How to identify a Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer (920309)

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This article describes how to identify a Microsoft Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer.

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You cannot identify a Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer by using the conventional Win32_OperatingSystem Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) object query.

To identify a Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer, locate and then click the following registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\WPA\Fundamentals\Installed

If the registry entry is present and has a value of 1, the computer is a Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer.

To identify that the computer is a Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs-based computer, follow these steps:

Copy the following script.

const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
 
strComputer = "."
 
strKeyPath = "SYSTEM\WPA\Fundamentals"
strValueName = "Installed"
dwValue = 0
 
Set objWMIRegistry = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
    & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
 
objWMIRegistry.GetDWORDValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, strValueName, dwValue
 
strInfo = strInfo & "Running WinFLP: "
If dwValue <> 0 Then
  strInfo = strInfo & "Yes" & VBCR & VBLF
Else
  strInfo = strInfo & "No" & VBCR & VBLF
End if
 
Wscript.Echo strInfo

Start Notepad.
On the Edit menu, click Paste.
On the File menu, click Save.
In the File name list, type WMI_OS_Information.vbs.
In the Save in list, select Desktop, and then click Save.
Exit Notepad.
Double-click the file that you saved to the desktop.