your Windows 10 and its edition, let's figure it out - what to do with this information?

What does the Windows 10 update version number mean?

The situation is such that most likely we will not see Windows 11 or Windows 12 very soon (or maybe we won’t see it at all) as it was in the days of Windows 7. In addition to security patches, Microsoft adds quite serious functionality previously unavailable to each new version of Windows 10 (the number of innovations is already similar to Windows 11).

These updates have a specific version and marketing name (for example, at the time of writing this is Spring Creator Updates) and come with new features and significant changes. If it’s easier for you, then you can call it another Service Pack during the times of Windows XP or the beloved Seven.

Quite a lot of versions of Windows 10 have been released since July 2015, so I suggest you familiarize yourself with them all

• 1507 is the very first version of Windows 10, released in July 2015 and codenamed Threshold 1.
• 1511 is the first major update for Windows 10. It was released in November 2015 and was called “November”
• 1607 - the second major update, which was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary (Anniversary Update for Windows 10)
• 1703 is the third major update for the top ten, which is known to everyone as Creator Updates and has the code name Redstone 2 (did they replay Minecraft or something?)
• 1709 - Fall Creator Updates for Windows 10 - released October 2017
• 1803 - the fifth major update and the latest at the time of writing this note, popularly called Spring Creator Updates and codenamed Redstone 4 (Released in April 2018)
• 1809 - Expected October 2018, most likely Redstone 5 (marketing name unknown)

What is an edition of Windows 10

You can install one of the following editions of Windows 10 on your computer or laptop

• Home is the most ordinary version of Windows 10, which is suitable for almost everyone. Designed for home use (very often pre-installed on the computer) and does not have business features such as BitLocker encryption or Virtualization.
• Pro - perfect for an enterprise or advanced user. Unlike the HOME version, here you can control the process of receiving updates.
• Corporate LTSB is probably the most interesting edition... I’ll say in advance - an excellent option for those who don’t want to leave the seven, but circumstances force it. There's no new Edge browser or app store, and no new features will be added—just security updates.

In fact, Windows 10 has more than ten editions, but as a rule, only these three are found everywhere (or rather, HOME and PRO are found, LTSB is very rare)

What is System Type in Windows 10?

The information reflected in the system type indicates the bitness of your copy of Windows. Almost all modern processors are 64-bit and it would be correct to install the 64-bit edition of the OS (and if you have more than 4 gigabytes of RAM, then using a 32-bit version of Windows is simply a crime)

What version of Windows 10 do you have?

Now you know how to view the version of Windows 10 and decipher its meaning. Before closing this article, write in the comments - what version of Windows do you have installed? Let's try to determine the most popular edition of Windows 10 among our readers.

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If you suddenly need to accurately determine the build number of your Windows, run in the command line or dialog box Run winver or systeminfo command. But this can only be done on a production system. How can you find out the version and build number of the system with only a bootable ISO image? And is this even possible? Quite. Here's what you need to do to achieve this.

Go to the directory with ISO-image and mount it in Explorer in any way convenient for you. Easiest to install ISO-file, double-click on it with the mouse, after which its contents should open in Explorer. You will see several files and folders. Go to the folder sources and find the largest file there - install.wim or install.esd .

Some ISO-images can contain both 32 - So 64 -bit versions of Windows. In such cases, the path to the mentioned files will look like x86sources or x64sources and this will need to be taken into account when performing further actions. Also pay attention to what letter the mounted virtual disk has. In our example this is G. Now open a command prompt as an administrator and run the following command in it:

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:G:\sources\install.wim /index:1

If you are working with a file install.esd , the command will look exactly the same, only it will specify a different extension:

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:F:\sources\install.esd /index:1

When working with multi-bit ISO-images will require running two commands with the corrected path:

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:G:\x86\sources\install.wim /index:1
or
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:G:\x64\sources\install.wim /index:1

The result will not take long to arrive. Information about the assembly will be displayed immediately on the command line: Name, version, build number, architecture, size and other additional information.

Many people wonder how to see the version of Windows 10 or how to find out the build of their system. In this article we will look at some of the most convenient ways to do this. Most of them do not require downloading third-party utilities.

First you need to say that the Windows version is a four-digit code that hides the month and year of release. If we talk about assemblies, then assemblies are released more often and within the same version. Therefore, version is a broader concept than assembly or build.

Using these methods, we will get into the new settings of Windows 10. I must say right away that we are showing this on the latest version with the latest build of Windows 10. In previous versions, the first point redirected us to the usual computer properties, where the version and build of Windows 10 is not displayed for me.

How to find out what version of Windows 10 is installed

This method is good because you can only use the Run window and open the desired window, in which we can also look at the computer settings and the actual version of Windows 10. Which is actually faster than all the previous and following methods.

How to find out your Windows 10 version using Registry Editor

The registry stores all information about your operating system. Using the registry editor we can view it without any problems.

How to View Windows 10 Build Number Using Command Prompt

1. Open the command line as administrator.
2. Execute the command systeminfo.

After executing the command, you will be able to see the version and build number, as well as the bitness of your operating system. For me, this method is not very convenient because reading and searching for information on the command line is much more difficult than in the previous methods.

How to view the Windows 10 build number using third-party programs

There are many programs and utilities that show all the information about both the hardware and the operating system. I don’t use them myself, but if you have one of these installed, then you can use it without any problems. Programs such as Everest or AIDA64 are suitable for this. I have AIDA64 installed, so in the section operating system you can view all available data about your Windows.

conclusions

As you might have guessed, viewing the version of Windows 10 on your computer is not so difficult and can be done in different ways, but the result will not change in any way. In this article we have collected all the ways to see the version of Windows. I myself use either the first or second method, since they are the fastest. Write to us in the comments which method you prefer and perhaps you know some other ways to solve this problem.

When installing any Windows system in its various variations and updates, it is sometimes important to know which build is present on the computer. In some cases, such information will help to anticipate a software compatibility problem from the start. But let’s dwell on How to find out the build and version of the system, which will now be shown.

What is the build and version of the operating system?

Any user of a Windows-based computer system should clearly understand the difference between an OS version and its build. There is a lot of similarity in information about both, but version is the current representation of the system type since Windows 3.1, and build indicates an installation package that may or may not include some additional components.

For example, there are no updates in the main version of any system, although platforms like the .NET Framework or support for scripts based on Java or Visual Basic are always present. Another thing is that these are not the latest software modules, which will then have to be updated. This equally applies to the popular Microsoft Office suite.

Windows 10: how to find out the assembly using the simplest method?

Regarding information about the installed software environment, everything looks quite simple. Look at the Windows 10 interface. How to find out the build? Yes, very simple!

You just need to call it by right-clicking on the computer icon, which is usually located on the “Desktop”. Here you should select the properties line, after calling which basic information on the device will be displayed, including information about the operating system. Unfortunately, this is very brief information.

System Information

To get as much information as possible and find the answer to the question of how to find out the build of Windows 10 on your computer, it is better to use the hidden system tools that it has.

In the standard “Control Panel” you need to select the appropriate section. By the way, the description window will show not only the current Windows settings, but also absolutely all devices installed on the local computer terminal or laptop, including even the BIOS input/output system version.

via command line?

The command line is also one of the tools that allows you to view current system information. First, you need to call it through cmd in the “Run” menu (Win + R) or through the right-click menu on the start button, and then write winver in the simplest version.

If you want to find out the bitness of the processor and the supported system, you will have to use the command echo %processor_architecture%.

Instead of a total

However, you can also consider the issue of the Windows 10 operating system itself. How can I find out the build or solve the problem of obtaining such information? In this (special) case everything is quite simple. The standard menu is enough for the average user, but software developers for Windows systems will have to dig deeper.

In addition to the built-in tools of the system itself, you can use many additional special utilities that provide a full set of characteristics not only of the hardware, but also of the software environment. As a rule, the information provided by such applications contains much more information than that provided by the system itself.

Among all these applications, optimization programs occupy a dominant position, but it is often possible to obtain all the information the user is interested in using utilities like CPU-Z or something similar. They are precisely the most popular and in demand among the maximum number of users. You should not neglect both those and other means of displaying information.

This, in fact, is all that concerns the question about Windows 10. I think everyone already understands how to find out the system build. What will be the means of access to such information is up to everyone to decide for themselves.

First, let's figure out what exactly we are going to learn. With the version, everything is a no brainer: it is indicated by a number present in the system name (relevant for Windows 10, as well as 8/8.1 and 7) or a letter designation (XP or, for example, Vista).

This also works for server systems from Microsoft - for example, Windows Server 2012, and, of course, for other “old-school” operating systems in the line: Windows 95/98/ME (Millennium) and so on. The version also means the digital code of the installed assembly.

The operating system type, also called edition, determines the edition of Windows. Yes, yes, these are the same postscripts indicated after the system number: Home (Home), Pro (Professional) and so on. For example, in Windows 7, the Starter edition was a “stripped-down” inferior distribution with a lot of limitations and was intended mainly for home use on not the most powerful computers and laptops. While Ultimate (Maximum) endowed the PC with increased security and provided more functions - for example, the ability to join a corporate network or even deploy a server. But we all mostly played solitaire and played Counter-Strike!..

In some understanding, the build number (English build) or, as it was called in Russian localization - system construction, determines the numerical identification of the program code used in the current version of the operating system. As a rule, it is not necessary for the average user to know it. “Build” may be of interest to some developer who is testing his, say, game on the system of a specific build.

Architecture (bit, bit version of Windows) is a set of commands for interaction of the operating system with the central processor of an information device (laptop, tablet or computer, for example).

Microsoft operating systems support the following processor architectures:

• ARM - currently used in the CPU of mobile devices;
• x86 (also known as x32) - used in early processors from industry giant Intel;
• x86-64 (another name is AMD64) - developed by AMD, is an extension to x86 and is used in almost all modern processors;
• IA-64 is a joint development of HP and Intel, which was conceived as a 64-bit analogue of x86 for home computers and laptops, but after the release of x86-64 it did not find application (now it is used mainly in servers).

As mentioned above, most modern CPUs are based on the x86-64 architecture, which allows the user to install both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit versions of the system on the computer. At the same time, the so-called Windows 64 will have an important advantage over Windows 32 - support for a larger amount of RAM and physical memory and, as a result, higher performance and the ability to handle large amounts of data. In other words, 16 GB of RAM installed in the computer will be defined as 4 in a 32-bit system, but you will get no more than 3.5. So it goes.

How to find out the Windows version? See what is written on the installation disk of your OS.

If this is not possible, read the article further.

Find out the installed version and bitness of Windows through “Computer Properties”

The easiest way to find out what version of Windows is installed on your computer is to open its properties and look. To do this, open “Explorer”, find “This PC” (or “My Computer” if you are using a system younger than Windows 10), right-click on the icon and select “Properties” at the very bottom of the drop-down list. In the window that appears, you can see the version, release (type) and bit capacity of the system.

The method is preferred by most users. The only drawback is that there is no information about the system assembly.

How to determine the version and other OS parameters using the winver utility

The winver utility is used to collect and provide the user with information about the running system. To initialize, use the command window (go to “Start” - “Run” or press the Win and R key combination), in which enter the winver command as shown in the figure and click “OK”.

The Win key is usually located in the lower left corner of the keyboard!

The interface that opens will contain detailed information about the system. Except for the bit depth!

msinfo - all system information

Another way is to use the good old msinfo32 utility. In the “Run” window, enter msinfo32 , execute and admire the comprehensive result.

How to determine version by key

It is very easy to find out the Windows version by product activation key by using the official Volume Activation Management Tool 2.0 from Microsoft. Simply enter your productkey in the appropriate field and click the “Verify” button.

You can use the same method to find out which version of Windows the key you have lying around in your desktop drawer is from.

But what if the computer won't start?

This method is relevant for operating systems released before XP (including the latest), and allows you to determine the version of Windows by files, or more precisely, the prodspec.ini file, located at C:\Windows\System32.

The method will help people whose old computer does not boot, but it is necessary to find out which system is installed (for example, to restore the system itself or files). To do this, you need to download some RescueDisk or BootCD, then open the above file and find the line with the text - the data located next to it indicates the installed Windows distribution.

other methods

But if suddenly, for some reason, the above methods for determining the version of Windows on a laptop or computer did not suit you...

Find out the OS version via Windows CMD

The command line is the best friend of both the amateur beginner and the bearded system administrator. Finding out the Windows version from the command line is simple: and enter the systeminfo command, which will almost instantly collect and provide you with detailed information about the system.

You can also use the systeminfo command in PowerShell.

Determine Windows version using the registry

The Windows registry also contains information about the installed OS. To access it, enter the regedit command in the same “Run”. Next, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion and find the necessary information.

How to programmatically detect Windows version

There are a large number of programs from third-party developers, the functionality of which allows you to determine the installed system and collect information about it - for example, AIDA64. However, all such programs only use the built-in capabilities of the OS, which we wrote about above, so the advisability of using them for these purposes remains questionable.

How to find out the version of Windows recorded on a disk or flash drive

To find out the version of Windows on the installation disk or bootable USB flash drive, open the media through Explorer, find the setup.exe file, right-click on it and select “Properties” in the context menu. In the file properties window that appears, go to the “Details” tab and pay attention to the “Product version” column.

How to find out the version of Windows Phone

Although the mobile version of the operating system from Microsoft has not found such widespread use as its desktop counterpart, it still raised a number of questions.

So, if you want to find out which version of Windows Phone is installed on your gadget, follow these steps:

1. Open the Start menu and swipe left to select Apps.
2. Next “Settings”, “About device”, “More details”.

Here (in the “Software” column) you will see the name of the installed operating system (for example, Windows Phone 8). Additionally, you can find out the build version in the “OS Version” column.

The version of Windows CE (which, in fact, is a completely different OS and is used mainly in Chinese navigators) is determined in a similar way.

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