#create new PowerShell object to hold Windows Version Info
$WinVer = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
#retrieve version information from registry
$WinVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Major -Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentMajorVersionNumber).CurrentMajorVersionNumber
$WinVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Minor -Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentMinorVersionNumber).CurrentMinorVersionNumber
$WinVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Release -Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' ReleaseId).ReleaseId
$WinVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Build -Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' CurrentBuild).CurrentBuild
$WinVer | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Revision -Value $(Get-ItemProperty -Path 'Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' UBR).UBR
#output information
$WinVer

(Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" -Name ReleaseID).ReleaseId