# \[TUTORIAL\] How To Find Version & Build Number Of Windows!

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**Category:** Tutorials & Methods\
**Tags:** operating-system\
**Created:** [December 22, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-how-to-find-version-build-number-of-windows/4138 "2017-12-22T20:01:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tutorial-how-to-find-version-build-number-of-windows/4138/1 "2017-12-22T20:01:29Z")

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**Description** :

Sometimes you may run into a situation where you got to find the exact version & build number of your windows, i ran into a situation like this when i asked myself, is my system running the latest version of windows?. You may run into a situation where you got to find windows version or built to check if some software is compatible with your version of windows & won’t run into any issues. In this post i will be showing you how to find out build number & version of your windows.

## **Instructions** :

**- Method One Using About Widows Dialogue**

- First of all, open run by pressing “WINDOW KEY + R” or by right clicking on start menu & clicking “RUN”
- In run window, type in “winver” & hit enter. Wait for the “About windows” window to load.

 ![winversion1](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/2X/e/eb1873de5f7e0e45303e3d4eef47b7e943171c44.jpg)

- That’s it, you may see your windows version & build number in this window.

 ![winversion2](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cb6f257a9ecba7fdf60e7b847c2fe755a8d6464e.jpg)

**- Method Two Using Command Prompt**

- Open run by pressing “WINDOW KEY + R” or by right clicking on start menu & clicking “RUN”
- Type in “cmd” & hit enter key from keyboard & you should see a black Command Prompt window.

 ![winversionm2-1](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/2X/1/14c39afd7bc353ba13945649163af73544b9bbfa.jpg)

- Type in “systeminfo | findstr Build” & hit enter key from keyboard, wait until it finds the information for you.
- It will print version & built number as soon as found.

 ![winversionm2-2](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9786a365a33c99eddba173227d3b3f414be81141.png)

**Final Notes** : There are a few more methods available out there by which you can find build number & version of windows but most of them works only with windows 10 & this is the easiest method, these methods will work with all version of windows.

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