How to know what version of Windows 10 I am using + Tips and Tricks

If you want to know what version of Windows 10 you have, but you don’t know how to do it, don’t worry, it’s a very simple process, and in this article we are going to tell you everything you need to know about it. So that you don’t stay half, too we will help you interpret the information that you will receive from your PC by identifying the version of Windows 10 that you have installed.

The fastest, most direct and simple way to discover the version of Windows 10 that we have installed is to follow this simple step:

• We press the Windows button and write «winver» without quotation marks. We will see the option to execute said command as a result, we click and that’s it.

As soon as we finish, we will see a pop-up window called “about Windows” that will be identical to the one you can see in the attached image. Well then, right in the first two lines of text, You will find the identifier of the version and also the compilation. In my case, Windows 10 1909.

How to interpret the information of the version of Windows 10 installed

Since the arrival of Windows 10, Microsoft has focused this operating system under the service model, and not the product model, which means that is kept up to date based on updates divided into several groups, They include from the typical monthly security patches to the biannual updates, which are those that add new features and functions, and those that change the version of Windows 10 that we have installed.

The version number that appears in the pop-up window indicates which semi-annual update we have installed. In my case, 1909 is identified with the November Update 2019, an update is in its final support stage, which means I’ll have to make the jump to a higher version soon. That is precisely the most important problem posed by not keeping Windows 10 minimally updated, the cessation of support. With this I do not mean that you should have it updated to the latest version available, but to one that has not been abandoned.

Below you will find a complete list with each version of Windows 10 available so you can better interpret your results.

• Before 1703: they are very old versions that arrived between 2015 and 2016. They are not supported.
• Version 1703: dates from April 2017. Not supported.
• Version 1709: It was released in October 2017. It is also not supported.
• Version 1803: This arrived in April 2018 and is not supported.
• Version 1803: This update arrived in November 2018. It is not supported on Windows 10 Home, Pro, and Pro for Workstations. The version for Windows 10 Enterprise and Education is supported until May 11 of this year.
• Version 1903: It was an update released in May 2019. It is no longer supported, except in the Enterprise and Education versions.
• Version 1909: It arrived in November 2019. It has support until May 11 of this year.
• 2004 version: it was launched in May of last year. It has support until December 14 of this year.
• Version 20H2: arrived in October 2020, and will have support until May 10, 2022.

If you use, for example, the version 1903 or earlier, your equipment is out of date and it is not supported, so you should proceed to install a higher version of Windows 10. The 1909 version is perfectly matured and has no errors, and the same is generally the case with the 2004 version.

Keeping Windows 10 up-to-date is the best way to keep it protected, as updates typically include bug and security fixesIn addition, new functions and features that improve the user experience. On the other hand, there are also games and other applications that require a specific version of Windows 10 to function. If we don’t have it, we won’t be able to run it, or it might start, but it might work erratically.