Hello Rob,
Note about using the environment variable to be aware of.
This will change depending on whether you are running the 64-bit cmd prompt
or the wow64 (32-bit) cmd prompt.
If you run the 64-bit \windows\system32\CMD.exe you will get AMD64
If you run 32-bit \windows\syswow64\cmd.exe you will get x86.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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| >Just for the record, I just found out that there is an environment
variable
| >assigned for this purpose. If you use %Processor_Architecture%, that
will
| >also get the information I was looking for. I could just as easily use
this
| >for my purpose as looking in the registry.
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| > Rob
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| >"RobM" wrote:
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| >> Ok, that answers all of my questions. Thank you to everyone that
helped on
| >> this! It is very much appreciated!
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| >> Thanks,
| >>
| >> Rob
| >>
| >>
| >> ""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:
| >>
| >> > Hello Rob,
| >> > The Processor_Architecture should show the OS platform
| >> > The Processor_Identifier shows the hardware of the chip that is
installed.
| >> > Thanks,
| >> > Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
| >> >
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| >> > | >One last question. You are making the determination by using the
key
| >> > | >HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
| >> > | >Manager\Environment\PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE. Doesn't this refer to
the
| >> > | >processor's capability rather than the OS bit version?
| >> > | >
| >> > | >If you install a 32-bit OS on a processor capable of supporting
64-bit,
| >> > the
| >> > | >value at that key will still be x86 regardless of the processor?
| >> > | >
| >> > | >Sorry to drag this on but the Processor_Architecture key makes
this a
| >> > little
| >> > | >confusing.
| >> > | >--
| >> > | >
| >> > | > Thanks,
| >> > | >
| >> > | > Rob
| >> > | >
| >> > | >
| >> > | >"PaulM" wrote:
| >> > | >
| >> > | >> Go here line 14 and download the script and run it.
| >> > | >>
http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksvista.html
| >> > | >>
| >> > | >> --
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| >> > | >> | >> > | >> > Hi,
| >> > | >> >
| >> > | >> > I need to find out if there is a way to determine the
operating
| >> > system
| >> > | >> > version and whether it is 32 or 64-bit by using the registry.
I am
| >> > aware
| >> > | >> > of
| >> > | >> > the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
| >> > | >> > NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion. Windows XP would be 5.1 and
Vista
| >> > would
| >> > | >> > be
| >> > | >> > 6.0. I noticed that both the 32 and 64 bit versions are set
to
| >> > version
| >> > | >> > 6.0.
| >> > | >> > Does anyone know where to find the bit version installed in
the
| >> > registry?
| >> > | >> > System Information is able to tell so it must be in the
registry
| >> > | >> > somewhere.
| >> > | >> >
| >> > | >> > I have been searching the internet for awhile without much
luck so
| >> > far.
| >> > | >> >
| >> > | >> > --
| >> > | >> >
| >> > | >> > Thanks,
| >> > | >> >
| >> > | >> > Rob
| >> > | >>
| >> > | >>
| >> > | >
| >> >
| >> >
| >
