Digging Deeper with Dedicated System Information Tools

For the most exhaustive inventory of system configuration details in a no-frills text format, Windows offers three tools that provide varying levels of technical information:

  • Systeminfo. Systeminfo.exe is a command-line utility that displays information about your Windows version, BIOS, processor, memory, network configuration, and a few more esoteric items. Figure E-3 shows sample output.

    The command-line utility Systeminfo.exe provides an easy way to gather information on all your network computers in a single database.

    Figure E-3. The command-line utility Systeminfo.exe provides an easy way to gather information on all your network computers in a single database.

    To run Systeminfo, open a Command Prompt window, type systeminfo ...

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