How To Check What Version of Windows You Have

Posted on by Adam Fowler

What Version Of Windows Do I Have?

Check with one easy command!

  1. Right click ‘Start’ and choose ‘Run’
  2. Type ‘winver’ and press ‘OK’
  3. A window will show up showing the main version of Windows you are on (such as Windows 10), followed by the version and build details.

Applies To: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

The menu that pops up in Windows 11 after right clicking the Start button (Blue 4 boxes)

The ‘winver’ command goes all the way back to even before the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 days, and was a GUI version of the ‘ver’ command.

As you can see above, the version (2004), OS build (19041.572), and edition (Pro) are all listed.

2 thoughts on “How To Check What Version of Windows You Have”

  1. I have two college degrees and was a pretty good hacker back in the 90s.
    I cannot make heads or tails out of these instructions.

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