Get OS Version

vmanda · Post by **vmanda** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:11 pm

Command script writers, i propose you another challenge.

I have writted this vbs script to get windows version from registry:

get_version.vbs wrote:Option Explicit
Dim WSHShell, RegKey
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
RegKey = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" & "CurrentVersion"
WScript.Echo WSHShell.RegRead (RegKey)

Runned at command prompt this way:

at command prompt wrote:cscript.exe //nologo get_version.vbs

this will return, for exemple 5.1 for XP.

returned [b]CurrentVersion[/b] values wrote:Win2K - CurrentVersion = 5.0
WinXP - CurrentVersion = 5.1
Win2K3, WinXPx64 - CurrentVersion = 5.2
Vista - CurrentVersion = 6.0
Seven - CurrentVersion = 6.1

How to create a command script to execute different commands depending of OS?

Post by **5eraph** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:18 pm

WinXPx64 is also 5.2.

vmanda · Post by **vmanda** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:24 pm

5eraph wrote:WinXPx64 is also 5.2.

Kernel for WinXPx64 is from Win2k3 ?

The bitness can be checked separately.

Post by **5eraph** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:32 pm

Yes, XPx64 was built from 2K3x64 SP1.

Depending on how you check it, Win2K3x64 will look like WinXPx64. Microsoft checks the following value in its hotfix update packages:

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HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions","ProductType",0

"ServerNT" = Win2k3x64
"WinNT" = WinXPx64

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:23 pm

It would be also nice to be able to distinguish between each edition, ex. XP Home/Pro or Server/Advanced Server/Datacenter Server, etc.

vmanda · Post by **vmanda** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:16 pm

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion]
"ProductName"="Microsoft Windows XP"
"CurrentVersion"="5.1"
"CurrentBuildNumber"="2600"
"CSDVersion"="Service Pack 3"

Same vbs script can be used to query any of this reg keys under same reg brache.
For example:

Option Explicit
Dim WSHShell, Reg_1, Reg_2, Reg_3, Reg_4
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Reg_1 = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" & "ProductName"
Reg_2 = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" & "CSDVersion"
Reg_3 = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" & "CurrentVersion"
Reg_4 = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" & "CurrentBuildNumber"
WScript.Echo WSHShell.RegRead (Reg_1) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & WSHShell.RegRead (Reg_2) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & "Build: " & WSHShell.RegRead (Reg_3) & "." & WSHShell.RegRead (Reg_4)

produce:

or

so you can query any reg values without the verbose that command line reg add.
Also that is the reason that make me write this vbs script, to output reg values without any other verbose.

Post by **user_hidden** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:48 pm

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@echo off
Title "Display Operating System & Build Information"
for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%A in ('"WMIC OS LIST BRIEF /format:list"') do set build=%%A
if %build% equ 5.1.2600 set name=Windows XP SP3
if %build% equ 6.0.6002 set name=Windows Vista SP2
if %build% equ 6.1.7600 set name=Windows 7
if %build% equ 6.1.7601 set name=Windows 7 SP1
echo.
echo. Operating System: %name%
echo. Build Version   : %build%
echo.
pause

vmanda · Post by **vmanda** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:08 pm

ECHO Option Explicit > version.vbs
ECHO Dim WSHShell, RegKey >> version.vbs
ECHO Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> version.vbs
ECHO RegKey = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion" >> version.vbs
ECHO WScript.Echo WSHShell.RegRead (RegKey) >> version.vbs
FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('cscript.exe //nologo version.vbs') DO SET CurrentVersion=%%A

Using something like that we can query any registry values and use it
into our command scripts.

In this example the orange is the root of regkey and yellow is regkey itself.
To not carry the vbs file i just echoed few lines to create it.

same results like user_hidden wmic use wrote:ECHO Option Explicit > version.vbs
ECHO Dim WSHShell, Version , BuildNumber >> version.vbs
ECHO Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> version.vbs
ECHO Version = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion" >> version.vbs
ECHO BuildNumber = "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentBuildNumber" >> version.vbs
ECHO WScript.Echo WSHShell.RegRead (Version) ^& "." ^& WSHShell.RegRead (BuildNumber) >> version.vbs

FOR /F "tokens=*" %%A IN ('cscript.exe //nologo version.vbs') DO SET BUILD=%%A

IF %BUILD% EQU 5.1.2600 SET NAME=Windows XP SP3
IF %BUILD% EQU 6.0.6002 SET NAME=Windows Vista SP2
IF %BUILD% EQU 6.1.7600 SET NAME=Windows 7
IF %BUILD% EQU 6.1.7601 SET NAME=Windows 7 SP1

ECHO %NAME% %BUILD%
DEL /F /Q version.vbs

Note: when ECHO special characters like &, this needs to be escaped ^&

vmanda · Post by **vmanda** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:17 pm

The following table lists some of the common build numbers:

Version - Windows Name and/or Service Pack
------- --------------------------------------------------
5.0.2195 Windows 2000
5.1.2600 Windows XP
5.1.2600 Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2002 (Itanium)
5.2.3790 Windows Server 2003
5.2.3790 Windows XP x64 Edition (AMD64/EM64T)
5.2.3790 Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium)
6.0.6000 Windows Vista
6.0.6001 Windows Vista with Service Pack 1
6.0.6002 Windows Vista with Service Pack 2
6.0.6001 Windows Server 2008
6.1.7600 Windows 7
6.1.7600 Windows Server 2008 R2
6.1.7601 Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
6.1.7601 Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1
6.2.8400 Windows 8 Release Preview

Comparison_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions

mr_smartepants · Post by **mr_smartepants** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 1:37 am

The answer you seek can be found by polling the registry also instead of using WMIC (which can be slow).
Here's the batch script code I use in my SAD2 DriverPacks script. It can be altered to look for "CurrentVersion" instead.

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:OS-check
FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentBuildNumber') DO SET build=%%B
FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v ProductName') DO SET prodname=%%B
FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v InstallationType') DO SET installtype=%%B
SET "OSTYPE=WINXP"
FOR %%i IN (2600 3790) DO (
IF /I "%build%"=="%%i" SET "OSbuild=NT5"
  )
FOR %%i IN (6000 6001 6002 7600 7601 7602) DO (
IF /I "%build%"=="%%i" SET "OSbuild=NT6"
  )
FOR %%i IN (6000 6001 6002) DO (
IF /I "%build%"=="%%i" SET "OSTYPE=VISTA"
  )
FOR %%i IN (7600 7601 7602) DO (
IF /I "%build%"=="%%i" SET "OSTYPE=WIN7"
  )
IF /I "%INSTALLTYPE%"=="Server" SET "OSTYPE=SERVER"

Altering the above code like so:

FOR /F "tokens=2*" %%A IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion') DO SET B_version=%%B

Then you can play around with the array processing to build your table.

tomasz86 · Post by **tomasz86** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:01 am

How about using "ver" in cmd.exe?

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ver

This is the output here:

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Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]

bphlpt · Post by **bphlpt** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 3:13 am

Another option is to use the built-in Windows function "GetVersionEx" - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... s.85).aspx. To make it easier to get to the information, a GUI version is available - http://sourceforge.net/projects/getversionex/ - which comes as a command-line utility back-end, both 32bit and 64bit versions, and a windows GUI front-end. Example GUI output:

[For wProductType - 1=Workstation, 2=Domain Controller, 3=Server]

As to "ver" in cmd.exe, for Win7 x64, the output is:

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Cheers and Regards

yumeyao · Post by **yumeyao** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 5:36 am

reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion

doesn't this work?

Just add a wrapper to this command, for example, 'for', like this:

for /f "tokens=1,2,3" %a in ('reg query "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" /v CurrentVersion') do if "%a"=="CurrentVersion" set osver=%c