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Questions tagged [system-info]

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What is a good, free way to dump system hardware information to a txt/xml file in Windows 7?

What is a good, free way to dump system hardware information to a txt/xml file in Windows 7?
Matt
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Check wireless card manufacturer and model in Linux Mint 11

I googled around but most instructions refer to older versions, in which there is a "Device Manager" program in the Control Center. The closest I could find in Katya is "System Information", which lists network interfaces and stats about them, but…
dario_ramos
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landscape-sysinfo for CentOS?

I've been using /usr/bin/landscape-sysinfo on Ubuntu, and I'm now looking for a good alternative to use on a CentOS machine. Is there anyway to install the requirements to make this work on CentOS?
thedp
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How to change AutoPowerOff Enabled in OSX?

My mac has been unwantedly shutting down when I leave it closed and unplugged recently. I'm guessing this is because of the AutoPowerOff Delay and AutoPowerOff Enabled settings: Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure out how to change those…
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On GNU/Linux, How can I determine my CPU model name?

I know of several ways to obtain information about my CPU in a GNU/Linux environment, from cat /proc/cpuid to various utilities, see e.g. here However, none of them seems to tell me what my CPU model name is. I mean, I have (for the sake of…
einpoklum
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Where does msinfo32.exe get it's data from?

Specifically, I'm looking for where System Manufacturer and System Model are located. I'm assuming the registry somewhere. I'm trying to identify the hardware for a few drive images i have backed up. Looking at the directories and driver's isn't…
acme64
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How to get system info from a Windows system partition without booting it?

I have some disk/disk-images of previous Windows installations from different machines (some of them from machines I don't own any longer). I'm trying to find out which machine these used to be in. Mounting them I can find out usernames from…
spinpwr
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Windows script for now hours of your HardDrive

I want to do a script that check the hours of run of the HardDrive to prevent losing information. Is there a way to do that? I have checked on internet but i cant find any batch command. Thanks for the help ! (PS: Sorry for my bad english.)
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Windows 8.1 can not detect correctly adapter ram

I have Lenovo Flex 2-15 with 4GB of dedicated RAM, with GpuZ and Nvidia Control Panel correctly recognizing this, but msinfo32 and dxdiag (Windows built-in unit) can't do this properly. System Information (msinfo32) reports my Nvidia 840M GPU RAM…
mine wwe
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Write Linux System Information to File

I'm very new to Ubuntu. In my brief experience, I've been increasingly impressed with whats available. Currently, I'm trying to log some system information periodically. I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can do this from the…
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Collect systeminfo of different systems automatically

We have a number of systems of which we want to collect the system information using a tool like systeminfo. We are thinking about starting it together with the system so whenever a hardware component was changed and the system is started systeminfo…
Michael S.
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What ways exist to get system information in Windows 7 or 8?

What ways exists for get system information in Windows 7 or 8? For example we can use Msinfo32.exe and what is the best way for get system information? (without any 3partyApps)
Sirwan Afifi
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A tool for collecting system information?

I am looking for a tool that can produce a report (xml/xslt, html, pdf, etc..) of the system and all of its hardware components such as processor, speed, memory, disks, network, etc.. Any idea if such a tool exists? The more information it gives the…
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man sections mapping

where I can to find mapping between man section number and it's description in standalone mashine. In other words, where I can to find description of some man section when I have not connection to Internet? For example: 1 -> User commands 2, 3 ->…
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Is there a way to tell the model number of a Mac or Macbook?

To upgrade memory (DRAM), the model of a Macbook Pro is needed for the website: http://www.crucial.com/index.aspx but then there is no place that shows what the model number is, even from the Apple -> About This Mac from the menu bar. (a model…
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