Introduction
As an introduction part, it is very clear that this article’s content will show to perform a certain task. It is about how to check the version of a running machine using Microsoft Windows. The process for checking the version of the running machine in Microsoft Windows is using a certain command. That command execution run in a command line interface. After running the appropriate command, it will trigger an output in the form of the Microsoft Windows’ version.
Check Microsoft Windows Version
So, this part will focus on how to check the Microsoft Windows’ version by executing a certain command. The execution of the command is in the command line interface. The following is the sequence to do that :
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Run the command prompt. In this case, running the command prompt is using the Administrator account. There is a chance that the command will also works with another account. The following is the appearance of the command line interface with the command prompt indicating that it is running using the Administrator account :
As it exist in the above image showing the command line interface, the command prompt is showing the path of ‘C:\Windows\system32’. But another version available can also show another type of command line interface with a different command prompt as follows :
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After that, just type the suitable command. For showing the version of the Microsoft Windows, the command to achieve the purpose is ‘winver’. So, just type ‘winver’ in the command prompt as follows :
As in the above image which appear as the output of the ‘winver’ command execution, there are several information exist in it. In the window box appear as an output of the ‘winver’ command, there is an information about the version of the Windows’ operating system. Currently, the machine run using the Windows operating sytem with the version of Windows 10 Pro.