How to determine 32 or 64 bit version of Windows Server 2008 using Powershell?

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Using the Powershell console, what command/commands can be executed to determine if the 32 or 64 bit bersion of Windows Server 2008 is installed?

Very similar to this question: http://serverfault.com/questions/27495/how-to-determine-whether-the-32-or-64-bit-version-of-windows-server-2008-is-insta — Kevin Kuphal, Jun 17 '09 at 18:52
I see now you asked both :) The environment variable option given in your other question should be trivial to get from PowerShell. — Kevin Kuphal, Jun 17 '09 at 18:53
Yes... I wanted a PowerShell solution as well and I decided it was better to break my 2 part question into 2 questions since everyone were only answering the first part. — Matt Spradley, Jun 17 '09 at 21:18

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '09 at 19:28

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Or try this:

PS C:\Users\jeffh> $os=Get-WMIObject win32_operatingsystem
PS C:\Users\jeffh> $os.OSArchitecture
64-bit

Found at: http://msgoodies.blogspot.com/2008/05/is-this-powershell-session-32-bit-or-64.html

answered Jun 17 '09 at 19:28

Jeffrey Hulten

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One-liner: `(gwmi win32_operatingsystem).osarchitecture` – John Homer Oct 09 '15 at 19:56

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '09 at 20:03

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echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%

answered Jun 17 '09 at 20:03

churnd

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I believe the question was about the version of Windows, not the processor architecture. – Lost Hobbit Jan 08 '13 at 09:16

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '13 at 14:08

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So be it:

[System.Environment]::Is64BitOperatingSystem

answered Sep 19 '13 at 14:08

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Technically, that's .NET reflection...not native powershell. I'll show myself out... – John Homer Oct 09 '15 at 19:59
excellent @JohnHomer ! – romu Oct 15 '15 at 08:37

slipsec · Answer 4 · 2013-01-08T17:33:04.257

"echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE%" down-voted? Must not be powershelly enough, which is funny if you look at the other examples using WMI and other aliases.

oh well, try this:

($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE -eq "AMD64")

EDIT - pointed out in the comment that this is not the version of windows, it's the arch. FWIW- It's not the "real" arch, it's what WOW64 is reporting to the app. But you are right... if it's x32 powershell, it'll say x86. Often times this will get you what you want but...

Either way, http://support.microsoft.com/kb/556009 is the registry location to the correct value, and here's a script.

Get-ChildItem HKLM:\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\ | Get-ItemProperty -Name Identifier | Select-Object -Property PSChildName,Identifier | ft -AutoSize

Perhaps because it's the processor architecture, and not the version of Windows? — Lost Hobbit, Jan 08 '13 at 09:15

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 09 '15 at 19:10

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With PowerShell:

(gwmi win32_computersystem).SystemType

Source: http://www.sysadmit.com/2015/10/windows-como-saber-si-es-de-32-o-64-bits.html

answered Oct 09 '15 at 19:10

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That's the type of processor, not Windows bitness. [More Info:](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394102(v=vs.85).aspx) – John Homer Oct 09 '15 at 20:02

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 29 '16 at 05:03

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you may type in cmd "systeminfo" then easily you can detect about 32bit or 64bit

answered Jun 29 '16 at 05:03

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score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 17 '09 at 19:17

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I would assume you can just open a command prompt and type:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)"

if you get somewhere, you got 64 bit.

answered Jun 17 '09 at 19:17

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That's not nearly reliable enough, I've seen software that installs to "C:\Program Files (x86)" on 32-bit Windows. – ThatGraemeGuy Jun 18 '09 at 16:22
Ehh, true. Someone had already beat me to the best answer, so I figured I'd give the lazy one. – MathewC Jun 18 '09 at 18:06
I think having this here downvoted is informative—thanks! – Nathan Nov 03 '15 at 22:42

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