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:

Как открыть «Система» (System). Просмотр основных сведений о вашем компьютере в Windows 7

Для того, чтобы посмотреть основные сведения о компьютере, на который установлена операционная система Windows, проще всего воспользоваться панелью «Система» (System), в которой эти сведения собственно и отображены. Найти её очень просто. Ниже будет показано несколько способов как отрыть панель «Система» (System) на компьютере. Все они приведут к одному и тому же результату. Можно пользоваться тем, который покажется наиболее удобным.

Чтобы было понятно о чём речь, картинка ниже — это то, что нужно: Панель «Система» (System): Просмотр основных сведений о вашем компьютере.

Способ 1. Открытие панели «Система» (System) с помощью горячих клавиш Win + Pause/Break .

Пожалуй это самый простой способ. Для тех кому часто приходится пользоваться панелью «Система» (System) — это идеальный инструмент.

Итак, на клавиатуре нажимаем и удерживаем клавишу Win (нижний ряд левый угол клавиатуры). И нажимаем клавишу Pause/Break (верхний правый угол клавиатуры).

Способ 2. Открытие панели «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки-иконки «Компьютер».

Иконка «Компьютер» обычно находится на рабочем столе или в программе «Проводник». Найти ещё не составляет труда, так как ей постоянно приходится пользоваться, сохраняя или открывая фалы на компьютере.

Для того, чтобы открыть панель «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки-иконки «Компьютер» нужно кликнуть по ней правой кнопкой мышки, затем левой кнопкой кликнуть на пункте «Свойства» выпавшего контекстного меню:

Способ 3. Открытие панели «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки «Компьютер» в меню по кнопке «Пуск».

Этот способ очень похож на предыдущий. Открываем меню по кнопке «Пуск». Для этого нажимаем кнопку Win на клавиатуре (нижний левый угол клавиатуры) или кликаем левой кнопкой мышки по кнопке «Пуск», которая располагается в левом нижнем углу экрана.

Далее нужно кликнуть по ссылке «Компьютер» правой кнопкой мышки, затем левой кнопкой кликнуть на пункте «Свойства» выпавшего контекстного меню:

И ещё 2 способа открытия панели «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки «Система» в «Панели управления». Как открывать «Панель управления» подробно описано в этой статье, а как менять режимы отображения «Панели управления» можно вспомнить, прочитав эту статью.

Способ 4. Открытие панели «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки «Система» в «Панели управления» (режим Крупные значки).

Всё очень просто. В «Панели управления» в режиме Крупные значки находим ссылку иконку «Система» и кликаем на неё левой кнопкой мышки:

Способ 5. Открытие панели «Система» (System) с помощью ссылки «Система» в «Панели управления» (режим Мелкие значки).

Всё также просто. В «Панели управления» в режиме Мелкие значки находим ссылку иконку «Система» и кликаем на неё левой кнопкой мышки:

В принципе, этих способов достаточно, чтобы открыть панель «Система» (System). Есть ещё и другие, но нужно ли про них всех знать? =)

How To Open System Information Panel On Windows To Check Computer and Specification?

Windows Operating systems starting from Windows XP provides System Information Panel . System Information Panel provides detailed information about the computer hardware, software and operating system.

Open System Information Panel From Start Menu

System Information Panel can be opened in different ways. The most basic and fast way is starting it from Start Menu . After opening Start Menu we can type System Information which will list System Information icon. Then click this icon which will open System Information Panel.

Open System Information Panel From Start Menu

It will look like below.

Windows System Information Panel

• Host Name
• OS Name is the name of the operating system which is Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
• OS Version is the release number of the operating system which is 10.0.17134 in this example
• OS Manufacturer
• OS Configuration
• Os Build Type where the processor type which is Multiprocessor in this example
• Registered Owner where the system is provided
• Product ID
• Original Install Date when the OS is installed which is 5/20/2018 in this case
• System Boot Time when the system is booted last time which is 11/15/2018
• System Manufacturer is the hardware creator
• System Model is the version of the hardware
• System Type will show the system type like Phone, Table,PC
• Processor shows the process and detailed information
• BIOS Version will show currently used BIOS which is VMware in this case
• Windows Directory is the operating system path
• System Directory is the core system file path which is C:\windows\system32 in this case
• System Locale is the language used by the system
• Input Locale is the keyboard map or layout of the system which is TR or Turkish in this example
• Time Zone will provide current time zone of the system according to UTC which is +3 in this case

Open System Information Panel From Run Command

Another way to open System Information Panel is using command line or Run Command . There is two command which can be run to open System Information Panel. First one is

msinfo32

Open System Information Panel From MSDOS Command Line

Other command is systeminfo command which will run WINDOWS\system32\systeminfo.exe file in command line. This co

Open System Information Panel From MSDOS Command Line

We can see that following information is provided with the systeminfo command like below.

• Host Name
• OS Name is the name of the operating system which is Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
• OS Version is the release number of the operating system which is 10.0.17134 in this example
• OS Manufacturer
• OS Configuration
• Os Build Type where the processor type which is Multiprocessor in this example
• Registered Owner where the system is provided
• Product ID
• Original Install Date when the OS is installed which is 5/20/2018 in this case
• System Boot Time when the system is booted last time which is 11/15/2018
• System Manufacturer is the hardware creator
• System Model is the version of the hardware
• System Type will show the system type like Phone, Table,PC
• Processor shows the process and detailed information
• BIOS Version will show currently used BIOS which is VMware in this case
• Windows Directory is the operating system path
• System Directory is the core system file path which is C:\windows\system32 in this case
• System Locale is the language used by the system
• Input Locale is the keyboard map or layout of the system which is TR or Turkish in this example
• Time Zone will provide current time zone of the system according to UTC which is +3 in this case

System Summary

System Summary screen will provides general information in a summary mode. This page will provide following useful information.

• `OS Name` operating system name
• `Version` operating system version
• `System Manufacturer` hardware vendor
• `System Type` system architecture like 32 or 64 bit
• `BIOS Mode` UEFI or DOS
• `Windows Directory` where windows operating system files installed
• `Installed Physical Memory RAM` ram size

System Summary

Hardware Resources

Hardware Resources will provides low level hardware related information those can be listed like below.

• `Conflicts/sharing`
• `DMA` direct memory access
• `Forced Hardware`
• `I/O` input and output devices
• `IRQs` interrupts
• `Memory` as name suggested memory

Hardware Resources

Components

Components screen will provide information like peripherals like CD-ROM.

• `Multimedia` list audio and video codecs
• `CD-ROM` will list related information.
• `Sound Device` will list sound card information
• `Display` list monitor related information
• `Network` list network interface related information
• `Storage` list disk devices and partitions
• `USB` list usb ports and connected devices

Components

Software Environment

Software information will list information like drivers, running tasks, printing, services etc.

• `System Drivers` list drivers
• `Environment Variables` list environment variables
• `Print Jobs` list printing queue
• `Network Connections` list current network connections
• `Running Tasks` list currently running jobs
• `Loaded Modules` list loaded operating system modules
• `Services` list services and daemons
• `Startup Programs` list startup applications

Software Environment

Generate Report and Save To Text File

We can also save generated information into a file. This file will be a text file for simplicity. We will use following menu File -> Save . This will as us a path to save file which will have .nfo extension.

Generate Report and Save To Text File