System32 Discovery #3 - System information

Application title	System Information
File name	msinfo32.exe
File name stands for	MicroSoft Information
Syntax	Msinfo32.exe [/?] [/nfo Path] [/report Path] [/computer ComputerName]
Type	Application/Console Application
File description	System Information
WinSxS package	md64_microsoft-windows-msinfo32-exe

⚠️ Warning!

Messing around with system32 files without knowing what you’re doing can demage your system! The author doens’t take any responsibility for demaged systems and installations.

Overview

The system information displays information about the hardware, system drivers, the Windows installation and other things of your or a remote computer.

All categories

• System Summary
  • Hardware Resources
  • Conflicts/Sharing
  • DMA
  • Forced Hardware
  • I/O
  • IRQs
  • Memory
  • Components
  • Multimedia
    • Audio Codecs
    • Video Codecs
  • CD-ROM
  • Sound Device
  • Display
  • Infrared
  • Input
    • Keyboard
    • Pointing Device
  • Modem
  • Network
    • Adapter
    • Protocol
    • WinSock
  • Ports
    • Serial
    • Parallel
  • Storage
    • Drivers
    • Disks
    • SCSI
    • IDE
  • Printing
  • Problem Devices
  • USB
  • Software Environment
  • System Drivers
  • Environment Variables
  • Print Jobs
  • Network Connections
  • Running Tasks
  • Loaded Modules
  • Services
  • Program Groups
  • Start-up Programs
  • OLE Registration
  • Windows Error Reporting

Arguments

/?

Opens the help article to System Information: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/description-of-microsoft-system-information-msinfo32-exe-tool-10d335d8-5834-90b4-8452-42c58e61f9fc.

/nfo Path

Saves an nfo file to the specified path. If the path doesn't end with .nfo it will be appendend.

/report Path

Saves an txt file to the specified path.

/computer ComputerName

Opens the system information for the specifid computer.

More Information

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