Description of Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe) Tool

Summary

Windows includes a tool called Microsoft System Information (Msinfo32.exe). This tool gathers information about your computer and displays a comprehensive view of your hardware, system components, and software environment, which you can use to diagnose computer issues.

If you run MSINFO32 without Administrator privileges, it may show some drivers as stopped when they are not. This is because the cache for this information requires Administrator privileges to update. To avoid this issue, make sure to run MSINFO32 with Administrator privileges.

MSINFO32 is not able to provide hardware information when run in Safe Mode. While Microsoft System Information can be run in Safe Mode, it is limited to displaying information about system components and the software environment.

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How to start MSINFO32

Expand your version of Windows below for instructions to run MSINFO32:

Type msinfo32 in the Search box.

Right-click System Information in the search results and select Run as administrator.

While on the Start screen, type msinfo32. (Alternatively, swipe in from the right edge of the screen and select Search. If you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then select Search. Then type msinfo32 in the Search box.)

Right-click (or tap and hold) the search results and select Run as administrator.

Click Start. Type msinfo32 in the Search box.

Right-click msinfo32.exe in the search results, and then click Run as administrator.

How to run MSINFO32 using the Command Prompt

You can also run MSINFO32 from an elevated command prompt. To open the command prompt, type cmd in the Search box. Then right-click Command Prompt in the search results and select Run as administrator.

You can perform the following tasks using the MSINFO32 command-line tool switches:

Create .nfo or .txt files that contain your system information.

Start System Information connected to a remote computer.

Use the following syntax in the command prompt to run the MSINFO32 command on computers that are running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10:

Msinfo32 [ /nfo Path] [ /report Path] [ /computer ComputerName]

Parameters Path
Specifies the file to be opened in the format C:\ folder1\ file1. xxx where C is the drive letter, folder1 is the folder, file1 is the file and xxx is the file name extension.

ComputerName
This can be a Universal Naming Convention name, an IP address, or a Fully Qualified Domain Name.

/nfo
Saves the exported file as an .nfo file. If the file name that is specified in Path does not end in .nfo, an .nfo file name extension will be appended to the file name.

/report
Saves the file that is specified in Path in the .txt format. The file name will be saved exactly as it appears in path. The .txt file name extension will not be appended to the file unless it is specified in Path.

/computer
Starts System Information for the specified remote computer.

Note: When you connect to a remote computer, you must have appropriate permissions to access WMI on the remote computer.

Examples To view your System Information, type:

How to view system information on Windows 7

If you’re about to install a new app, or you’re troubleshooting your device, there is not a better place to figure out basic questions about the operating system and hardware than using System from Control Panel. The quickest way to get to System is to right-click the Computer shortcut and selecting Properties, from the Start menu or from most places where you see the Computer shortcut.

System is organized in four different sections with useful information about your computer: Windows edition shows you which version of Windows you are currently running and Service Pack number; System displays your computer’s Windows Experience Index based score, basically this is a number that tells you the overall capability of your computer, and important hardware detail (CPU make and model, installed memory, and if you are using 32-bit or 64-bit version); Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings shows just that information and you can modify these settings by clicking the Change settings link, and Windows activation, this verifies that you are using a genuine copy of Windows.

Links on the left pane allow you to access other sections in Windows that can provide more information about your computer like the Device Manager, where you can obtain detailed information of all installed hardware and driver information as well — Device Manager can also be accessed by typing devmgmt.msc in Windows’ Command Prompt or in the Run Command –, from the left pane you can also access the Remote Settings, System Protection (System Restore), and more.

How to see Windows 7 system info

System is a great place to get basic answers about your computer, but for a more technical and detailed information about your system configuration, Microsoft Windows comes with 3 other utilities:

Systeminfo

Systeminfo or systeminfo.exe is a command-line utility that is capable of showing information about Windows version, CPU, BIOS, memory and network information, and many other useful items.

Exporting your system configuration from systeminfo —To use Systeminfo you’ll need to open the Command Prompt, type systeminfo, and press Enter. Then if you want to save the output information to import it into a database or to just have an inventory of the components in your system, you can do this in two different file formats: Table and CSV. To export your system information in one of these formats, you’ll have to append the /FO command switch with the file format and the destination path with the file name. For example:

systeminfo /fo csv > C:\WinInfo.csv

Also, you are not limited to gather system information from your local computer alone with systeminfo, you can also get system information from Windows’ computers that are in the network by appending the /S switch. But, if the other computer don’t have your same username and password, you’ll need to supply the /U and /P switches too. Use this command-line as reference:

systeminfo /s ComputerName /fo csv >> C:\WinInfo.csv

Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line utility

If you are looking to view a crazy amount of system information, look no further, the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line or WMIC is a utility in Windows that is able to provide an extensive amount of information about system configuration, installed hardware, and Windows accounts. Run this utility by typing in the Command Prompt wmic or by typing a full command to output desire information, like:

wmic partition list brief /format:htable > C:\partitions.html

In the above example, the command will generate a well formatted and easy to read HTML file with information about all the partitions on your system. To view all WMIC syntax, in the Command Prompt type the following and press Enter:

System Information

System Information another utility in Windows that most geeks like to dig in to get information about a particular system. You can access this utility by doing a search for System Information in the Start menu or by using Run command, entering msinfo32.exe and pressing Enter. This utility provides well detailed information about software and hardware on a system in an easy to use and friendly graphical user interface.

In this How-To Windows article I introduced you to 4 built-in Windows utilities in which you can obtain a lot of information about your system. For most users, just going to the System settings will be more than enough to answer basic questions about a particular system. The other remaining utilities are great for troubleshooting and just to get a deeper understanding of your overall system.

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How to Find Windows 10 System Information?

A simple way to find Windows 10 System Information. The system information (also known as msinfo32.exe) shows details about your computer’s hardware configuration, computer components, and software, including drivers.

The system information shows the complete details of your computer. But many way to get the complete detailed information of a Windows system.

Find Windows 10 System Information

You can simply open System Information by clicking the Start button. In the search box, type System Information, and then, in the list of results, click System Information. Or type “msinfo32” on the Windows Run.

Find Windows 10 System Information

Just open the system information and navigate to find the exact hardware and system information. The below screenshot shows the complete system information of my computer.

Find Windows 10 System Information – Technig

System Information lists categories in the left pane and details about each category in the right pane. The categories include:

• System Summary: Displays general information about your computer and the operating system, such as the computer name and manufacturer, the type of basic input/output system (BIOS) your computer uses, and the amount of memory that’s installed.
• Hardware Resources: Displays advanced details about your computer’s hardware, and is intended for IT professionals.
• Components: Displays information about disk drives, sound devices, modems, and other components installed on your computer.
• Software Environment: Displays information about drivers, network connections, and other program-related details.

To find a specific detail in System Information, type the information you’re looking for in the Find what box at the bottom of the window. For example, to find your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address, type IP address in the Find what box, and then click Find.

Find IP address details in Windows 10

That’s is it, how easily you can find all your system information in one place. Even you can search an exact hardware and system related software information.

Save System Information to a Text File

To issue a report of a system information, you can export all system information to text or .nfo file. Click the File menu and select Save to export a clear reports of system information.

Save System Information in Windows 10

Later you can open it with .nfo file reader which currently Windows display the system information with.

Find System Information with Command Line

The command line is light and easy to display, read and export a readable reports of system information to a text file. Open the command prompt (cmd.exe) and type “Systeminfo” then press enter.

Find Windows 10 System Information with Command Line

To export the system information to a text file, type “systeminfo > sysinfo.txt” and press enter to create and write the system information to text file.

Windows 10 System Information Report with Command Line

Yes, the report has exported to a text file. To open the file just type sysinfo.txt on command line and press enter. It will open the file from current directory with notepad text viewer.

Note: Some third party software also has the a feature that shows the complete system information. Read the system information with Windows Care Genius a best PC optimizer tool.

Desktop Info : View System Information on Windows Desktop

Desktop Info makes it very convenient to view and monitor system information in Windows. It overlays system information on the desktop background so that you can easily see everything related to your computer whenever you want to. This information is continuously updated and displays the fresh values of CPU frequency, RAM usage or system temperature etc.

Desktop Info is a portable program and can be run without installing anything. It starts out with a transparent window that is displayed near the top-right corner of your computer screen. If you use Win+D hotkey or click on the small “Show Desktop” shortcut located to the extreme right of the taskbar, this transparent Desktop Info window will also be minimized and all the system information will disappear. This is why instead of minimizing all the windows to see the desktop, you should minimize all the windows manually and you will see Desktop Info properly.

Desktop Info displays dynamically updated information such as date, time, CPU load, CPU temperature, memory usage, page faults, physical RAM, network interface, WiFi traffic, and various storage devices attached to the computer.

You can right-click on the information overlay and it will display a menu from where you can switch between the main page or Windows/Hardware information page. You can also force fresh the information and open the configuration file for Desktop Info.

In the configuration file that opens up in Windows Notepad, you can manually edit and modify various settings, include new information to be displayed or change the style in which it is displayed. For example, you can remove the CPU temp information which does not really seem to work, and add battery charge status for your laptop instead. It comes with a PDF document that explains how you can modify the configuration file.