Although there are any number of tools available to gather and collate information regarding the configuration and composition of a computer, these are often overkill when all you wish to learn is one or more basic details like the processor type, memory, computer name etc.
A quick shortcut is to gather this information from the command line or Powershell. Windows XP and later includes in the systeminfo utility. Typing this at the command prompt will produce information similar to this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 | c:\systeminfo Host Name: SOMEPC OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate OS Version: 6.1.7100 N/A Build 7100 OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation OS Configuration: Member Workstation OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free Registered Owner: SomeOwner Registered Organization: Product ID: 00428-321-7001132-70186 Original Install Date: 04/05/2009, 10:29:33 System Boot Time: 28/09/2009, 13:50:08 System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Latitude D820 System Type: X86-based PC Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed. [01]: x86 Family 6 Model 14 Stepping 8 GenuineIntel ~2000 Mhz BIOS Version: Dell Inc. A09, 04/06/2008 Windows Directory: C:\Windows System Directory: C:\Windows\system32 Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume2 System Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom) Input Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom) Time Zone: (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London Total Physical Memory: 3,326 MB Available Physical Memory: 858 MB Virtual Memory: Max Size: 8,313 MB Virtual Memory: Available: 5,500 MB Virtual Memory: In Use: 2,813 MB Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys Domain: somedomain.lan Logon Server: \\SOMEDC Hotfix(s): 4 Hotfix(s) Installed. [01]: KB958830 [02]: KB969497 [03]: KB970789 [04]: KB970858 Network Card(s): 3 NIC(s) Installed. [01]: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection DHCP Enabled: Yes DHCP Server: 10.10.0.1 IP address(es) [01]: 10.10.0.100 [02]: fe80::901:8ac7:5a6b:1f56 [02]: Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller Connection Name: Local Area Connection Status: Media disconnected |
If you are using Powershell – if not, why not? – the get-wmiobject win32_computersystem command will return rudimentary details regarding the host PC.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | PoSH>get-wmiobject win32_computersystem Domain : somedomain.lan Manufacturer : Dell Inc. Model : Latitude D820 Name : SOMEPC PrimaryOwnerName : SomeOwner TotalPhysicalMemory : 3487690752 |
this is also a great tool for studying and configuring memory with the levels of information available.