{"id":28448,"date":"2024-05-23T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=28448"},"modified":"2024-05-23T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:00:21","slug":"quick-and-easy-ways-to-learn-more-about-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/quick-and-easy-ways-to-learn-more-about-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy Ways to Learn More About Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Quick and Easy Ways to Learn More About Your Computer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This tip is for Windows 10 & Windows 11\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, we know.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 But Darcy and I are minimalists – if we don’t need it, we don’t install it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Today we’re going to show you how to dig in and learn all about your computer without installing any software.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u2026the Windows PC.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first way<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Open a command prompt (type CMD in the taskbar search and press Enter when you see Command Prompt appear in the search results).<\/span><\/p>\n

At the prompt type<\/span><\/p>\n

SYSTEMINFO<\/span><\/p>\n

then press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see all kinds of information about your PC appear before your eyes. If you don\u2019t know what something is, google it. You\u2019ll learn a lot about your computer that way.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the screenshot below we\u2019ve pointed out some important info about this computer including the operating system, computer manufacturer, motherboard &BIOS info,\u00a0 and RAM (memory). A lot more information is available too.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you want to know more about the insides of the beast?<\/span><\/p>\n

The second way<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Right-click your Windows Start button and click \u201cRun\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Run box type;<\/span><\/p>\n

MSINFO32<\/span><\/p>\n

then press Enter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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).<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a lot of info. But wait there\u2019s more! Besides the System Summary, you can check into your Hardware Resources, Components, and Software Environment\u2026 all without installing one of those system info utilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

While some of the information you\u2019ll 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\u2019s called a search engine \u2013 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.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And now you know two quick ways to learn more about your computer without installing any third-party software.
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  Quick and Easy Ways to Learn More About Your Computer This tip is for Windows 10 & Windows 11\u00a0 Yes, we know.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 But Darcy and I are minimalists – if we\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\/28448"}],"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=28448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28450,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28448\/revisions\/28450"}],"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=28448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}