ExecQuery<\/B> method and return a collection of all the operating systems currently in use on the computer:<\/P>Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery(“Select * From Win32_OperatingSystem”)\n<\/PRE>\nAdmittedly, there will only be one item in the collection; that\u2019s because only one operating system can be in use at any given time. However, because this is<\/I> a collection we still need to set up a For Each loop to loop through each and every operating system in the collection:<\/P>For Each objItem in colItems \n<\/PRE>\nAnd what are we going to do inside that loop? Well, the first thing we\u2019re going to do is determine whether or not our computer is running any<\/I> flavor of Windows Vista. That\u2019s what this line of code is for:<\/P>If Instr(objItem.Caption, “Vista”) Then\n<\/PRE>\nAll we\u2019re doing here is looking at the value of the operating system\u2019s Caption<\/B> property and checking to see if the word Vista<\/I> appears anywhere within that caption. (That\u2019s what the InStr<\/B> function does; it checks to see if a given substring can be found anywhere inside a string value.) If InStr returns a 0 that means that the word the Vista<\/I> couldn\u2019t be found anywhere in the Caption. In that case, we assume that the computer is not<\/I> running Windows Vista, and we echo back the appropriate message:<\/P>Wscript.Echo “This computer is not running Windows Vista.”\n<\/PRE>\nBut suppose InStr returns a value other<\/I> than 0; for example, suppose our operating system caption is this:<\/P>Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise\n<\/PRE>\nIn that case, that means that the computer is<\/I> running Windows Vista. And, in turn, that means we need to try and determine which version of Vista we\u2019re dealing with.<\/P>\n
But don\u2019t worry: we don\u2019t have to write some code that tries to tease the word Enterprise<\/I> out of the Caption property. Instead, we use a brand-new property added to the Win32_OperatingSystem class: OperatingSystemSKU<\/B>. The OperatingSystemSKU property returns an integer value that identifies the \u201cSKU\u201d (stock-keeping unit) for the flavor of Vista running on the computer. Admittedly, we could just report back one of these integer values (e.g., a 4 for a computer running Windows Vista Enterprise edition); that\u2019s probably what Baskin-Robbins would do. But Microsoft is not<\/I> Baskin-Robbins.<\/P>\n\n<\/THEAD>\n\n\n| \n Note<\/B>. Do the Scripting Guys wish<\/I> Microsoft was Baskin-Robbins? We probably shouldn\u2019t answer that question \u2026.<\/P><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>\n<\/DIV>\n Because we are<\/I> Microsoft, however, we\u2019ve taken the extra step and set up a Select Case statement that determines the value of the OperatingSystemSKU property and then assigns the corresponding operating system flavor to a variable named strVersion. For example, if the OperatingSystemSKU really does<\/I> return the value 4, then the following line of code is executed (and the value gets assigned to the variable strVersion):<\/P>Case 4 strVersion = “Enterprise Edition.” \n<\/PRE>\nAfter we dispose of the Select Case block all that\u2019s to do is run the following line of code:<\/P> Wscript.Echo “This computer is running Windows Vista ” & strVersion\n<\/PRE>\nIn turn, that\u2019s going to cause a message similar to this one to appear onscreen:<\/P> This computer is running Windows Vista Enterprise Edition.\n<\/PRE>\nAnd there you have it.<\/P>\n Of course, we realize that many of you might be a little worried about Microsoft; after all, having successfully matched Baskin-Robbins flavor-for-flavor, well, maybe we\u2019ll get a little complacent, maybe we\u2019ll just sit back and rest on our laurels. Take it from the Scripting Guys: you have nothing to worry about. True, we now have as many flavors of Vista as Baskin-Robbins does ice cream. On the other hand, Baskin-Robbins still holds the world record for the largest Ice Cream Scoop Pyramid (achieved on May 18, 2000 using 3,100 scoops of ice cream). Does that mean that Microsoft is busy working on a Windows Vista Ice Cream Scoop Pyramid? Well, we\u2019re not allowed to discuss unreleased and unannounced products. At this point in time all we can say is this: at Microsoft, we never back away from a challenge.<\/P>\n Never.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Windows Vista is installed on a computer?— GC Hey, GC. You know, Microsoft is one of the largest and most successful companies the world has ever known. 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