Guest emmabruno Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 hello - basic question in know but how do i find out which edition of windows i am using - windows 2000 or 98 ? there must be an easy way for me to find this out please?
Guest Ghostrider Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: which edition am i using windowns 2000 or 98 emmabruno wrote: > hello - basic question in know but how do i find out which edition of windows > i am using - windows 2000 or 98 ? there must be an easy way for me to find > this out please? > From the Start button, go to Run. Type "Winver" (minus the quote marks) in the Open: window and click OK. A dialog box should appear and the information is in it.
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: which edition am i using windowns 2000 or 98 emmabruno wrote: > Basic question, I know, but how do I find out which edition > of windows I am using - windows 2000 or 98? > > There must be an easy way for me to find this out please? - When you boot up - what picture is displayed? - If you go to a command prompt - type in: ver And press enter - what is displayed? - If you right click on "My Computer" and choose "Properties" --> What information can you gleam from there? - What original CD do you have to do the reinstall? <- may not be accurate, as all sorts of things can happen - but it can give you a clue to work from - What sticker is on the computer (Windows 98 or Windows 2000?) <- may not be accurate, as all sorts of things can happen - but it can give you a clue to work from. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Guest antioch Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: which edition am i using windowns 2000 or 98 "emmabruno" <emmabruno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ACE5D3B7-C229-4D46-8196-C5C3BA35E426@microsoft.com... > hello - basic question in know but how do i find out which edition of > windows > i am using - windows 2000 or 98 ? there must be an easy way for me to find > this out please? > Can you not see when you start your computer? OR Start-Run-type in 'dxdiag' without quotes-OK On the first page that comes up 'system', you should be able see which it is quite clearly. Antioch
Guest NotMe Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 Re: which edition am i using windowns 2000 or 98 Usually the easiest way for a novice is to right click My Computer, select properties On the next screen, it tells you the version of Windows and the processor & amount of RAM. -- A Professional Amateur...If anyone knew it all, none of would be here! CarGodZeroOne@hotmail.com Change Alpha to Numeric to reply "emmabruno" <emmabruno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ACE5D3B7-C229-4D46-8196-C5C3BA35E426@microsoft.com... > hello - basic question in know but how do i find out which edition of > windows > i am using - windows 2000 or 98 ? there must be an easy way for me to find > this out please? >
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