Collect System Information

[RickCass]

I would like to have some way to collect the system
informtion on all our XP boxes. Can someone tell what
program will work.

Basically, we need to collect the machine name, hard
drive specs, memory, etc.

We are trying to determine what machine need hardware
upgrades...

RickCass
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Tom]

I would like to have some way to collect the system
informtion on all our XP boxes. Can someone tell what
program will work.

Basically, we need to collect the machine name, hard
drive specs, memory, etc.

We are trying to determine what machine need hardware
upgrades...

RickCass
(e-mail address removed)

Click "Start", then "Run" and type in the box (no quotes) "msinfo32" and click ok. You will get the system info applet to come up. Then click (at the top) "File", then "export", and then in the "File name:" drop down box, give it a name, like PC1 or whatever will reference that particular PC. You may want to use the PCs given name in this case. Then save the text files created, on a shared drive, or where the correct persson relative to needing this info, will know what to need when upgrading.

 

[Tom]

Sorry, save the info using the "Save" feature, this will create an ".nfo" file which will be easily read.

 

[Jan Kåre]

I use the freeware utility AIDA32:
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----

"RickCass" <[email protected]> wrote in

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Click "Start", then "Run" and type in the box (no

quotes) "msinfo32" and click ok. You will get the system
info applet to come up. Then click (at the top) "File",
then "export", and then in the "File name:" drop down
box, give it a name, like PC1 or whatever will reference
that particular PC. You may want to use the PCs given
name in this case. Then save the text files created, on a
shared drive, or where the correct persson relative to
needing this info, will know what to need when upgrading.

.

Can I run this program automatically and let it collect
everything and then output to network path?

 

[Gulper]

I would like to have some way to collect the system
informtion on all our XP boxes. Can someone tell what
program will work.

Basically, we need to collect the machine name, hard
drive specs, memory, etc.

We are trying to determine what machine need hardware
upgrades...

RickCass
(e-mail address removed)

Aida32 Free while it's still available
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32-download.php

 

[Tom]

message news:[email protected]...
quotes) "msinfo32" and click ok. You will get the system
info applet to come up. Then click (at the top) "File",
then "export", and then in the "File name:" drop down
box, give it a name, like PC1 or whatever will reference
that particular PC. You may want to use the PCs given
name in this case. Then save the text files created, on a
shared drive, or where the correct persson relative to
needing this info, will know what to need when upgrading.
Can I run this program automatically and let it collect
everything and then output to network path?

You can save anything to wherever you please, as that option is available with anything you "save", or "save as". The "Save in" drop down box has all the paths available listed to wherever one wants to save a file.

 

[RickCass]

-----Original Message-----
I would like to have some way to collect the system
informtion on all our XP boxes. Can someone tell what
program will work.

Basically, we need to collect the machine name, hard
drive specs, memory, etc.

We are trying to determine what machine need hardware
upgrades...

RickCass
(e-mail address removed)
.

Is there something like this available on Windows 2000
Server?

RC

 

[Carrie Garth]

I would like to have some way to collect the system
informtion on all our XP boxes. Can someone tell what
program will work.

Basically, we need to collect the machine name, hard
drive specs, memory, etc.

We are trying to determine what machine need hardware
upgrades...

By using the appropriate switches with the MSINFO32 tool you can, among
other things, gather information from another computer and generate a *.txt
report that displays only specific categories. For more information see the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB300887 - How to Use System Information (MSINFO32) Switches
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=300887