Tip #3368 - Print Your Hardware
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Your Hardware
Have you ever wondered
what all your computer has in terms of hardware? I'm talking about everything
from the motherboard to ports to controllers to drives and every other
resource your computer uses to help you get your work done. Well, if you
have ever wished that you could have a compiled list of this information,
today is your lucky day. That's exactly what I'm going to show you!
It's very easy to
print out a list of your hardware right through your computer's Device
Manager (which is the utility that holds all of the information about
the devices, etc. on your computer). To open the Device Manager,
right click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and
choose Properties. From there, click on the Hardware
tab and then hit the Device Manager button. You will
then see a list of all the services on your system. Now, you must click
on one of the items so it is highlighted. Then go up to the Action
menu and hit Print.
When the print job
is done, you will probably have at least two pages, if not more, worth
of listings for your computer's hardware information. Depending on your
computer, you will probably have a list of your hardware, then a memory
summary, a port summary, a system summary and a disk drive summary. Once
you're done looking over everything, make sure you keep it in case you
ever want to refer back to it. You also might want to do a print out of
this every so often, just so you will have an updated list. Neato!
~ Erin
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