Determine OS Edition using Registry

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Genji

Hi there,
How do I determine the Windows XP edition using Registry keys, Whether
It is Professional or Home Edition or anything else. Urgent help !
Thanks in Advance
 
Hi there Genji,

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

All the data is in there.

Best Regards,

~Will
 
William,
I can get the OS Name say Windows XP in this key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion but not the Edition
ie, Professional or Home edition
Is there any way to find that in registry
 
Hi there Genji,

What exactly do you need to pull it from the registry for? Is this for a
script? We might be able to get it from a different location.

Best Regards,.

~Will
 
Hi William
Yes, I`m using Script to pull the registry key and am doing the remote
registry access to find out the remote machines OS, I can get the part
of information from this registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion, I also want to know whether it is of Professional or
Home Edition. In case of Windows 2000 whether it is Professional or
Server and so on. Hope I made it clear.
Help me out
Genji
 
Genji wrote:
I also want to know whether it is of Professional or
Home Edition. In case of Windows 2000 whether it is Professional or
Server and so on. Hope I made it clear.
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Put > windows xp professional < into Find in regedit & it found quite a
few entries.
Even better for info, is > Find in registry using RegSeeker.
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Thanks for ur replies,
But I dont want to use WMI, since i am already using Remote Registry to
fetch the Installed Applications,. Is this possible to get it thro
Registry or i have to use WMI to get these information alone.
Genji
 
Hi,

Have you got any clue for it. As I am also looking for same thing.


Regards
Jai Krishnani
 
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