{"id":411,"date":"2014-04-22T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/?p=411"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:34:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T20:34:49","slug":"how-to-find-out-which-windows-operating-system-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/oh365eh\/2014\/04\/22\/how-to-find-out-which-windows-operating-system-you-have\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Out Which Windows Operating System You Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first step in my process to\u00a0assist an end user with trouble shooting an issue is to know what operating system they are using. This is so I can frame my directions in a context that makes sense to them.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So what?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m not going to tell a Windows 8 user to click on the green &#8220;start&#8221; button in the bottom left corner of their screen. 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