Learn the Secrets of the Windows Build Number

Most of you probably never even think about the Windows build number — after all, it’s not something you see very often, and it doesn’t matter. But it does hold an interesting secret since Windows Vista.

You can see the build number by opening up a command prompt, which will display the build number right at the top of the window. You can also see it in a couple of dialog windows throughout the Control Panel, but the command prompt is the easiest way to get to it.

Microsoft has a history of doing fun things with their build numbers — Windows 95′s build number was 950, Windows 98′s build number was 1998, Windows 98 SE was 2222, and Windows XP was 2600, a reference to the hacker magazine.

Starting with Windows Vista, they started doing things a little differently, at least. Here are the last few build numbers:

by The Geek via How-To Geek