{"id":21957,"date":"2021-08-19T07:53:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=21957"},"modified":"2021-08-19T07:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:53:19","slug":"how-to-create-a-complete-system-summary-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-create-a-complete-system-summary-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Complete System Summary Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>How to Create a Complete System Summary Report<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">This tip will appeal more to those of you who love to dig deep in detail &#8211; or to those who want to learn how to do something new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;ve never run MSINFO32 before, it&#8217;s easy to do and it gives you a great deal of information about your Windows computer. To run MSINFO32, just press and hold down the Windows Key and tap the R key &#8211; then type:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">MSINFO32<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">into the run box and press Enter:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style804\"><span class=\"auto-style7\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style796\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/msinfosummary.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Computer Tips &amp; Ticks\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">In the left pane (above) you can select and expand categories and items allowing you to dig deeper into your system information. The right pane show details of the category\/item you selected. There is a lot of information here. If you&#8217;re a computer wizard, you will understand most of it, but if you&#8217;re just the curious type you will understand enough to make it worth your while.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We&#8217;ve covered most of this stuff before, but here&#8217;s something new: You can export all that information into a text file and pore over it at your leisure, maybe while sipping a cup of tea or a nice snifter of brandy &#8211; depending on who and where you are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">All you need to do to export a system summary from an MSINFO32 report is to click on File &#8211;&gt;Export and give it whatever name you want. The only option you&#8217;ll have is to save it as a text file. Once you have given your summary a name, click &#8220;Save&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"auto-style7\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style796\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/msinfosummary1.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Computer Tips &amp; Ticks\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style804\"><span class=\"auto-style7\" style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"auto-style796\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2021\/system-summary2.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Computer Tips &amp; Ticks\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And what you&#8217;ll get is a text file that&#8217;s over one megabyte in size and filled with every detail about your system. Some of it will be incomprehensible unless you&#8217;re a Windows wizard.\u00a0 But for most of you, just being able to save a system summary like this is interesting and some of the information you&#8217;ll get will be fascinating and useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style803\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">And now you know how to export and save a summary of your Windows computer.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; How to Create a Complete System Summary Report This tip will appeal more to those of you who love to dig deep in detail &#8211; or to those who want to learn how to do something new. 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