Hello Sebastiankennethtan,
The easiest way to get system information is to run: MSINFO32.exe which is a program within all of the Microsoft Operating systems.
To start Microsoft System Information, use either of the following methods:
- Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.
- Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.
Example:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7600. Build 7600
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name <Name>
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Latitude E5420
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2295 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A02, 7/10/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.6
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Dell Inc.
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Mobile
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:windows
System Directory C:windowssystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = '6.2.8400.0'
User Name <User>
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.90 GB
Available Physical Memory 768 MB
Total Virtual Memory 6.27 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.02 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:pagefile.sys
Hope this helps.
If you want to view a list of processes running on your computer and you are either unable to open Task Manager or you want to be able to print the list, we have a simple procedure that allows you to generate a list of running processes and write it to a text file. The list contains the PID (process ID) and memory usage for each process.
This procedure below works in all versions of Windows from XP to Windows 10.
Generate List of Processes
Windows Services Guide
To generate a list of running processes, open the Command Prompt as Administrator. To do this, click on Start, type in cmd and then right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator.
Open the Control Panel. Open the Administrative Tools icon. Open the Services icon. Locate a service to disable. Use the list at the end to help you decide which services to disable. Click the Name column heading to ensure that the services are sorted alphabetically. Double-click the service to open its Properties dialog box. Open Control Panel. Click on the System and Security link. Click on the System link. In the Windows edition area of the System window you'll find your Windows 7 edition information, Microsoft's copyright information, and also the service pack level. The latest Windows 7 service pack is Service.
To see the list of running processes directly in the Command Prompt window, enter the following line at the prompt and press Enter.
A nice table with headings displays all the running processes.
To write the table of running processes to a text file, enter the following line at the prompt and press Enter.
NOTE: The above command saves a file called processes_list.txt to C:. If you want to save the file with a different name to a different location, enter the full path of the desired location and enter a different file name.
In our example, the processes_list.txt file is written to the root of the C: drive.
Windows Xp Service Pack 1 2 3
The table of running processes is available in text file format, allowing you to print the information from a text editor, such as Notepad.
You can also generate a list of running services in the same manner. To do this, enter the following line at the prompt and press Enter.
NOTE: Again, you can change the path and filename as desired.
A table displays the list of services with their associated PIDs.
NOTE: This is a good way to find out what services are being hosted by the various instances of the svchost.exe file. Svchost.exe is a process that hosts other services to perform various functions and there can be multiple instances of svchost.exe running at one time. See our post, Svchost.exe explained and demystified, for more information about svchost.exe.
This procedure can come in handy if you need to kill a process and a virus is preventing Task Manager from opening. You can generate the list of running processes in the command prompt, get the PID for the process you want to kill, and then use the taskkill command to kill the process. Enter the following line on the command prompt for more information on how to use the taskkill command.
Also, see our post on using the command line to kill a process for an easy way to kill non-responsive processes. Enjoy!