Scripting

I found some things that might help:

1. Something like this run from a command prompt would give you the Windows version:

cscript slmgr.vbs /dli >c:\version.txt

You could use this article to get it into the KBOX: http://intl.kace.com/support/resources/kb/article/Writing-Command-Line-Output

slmgr will work for Office too if you are using KMS for licensing.

2. Something like this might work too if it was installed on each machine. I think it's primarily for keys, but those should be separate as well for each type so it might help: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

ProduKey.exe /windowskeys 1 /officekeys 1 /iekeys 0 /sqlkeys 0 /exchangekeys 0 /extractedition 1 /scomma keys.csv
cscript.exe keys.vbs

3. It looks like you could also create a custom inventory rule that looks for this in Windows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Setup\PID

007 : retail
011 : upgrade
OEM : OEM
270 : Volume License
335 : Retail
640 : Volume License
648 : Academic

4. Product ID might work as well: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

A list I found here shows the following: http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/18255-Windows-7-Channel-ID-portion-of-Product-ID

OEM - OEM SLP or OEM System Builder (MGAdiag will distinguish in the License Type field)
        007 - VLK MAK
        033 - Retail Windows 7 Home Premium
        049 - VLK MAK
        050 - Technet Plus Enterprise MAK
        065 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Ultimate
        066 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Ultimate
        067 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Ultimate
        074 - Retail Windows 7 Ultimate
        112 - Retail Windows 7 Home Premium (conflicting info says MSDN)
        177 - Retail Windows 7 Professional
        220 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Professional
        230 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Home Premium
        231 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Home Premium
        292 - Retail Windows 7 Ultimate?
        293 - Retail Windows 7 Ultimate? (maybe Academic)
        339 - Retail Windows 7 Home Basic
        838 - Technet/MSDN/Bizspark Windows 7 Professional
        896 - Retail Windows 7 Home Basic N
        929 - Retail Windows 7 Home Basic E
        956 - Retail Windows 7 Ultimate (Genuine Advantage store?)

5. There is also a VBscript that might help here: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/61080-how-to-detect-license-type-of-windows/

I use ProduKey and it works well - just be aware that Win7's defender may identify it as a keyfinder (can just ignore or allow).

For Windows, OEM versions will post the full serial and volume license, etc versions tend to list all "B"s (BBBB-BBBB-BBBB... ).

Here's a variation of my setup that should work if you want to give it a shot.

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Online KScript

Run As User Logged in to console

Dependencies - browse to ProduKey.exe and upload
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Verify - always fail

Remediation - launch app with parameters

Directory    $(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)
File        ProduKey.exe
    X    Wait for startup
Parameters    /OfficeKeys 0 /IEKeys 0 /SQLKeys 0 /ExchangeKeys 0 /stext c:\%YourOutputFolderHere%\produkey.txt

On Remediation Success - Successfully ran ProduKey export.

On Remediation Failure - Failed to run ProduKey export.
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Inventory - Software

* ProduKey Key Retrieval

ShellCommandTextReturn(cmd /c type c:\KBOX\produkey.txt)

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Hope that helps!

John

Y'all,

So, I found this post when researching the issue, and came up with a rather simpler solution than I saw in the answers...at least one that simplified it for me:

1. Create a Custom Inventory Field (CIF) to return the Registry entry listed above: RegistryValueReturn(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Pid, Pid, NUMBER)
2. Consult the PID number --> License Type list from above:
   1. 007 : retail
      011 : upgrade
      OEM : OEM
      270 : Volume License
      335 : Retail
      640 : Volume License
      648 : Academic
3. Create Smart Labels to group machines by the CIF value:  

Voila!  You now know which machines are using Volume vs. OEM vs. Retail, etc. Windows licenses.

Notes:  Tested and verified to work with Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 2012 Server.

Ron Colson

KACE Koach

Addition information, currently my company Dell Kace version is K1000.