Where is my Windows OS Product information stored?
In a functional copy of windows, il y a a couple of registry valeurs which contain information about the Windows système.
This can be accessed through the Éditeur du registre by searching under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion"
Le registre 'hive', which is a subset of clés and valeurs for the système, contains information such as CurrentVersion, ProductName and EditionID - these can be used to evaluate your tapez of Windows.
To check your version of Windows, locate the CurrentVersion valeur.
Si vous are running Windows 10, il y a two new values that can be used to evaluate the OS version, CurrentMajorVersionNumber and CurrentMinorVersionNumber.
What if Je veux vérifiez le version of an offline Windows?
Plug the offline storage of Windows into a host machine (E.g. An old copy of Windows on a HDD).
Locate the Registry Hives for the offline Windows. They are usually stored under C:\Windows\System32\config. Vous devriez notice the hives as regular fichier types named in ALL CAPS (E.g. SOFTWARE, DRIVERS, VSMIDK)
Ouvrez le host système's Éditeur du registre by running regedit.exe.
Sélectionnez the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE dossier. Click Fichier/Load Hive. Load the SOFTWARE hive from you offline Windows dossier.
Do not import the hive.
Give the loaded hive a recognizable name so that vous pouvez locate it later.
View/Modify the loaded hive/valeur is required. Click File/Unload Hive once you are done.
Alternatively, vous pouvez use a third-party registry editor on you host machine to view/modify the hives.
