How can I tell what version of Windows is installed on a hard drive without booting it?

1. you can open the file ../Windows/System32/license.rtf with Word pad. Guess what, it tells you EXACTLY what system is installed. On that same drive above, this file said "WINDOWS 8 PRO"
2. Look in the ../Windows/System32 folder for a file called "ntoskrnl.exe". If this file exists, it is at least an NT based system. (I assume you are not looking for Win95 or earlier.)
   
   Now do a properties and examine the details for a product version.
   
   4.x: NT 4.x
   5.0: Windows 2000
   5.1: Windows XP
   5.2: Windows 2003 Server or Windows XP-64-bit
   6.0: Windows Vista
   6.1: Windows 7
   6.2; Windows 8
   6.3: Windows 8.1
   
   This does not however  tell you which flavor of those systems (Pro, Home, etc).
3. Look at the following file(s) on the hard drive ../windows/system32/eula.txt

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Unhide Administrator Profile for Windows XP or Windows 7

Some computers running under Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows 7, their main Administrator Profile is hidden. You can unhide these profile by doing this steps.


1. Run Regedit
2. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\Userlist
3. Right-click in the work area and create a new DWORD entry.
4. Name it as Administrator and change it's value to 1 (show/unhide) or 0 (to hide it).
5. Exit the registry editor and reboot the PC



That's it. When you reboot/restart your PC, you should be able to see the Administrator Profile Icon on the startup screen.