determine if a pc's processor is x64 capable

[sted]

Does anyone know of a way i can run a script to determine if a processor in a pc is x64 capable?

 

All the ones ive found report as being x86 even when cpuz reports them as x64 as does pxe booting it will show x64 boot images

[mac_shinobi]

language agnostic - How can I discover whether my CPU is 32 or 64 bits? - Stack Overflow

 

Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_X86 = 0
Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64 = 6
Const PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_X64 = 9

strComputer = "."

Set oWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & _
   "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcessors = oWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor")

For Each oProcessor In colProcessors
 Select Case oProcessor.Architecture
   Case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_X86
     ' 32-bit
msgbox "The Processor on this machine is : x86 / 32 bit capable"
   Case PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_X64, PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA64
     ' 64-bit
msgbox "The Processor on this machine is : x64 / 64 bit capable"
   Case Else
     ' other
msgbox "An error has occured"
 End Select
Next

 

Am not sure which ones you have tried already but this is the one I have found, easy enough to adjust the script above to make it message box or prompt you where the comments are ie

 

' 64 bit ( the apostrophe is used to comment out a line in vbscript ) , so replace that with either a

 

wscript.echo "Message to Display"

 

or

 

msgbox "Message to Display"

 

Edit : There were other scripts I found that used the Operating System Class in vbscript etc but not sure when you are running this etc.

 

Are you wanting to check the CPU ref 32 or 64 bit or you want to check the currently installed OS to see if it is 32 or 64 bit ?

Edited March 27, 2013 by mac_shinobi

[jamesfed]

Every PC that runs Windows will be x86 because thats the instruction set a PC uses, you want to see if a PC is x86-32 or x86-64.

 

Now if you ran the same test on a Windows RT tablet you would find its ARM-32...

[Michael]

Any PC which is 10 years old or newer should support 64Bit instructions as a general guide. Since 2004 ish Pentium 4 processors or later included 64Bit instructions.

[CyberNerd]

grep lm /proc/cpuinfo

[mac_shinobi]

grep lm /proc/cpuinfo

 

Where are you running that command and do you need to install grep or what exactly ?

[CyberNerd]

Where are you running that command and do you need to install grep or what exactly ?

 

linux cli

[3s-gtech]

AMD processors since A64 and Intel mainstream since Prescott F/Core 2 have supported x86-64 (the original Core series do not, older Atom stuff doesn't).

[sted]

Any PC which is 10 years old or newer should support 64Bit instructions as a general guide. Since 2004 ish Pentium 4 processors or later included 64Bit instructions.

 

ive got a suite of older pcs they all look the same some are p4 i know are x64 some are celeron and x64 some are celeron and x86

@mac_shinobi that looks very similar if not identicalto a script id tried just returns x86 even though its an x64 cpu (unless the pcs is running an x64 os)

[mac_shinobi]

For me it prompted x64 and my pc is using a 32 bit os

[sted]

For me it prompted x64 and my pc is using a 32 bit os

 

nope just saved it as a vbs and it just says x86. cpuz says em64t (and as its a p4 3.06 should be x64)

[mac_shinobi]

Found this. Would this be an option - you can edit the bat file so it creates the report only and if you want it emailed to you then that's a brucey bonus

 

http://www.techienote.com/2010/07/generating-report-via-cpuz-and-sending-it-to-your-email-id.html

 

Edited March 27, 2013 by mac_shinobi

[sted]

Found this. Would this be an option - you can edit the bat file so it creates the report only and if you want it emailed to you then that's a brucey bonus

 

Generating report via CPUZ and sending it to your email id

 

seems to work thanks

[sted]

for what its worth (as e-mail isnt going towork (leeds learning notwork) and its not that urgent

 

if exist c:\cpuz\%computername%.txt goto end
md c:\cpuz
xcopy "\\server\packages$\cpuz\*.*" "c:\cpuz\*.*" /c/e/h/y/s
c:\cpuz\cpuz --txt=c:\cpuz\%computername%
copy c:\cpuz\%computername%.txt "\\server\logs$\cpuz\
:end

[mac_shinobi]

for what its worth (as e-mail isnt going towork (leeds learning notwork) and its not that urgent

 

if exist c:\cpuz\%computername%.txt goto end
md c:\cpuz
xcopy "\\server\packages$\cpuz\*.*" "c:\cpuz\*.*" /c/e/h/y/s
c:\cpuz\cpuz --txt=c:\cpuz\%computername%
copy c:\cpuz\%computername%.txt "\\server\logs$\cpuz\
:end

 

Did you adjust / tweak the ini file as per the site ? If not then where are you looking for the cpu info ref it supporting 64 bit etc ?

[sted]

Did you adjust / tweak the ini file as per the site ? If not then where are you looking for the cpu info ref it supporting 64 bit etc ?

 

yes i just dumped their inifile but tbh not sure its needed (just tried it makes no odds) ,ight be different if you want pretty html i dont lol

 

Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, EM64T

Edited March 27, 2013 by sted

[chazzy2501]

this is a tiny program you can run to discover your cpu's ability.

 

GRC|SecurAble: Determine Processor Security Features|

[mac_shinobi]

EE link : Script to query remote 64bit CPU capabililites: WMI, Powershell, 64bit, remote

 

Only allows you to view if you are registered with them and only gave me one free view, so copying and pasting a bit :

 

Using :

 

chkcpu - CPU Identification utility

psexec ( may need to use an earlier version of psexec ) - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

 

I think psexec is now apart of pstools, but if you have issues with psexec might be worth while downloading or getting an earlier version of it.

 

I just found out that this is an issue with the current version of psexec (1.95) and it now works using a previous version instead so what would be really handy now is a simple way to parse the generated example output below from vbscript in a grep-like manner since only the 64-bit flag is of interest.

 

C:\Public>psexec \\remote -c chkcpu32 /v

 

PsExec v1.72 - Execute processes remotely

Copyright © 2001-2006 Mark Russinovich

Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com

 

 

 

CPU Identification utility v2.04 © 1997-2009 Jan Steunebrink

 

CPU Vendor and Model: Intel Xeon Dual-Core 5110-5160 B2-step

Internal CPU speed : 2328.0 MHz

Number of CPUs : 4

CPU-ID Vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU-ID Name string : Intel® Xeon® CPU 5140 @ 2.33GHz

CPU-ID Signature : 0006F6

CPU Features : Floating-Point Unit on chip: Yes

Time Stamp Counter : Yes

MMX instruction set : Yes

3DNow! instruction set : No

Streaming SIMD Extensions : Yes

SSE2 support : Yes

SSE3 support : Yes

Hyper-Threading Technology : No

Execute Disable protection : Yes

64-bit support : Yes

Virtualization Technology : Yes

Size of L1 cache : 64 KB

Integrated L2 cache : 4096 KB

Integrated L3 cache : None

chkcpu32.exe exited on danny with error code 0

 

 

 

Ok so here is the script that uses chkcpu32 and psexec and gives you results in the prompt.

 

It can be modified of course to do mass checks but use this for testing:

 

NOTE: script assumes that both PSEXEC and CHKCPU32 programs are in C:\Windows\System32, and if they are not please put them there.

 

Test it and let me know:

 

Set oWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

sComputer = "ComputerNameHere"

sScriptName = WScript.ScriptName
sScriptPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
sTemp = Replace(sScriptName, ".vbs", ".txt")
sTempFile = Replace(sScriptPath, sScriptName, sTemp)

oWS.Run "cmd.exe /c psexec \\" & sComputer & " -c C:\Windows\System32\chkcpu32 /v >" & Chr(34) & sTempFile & chr(34),0 ,True

Set oTempFile = oFS.OpenTextFile(sTempFile, 1)

Do While oTempFile.AtEndOfStream <> True
   sText = oTempFile.ReadLine
       If Instr(sText, "64-bit support") Then
           sText = LCase(sText)
           If InStr(sText, "no") Then
               oWS.Popup "CPU with 64-bit support NOT detected", ,sComputer , vbExclamation
           Else
               oWS.Popup "CPU with 64-bit support DETECTED!", ,sComputer , vbInformation
           End If
       Exit Do
   End If
Loop

oTempFile.Close
oFS.DeleteFile(sTempFile)

 

Easier way instead of using the above vbs is to have chkcpu32.exe in the same directory or the system32 directory and just have a bat file that pipes the output to a text file

 

if you have a directory on your C: Drive named chkcpu32 with chkcpu32.exe and your own bat file you could do something like

 

chkcpu32.exe /v > C:\chkcpu32\64bit.txt

 

 

CPU Identification utility v2.11 © 1997-2013 Jan Steunebrink

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CPU Vendor and Model: Intel Core i5 Quad i5-2300/2400/2500 series D2-step

Internal CPU speed : 3093.0 MHz

System CPU count : 1 Physical CPU(s), 4 Core(s) per CPU, 4 Thread(s)

CPU-ID Vendor string: GenuineIntel

CPU-ID Name string : Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz

CPU-ID Signature : 0206A7

CPU Features : Floating-Point Unit on chip : Yes

Time Stamp Counter : Yes

Enhanced SpeedStep Technology: Yes

Hyper-Threading Technology : No

Execute Disable protection : Yes

64-bit support : Yes

Virtualization Technology : Yes

Instr set extensions: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2

Size of L1 cache : 4 x 64 KB

Integrated L2 cache : 4 x 256 KB

Integrated L3 cache : 6144 KB

 

 

Edited March 27, 2013 by mac_shinobi