Get-ComputerInfo's 'WindowsProductName' property | Non-correct Windows product name reported

[Ricky-Tigg]

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Steps to reproduce

Hello. Non-correct Windows product name reported by Get-ComputerInfo's WindowsProductName property. Note: computer manually upgraded from edition 10 to 11, hence not via the channel provided by Windows Updates.

Correct Windows product name reported:

> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem | Format-List -Property Caption

Caption : Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Expected behavior

PS> Get-ComputerInfo | Format-List -Property WindowsProductName

WindowsProductName : Microsoft Windows 11 Home

Actual behavior

PS> Get-ComputerInfo | Format-List -Property WindowsProductName

WindowsProductName : Windows 10 Home

Error details

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Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.6
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

[mklement0]

This has been reported before, in:

• Get-ComputerInfo command returns wrong data on modern Windows versions #18923

The short of it is that the WindowsCurrentVersion and WindowsProductName properties are apparently frozen for backward compatibility; the workaround is to use OSVersion and OSName instead.