title: How to determine OS Platform with WMI?
body: <p>I am trying to figure out if there is a location in WMI that will return the OS Architecture (i.e. 32-bit or 64-bit) that will work across "all" versions of Windows.  I thought I had figured it out looking at my Win2k8 system when I found the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code> Win32_OperatingSystem / OSArchitecture
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I was wrong.  It doesn't appear that this field exists on Win2k3 systems.  Argh!</p>
  
  <p>So, is anyone aware of another field in WMI that "is" the same across server versions?  If not, what about a registry key that is the same?  I am using a tool that only allows me to configure simple field queries, so I cannot use a complex script to perform.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>