How to find Product ID, Build and Revision number of Windows Vista?
Posted on : 18-01-2009 | By : Karthik | In : Microsoft Windows, Windows Vista
Tags: build, BuildLabEx, product id, version, vista product key, Windows Vista
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Option 1: Press the Windows and Pause Break key together.
You will get a pop up to display the product ID, Computer Name, Domain of your Computer, System Manufacturer, Processor, Memory(RAM) etc.

Option 2: Type Winver in Windows > Start Search (Alternatively in Command Prompt)
Here you will get only Windows Version and Build with RAM in kB.

Option 3: Is a small Registry work
- Open Registry Editor by typing Regedt32 or Regedit in Start Search (Alternatively in Command Prompt), then hit Enter.
- Navigate to the following:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
- On the right side, you will see much more information under Name and Data.
BuildLabEx details can be comprehended as
Data: 6000.16754.x86fre.vista_gdr.080917-1612
6000: Build
16754: Version
x86fre : Processor Bit(System Type)
vista_gdr : Development Name
080917 : Build Date stamp in the format of year, month and day (yymmdd)
1612 : Built Time stamp in 24-hour format (hhmm)
You can export the values in text using File > Export > Save as type *.txt which looks as follows:
Key Name: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
Class Name: <NO CLASS>
Last Write Time: 12/4/2008 – 12:32 AM
Value 0
Name: CurrentVersion
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 6.0
Value 1
Name: CurrentBuildNumber
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 6000
Value 2
Name: CurrentBuild
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 6000
Value 3
Name: SoftwareType
Type: REG_SZ
Data: System
Value 4
Name: CurrentType
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Multiprocessor Free
Value 5
Name: InstallDate
Type: REG_DWORD
Data: 0×483aaf0b
Value 6
Name: RegisteredOrganization
Type: REG_SZ
Data: ZH
Value 7
Name: RegisteredOwner
Type: REG_SZ
Data: ZeroHacks
Value 8
Name: SystemRoot
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Windows
Value 9
Name: ProductName
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Windows Vista (TM) Enterprise
Value 10
Name: ProductId
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 34867-567-0200234-41897
Value 11
Name: DigitalProductId
Type: REG_BINARY
Data: 00000000 a4 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 etc
Value 13
Name: EditionID
Type: REG_SZ
Data: Enterprise
Value 14
Name: BuildLab
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 6000.vista_gdr.080917-1612
Value 15
Name: BuildLabEx
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 6000.16754.x86fre.vista_gdr.080917-1612
Value 16
Name: BuildGUID
Type: REG_SZ
Data: d5c9a1f0-71c3-wwcc-234d-43f107886345
Value 17
Name: CSDBuildNumber
Type: REG_SZ
Data: 2
Value 18
Name: PathName
Type: REG_SZ
Data: C:\Windows
Value 19
Name: IeakHelpString
Type: REG_SZ
Data: This is a customized version of Internet Explorer.


