Select one of the
following depending upon which operating system is installed on your PC.
If any of these procedures have changed as new versions have been
released, please let me know what specific revisions should be made so
that I can update this web page.
FOR
WINDOWS XP Users:
To view system
information (such as your PC's name and model, BIOS version or available
physical memory) select START, ALL
PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, SYSTEM
TOOLS, SYSTEM
INFORMATION. The System Information window appears with your
System Summary in the right pane.
Click on the plus sign in front of the
different categories on the left
to see the various subsystems contained in each section.
Click on any of the subsystems and the
parameter settings will be displayed in the right-hand viewing pane.
Click on FILE,
then EXPORT to save the data as a text file
that you can save and then review later on. Or you can click on
FILE and PRINT
to obtain a hard-copy printout. (BEWARE: this report could be very big
so make sure that you have plenty of paper in your printer's paper
tray).
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FOR
WINDOWS NT Users:
From
the Windows desktop, click on MY COMPUTER; then
CONTROL PANEL; then SYSTEM.
On
the SYSTEMS PROPERTIES page, a tab/section labeled
GENERAL displays info
about your operating system, its version number, and your Internet
browser version. At the bottom of the box there is also info about your
CPU and RAM.
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FOR
WINDOWS 2000 Users:
To
view system information select START, PROGRAMS,
ACCESSORIES, SYSTEM
TOOLS, SYSTEM INFORMATION.
The
System Information window appears with your System Summary in the right
pane.
Go
to the ACTIONS tab, select SAVE
AS TEXT FILE if you would like to save and print out this file so
that you can review it at a later time.
