{"id":25724,"date":"2023-05-01T09:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=25724"},"modified":"2023-05-01T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:52:47","slug":"18-windows-tools-available-from-the-system-configuration-utility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/18-windows-tools-available-from-the-system-configuration-utility\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Windows Tools Available from the System Configuration Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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18 Windows Tools Available from the System Configuration Utility<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Windows has some really good built-in utilities that are as good or better than many freeware utilities that you’ll find offered for download for the multitude of download sites out there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And while you can access these tools in many ways, perhaps the easiest way is to choose from a list. The System Configuration Tool’s dialog shows you a list of 18 Windows tools you can choose from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To open the System Configuration Utility type SYSCONFIG in the taskbar search. Or press and hold down the Windows key and tap the r key, then type MSCONFIG in the Run box and press Enter.\u00a0 Next, make sure the Tools tab is selected.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 18 tools listed are the same whether you’re using Windows 10 or Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the System Configuration Utility (Windows 10 and Windows 11) you can view and launch any of the 18 different Windows tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Windows<\/span>
\nChange UAC Settings<\/span>
\nSecurity and Maintenance<\/span>
\nWindows Troubleshooting<\/span>
\nComputer Management<\/span>
\nSystem Information<\/span>
\nEvent Viewer<\/span>
\nPrograms (Launch, add, or remove programs and Windows components)<\/span>
\nSystem Properties<\/span>
\nInternet Options<\/span>
\nInternet Protocol Configuration<\/span>
\nPerformance Monitor<\/span>
\nResource Monitor<\/span>
\nTask Manager<\/span>
\nCommand Prompt<\/span>
\nRegistry Editor<\/span>
\nRemote Assistance<\/span>
\nSystem Restore<\/span><\/p>\n

You can launch any of these 18 tools by highlighting the tool you want to run and then clicking the “Launch” button.\u00a0 For example, let’s run System Information.<\/span><\/p>\n

Find System Information in the list and click it to highlight it. Then press the “Launch” button.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The System Information tool opens and from it, you can glean all kinds of information about your computer. See?<\/span><\/p>\n

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And as with most things in Windows, you can do identical things in different ways. For example, you can also open System Information this way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Hold down the Windows key and tap the r key<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. In the Run box type MSINFO32<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The advantage of using the System Configuration Utility is that you will see a list of 18 tools to select from and they’re all at your fingertips.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      18 Windows Tools Available from the System Configuration Utility This tip is for Windows 10 and Windows 11 Windows has some really good built-in utilities that are as good or better than many freeware utilities that you’ll find offered for download for the multitude of download sites out there.\u00a0 And while you can access these tools in\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25726,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25724\/revisions\/25726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}