How do I determine if the computer is x86 or x64?

[Administrator]

Anyone know how I can determine if the current user is running under a 32-bit OS (x86) or a 64-bit OS (x64)?

 

[JohnH]

Check the Win32_Processor.Architecture with WMI, it's 0 for x86 and 9 for x64.

 

[Administrator]

Thanks...I'll code it in and see how it goes!

 

[Administrator]

kewl stuff, but WMI sure is slow!!!! Neat what you can collect via the ManagementObjectSearcher!