Quick and Easy Ways to Learn More About Your Computer
This tip is for Windows 10 & Windows 11
Yes, we know. There are tons of free apps you can download that will tell you all about your computer — and some of them in great detail too. But Darcy and I are minimalists – if we don’t need it, we don’t install it.
Today we’re going to show you how to dig in and learn all about your computer without installing any software.
Here are two quick and easy ways to drill down deep into the inner sanctum of your Windows computer and learn more about the mysterious device we all know and love…the Windows PC.
The first way
Open a command prompt (type CMD in the taskbar search and press Enter when you see Command Prompt appear in the search results).
At the prompt type
SYSTEMINFO
then press Enter.
You’ll see all kinds of information about your PC appear before your eyes. If you don’t know what something is, google it. You’ll learn a lot about your computer that way.
In the screenshot below we’ve pointed out some important info about this computer including the operating system, computer manufacturer, motherboard &BIOS info, and RAM (memory). A lot more information is available too.
Do you want to know more about the insides of the beast?
The second way
Right-click your Windows Start button and click “Run”.
In the Run box type;
MSINFO32
then press Enter.
Now, look at your system summary. You see a whole lot of useful info. This is the inner workings of one of our computers (the infamous ALLDOCUBE).
That’s a lot of info. But wait there’s more! Besides the System Summary, you can check into your Hardware Resources, Components, and Software Environment… all without installing one of those system info utilities.
While some of the information you’ll discover will seem a bit technical, even arcane, you have the power to find out more about any of the info you discover about your computer. It’s called a search engine – whether you use Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or whatever your favorite search engine is, looking up things about your computer that you might not understand is a great way to learn more about your Windows PC.
And now you know two quick ways to learn more about your computer without installing any third-party software.