Difference between revisions of "Windows System Information Tools"

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  systeminfo.exe > "%userprofile%/documents/systeminfo.txt"
 
  systeminfo.exe > "%userprofile%/documents/systeminfo.txt"
  
To dig a little deeper Systeminfo.exe is a great tool ! Systeminfo.exe is a command-line utility that displays information about your Windows version, BIOS, processor, memory, network configuration, and so on.  The output is DOS text.
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Systeminfo.exe is a great tool console based tool.  Systeminfo.exe is a command-line utility that displays information about your Windows version, BIOS, processor, memory, network configuration, and so on.  The output is DOS text.
  
 
'''System Information / MSInfo Utility'''
 
'''System Information / MSInfo Utility'''
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If you prefer something with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) you can use msinfo32.
  
 
command line:
 
command line:
 
  msinfo32.exe
 
  msinfo32.exe
  
Use this tool to gather information about your computer, to diagnose issues with your computer, or to access other tools.  This command opens a GUI applet.  It can be run directly from START, RUN.
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Use this tool to gather information about your computer, to diagnose issues with your computer, or to access other tools.  This command opens a GUI applet.  It can be run directly from START, RUN.  It provides mostly the same information as systeminfo.

Latest revision as of 13:31, 30 October 2014

SystemInfo

command line:

systeminfo.exe

You can echo the output to a text file to view in notepad

systeminfo.exe > "%userprofile%/documents/systeminfo.txt"

Systeminfo.exe is a great tool console based tool. Systeminfo.exe is a command-line utility that displays information about your Windows version, BIOS, processor, memory, network configuration, and so on. The output is DOS text.

System Information / MSInfo Utility

If you prefer something with a GUI (Graphical User Interface) you can use msinfo32.

command line:

msinfo32.exe

Use this tool to gather information about your computer, to diagnose issues with your computer, or to access other tools. This command opens a GUI applet. It can be run directly from START, RUN. It provides mostly the same information as systeminfo.