Find Windows Version and Architecture

Explains how to find out Windows operating system version and architecture easily.

You can run the Winver.exe command-line tool to determine the version of Windows Server 2003 / Windows Vista or XP that is installed on your computer:

  1. Click Start, and then Select Run.
  2. In the Open box, type winver, and then press [ENTER] key.

Find Windows Version
(Fig.01: Viewing Windows Version [Click to enlarge])

Getting Windows Version and Architecture Information

Simply find out My Computer on desktop > Select My Computer > Right click > Properties :
Basic windows version architecture information
(Fig.02: Viewing Windows Version and Other Basic Information [Click to enlarge])

Terminal Services Error 1075 – the dependency does not exist or has been marked for deletion

Explains how to fix terminal services error 1075 – the dependency does not exist or has been marked for deletion.

One one of Windows box I got the following error:

1075 – the dependency does not exist or has been marked for deletion

So how do You fix this error? The solution is simple, but you need to reboot the box:

To fix the 1075 error

Login to your windows box.

Open the control panel

Install MS Terminal Services and reboot the server. This make sure that all the systems files got installed and working fine.

After reboot, again open the control panel

Uninstall MS Terminal Services. For Windows Server 2003, the MS Terminal Services option is not required for remote administration.

Open up regedit and verify that the entries for “\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService” has the following entry:

DependOnService               REG_MULTI_SZ         RPCSS

If you found another “Depend” entry, just delete it.

Finally, reboot the server.