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    See System Information in Windows 10

    See System Information in Windows 10

    How to See System Information About Windows 10
    Published by Category: General Tips
    04 Jul 2020
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to See System Information About Windows 10


    The System Information tool displays a comprehensive view of the hardware, system components, and software environment on the local computer.

    This tutorial will show you different ways on how to see system information about your Windows 10.


    Contents







    OPTION ONE

    To See System Information in System Information (msinfo32)


    To see more Msinfo32 command line usage, see: Msinfo32 - Microsoft Docs


    1 Press the Win + R keys to open Run, type msinfo32 into Run, and click/tap on OK to open System Information. (see screenshot below)

    If you would like to output System Information to a text file, then:

    1) Select what you want to export in the left pane of System Information.
    2) Click/tap on File on the menu bar.
    3) Click/tap on Export.
    4) Select the location (ex: "Desktop") you want to export to.
    5) Type a name you want for the text file.
    6) Click/tap on Save.


    System Information collects and displays configuration information to help support personnel diagnose and correct problems. This tool displays the required data to resolve problems, including information about hardware, system components, and the software environment. More specifically, the tool can be used to gather information about the following:

    System Summary provides general information about your computer system. This includes information about the version of Windows that you are running, including the installation folder, the amount of physical and virtual memory, the locale and local time zone, and information about system hardware, including basic input/output system (BIOS), central processing unit (CPU), memory, and other system resources. Use this information at the beginning of the troubleshooting process to develop a basic picture of the environment in which the problem occurs.

    Hardware Resources displays hardware resource settings such as direct memory access (DMA) interrupt requests (IRQs), input/output (I/O) addresses, and memory addresses.

    Components displays information about the Windows system configuration, including information about the status of peripheral devices, ports, and universal serial bus (USB) connections.

    Software Environment displays a snapshot of drivers, environment variables, tasks, and services loaded into computer memory. This information can be used to see if a process is still running or to check version information.

    See System Information in Windows 10-system_information.png






    OPTION TWO

    To See System Information in Settings


    1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

    2 Click/tap on About on the left side in System settings. (see screenshots below)

    3 Starting with Windows 10 build 20161, you can now Copy your device information.

    See System Information in Windows 10-about_system_in_settings.png See System Information in Windows 10-settings_system_about-2.jpg






    OPTION THREE

    To See System Information in Control Panel


    This option is no longer available starting with Windows 10 build 20161 and higher.


    1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the System icon. (see screenshot below)

    See System Information in Windows 10-system_specs_in_control_panel.png






    OPTION FOUR

    To See System Information in Command Prompt


    To see more Systeminfo command line usage, see: Systeminfo - Microsoft Docs


    1 Open a command prompt.

    2 Type the command below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

    (Output into command prompt)
    Systeminfo

    OR

    (Output to SystemInfo.txt file on desktop)
    Systeminfo > "%UserProfile%\Desktop\SystemInfo.txt"

    See System Information in Windows 10-systeminfo_command.png






    OPTION FIVE

    To See System Information in PowerShell


    To see more Get-ComputerInfo command line usage, see: Get-ComputerInfo - Microsoft Docs

    See also: PowerShell Basics: Are you using Get-ComputerInfo?


    1 Open PowerShell.

    2 Type command below you want to use into PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshots below)

    (Output into PowerShell)
    Get-ComputerInfo

    OR

    (Output to SystemInfo.txt file on desktop)
    Get-ComputerInfo | Out-File -FilePath "$Env:userprofile\Desktop\SystemInfo.txt"

    See System Information in Windows 10-get-computerinfo-1.jpg See System Information in Windows 10-get-computerinfo-2.jpg


    That's it,
    Shawn






  1. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #1

    Tutorial updated to add Option Five for PowerShell.
      My Computers


  2. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Thank you @Matthew Wai.

    I have added an output to file option to help.
      My Computers


 

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