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Easy ways to show which Windows version/service packs are installed; via Super User: windows command line: can I tell Service pack number?

Posted by jpluimers on 2011/12/23

Sometimes you want to know which SP is installed on Windows with built-in tools only.

For end-users the fastest way is to start Winver, it will give you dialogs like these (left: XP with SP3, right: Windows 7 without any SP):

For command-line lovers, the one I like this most is this:

systeminfo | findstr /B /C:"OS Name" /C:"OS Version"

[WayBack] systeminfo can show a truckload of information, and [WayBack] findstr condenses this to what I need.

On Windows XP SP3, it shows this:

OS Name: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600

On vanilla Windows 7, it shows this:

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Version: 6.1.7600 N/A Build 7600

–jeroen

via: [WayBackwindows command line: can I tell Service pack number? – Super User.

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