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System Information

You can control the following keywords in the System Information document

Keyword

Description

Total RAM

How much RAM do your computer have. Typical ouput is:

Installed RAM: 511MB

Memory Available: 129824KB

Precent of used RAM: 75%

Free RAM

How much RAM are free on your system ? Output are measured in percent.

 

User Name

Your logon User Name on your machine. This is typically your name, shortname or even computer name, see below.

Computer Name

Your machine name as it is known to your network

IP Address

Your local IP address on the typical dot notation x.x.x.x

Number of CPUs

How many CPUs does your machine have ?

CPU Speed

How fast are your CPUs, measured in MHz ?

CPU ID

The ID of your CPU. Typical output:

Vendor ID: Intel Corporation

CPU Type ID: 0

Family ID: 6

Model ID: 11

Stepping Code: 1

Brand ID: Pentium® III (0.13 µm) With 256 Or 512 KB On-Die L2 Cache

CPU Vendor ID

The vendor ID of your CPU. This information is also included in the CPU ID keyword above, so this keyword can be regarded as a trimmed down version of CPU ID. Typical output:

Vendor ID: Intel Corporation

Brand ID: Pentium® III (0.13 µm) With 256 Or 512 KB On-Die L2 Cache

Resolution

The screen resolution. Typical output:

Screen resolution: 1600x1200

Width: 1600 pixels

Height: 1200 pixels

Pixel Depth

Screen resolution, color depth and screen refresh rate. Typical output:

Color depth: 32 Bits per pixel.

Pixel Width: 1600

Pixel Height: 1200

Refresh frequency: 60 Hz

OS

The root directory of your Operating System Files. Typically C:\WINDOWS

System

The directory of the system files of your Operating System. Typically C:\WINDOWS\System32

Personal

Your personal directory. This is equivalent with My Documents below. Typical output:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents.

My Documents

Your virtual personal directory. On older systems this is equivalent to Personal above.

Program Files

The root directory of your installed programs, typically C:\Program Files.

Startup

The folder contains typically links to programs that will be launched at OS startup. I typically contains: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Desktop

Contain the links, applications and other content shown on your desktop. Typically C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop

Cookies

The folder acts as a repository for internet explorer cookies. Typically C:\Documents and Settings\username\Cookies

Start Menu

The folder contain links and applications shown in your Startup program group. Typically C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Favorites

The file system directory that serves as a common repository for the user's favorite items. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Favorites

Fonts

A virtual folder containing fonts. A typical path is C:\Windows\Fonts

Internet Cache

The file system directory that serves as a common repository for temporary Internet files. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Local Application

The file system directory that serves as a data repository for local (nonroaming) applications. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data

Program Group

The file system directory that contains the user's program groups (which are themselves file system directories). A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs

Recent

The file system directory that contains shortcuts to the user's most recently used documents. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Recent Documents.

Send To

The file system directory that contains Send To menu items. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo

Templates

The file system directory that serves as a common repository for document templates. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\Templates

Administrative Tools

The file system directory that is used to store administrative tools for an individual user. Typically C:\Documents and Settings\username\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

History

The file system directory that serves as a common repository for Internet history items. Typically C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\History

NetHood

A file system directory containing the link objects that may exist in the My Network Places virtual folder. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username\NetHood.

Profile

The user's profile folder. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\username.

Common Startup

The file system directory that contains the programs that appear in the Startup folder for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup. Valid only for Windows NT systems.

Common Programs Group

The file system directory that contains the directories for the common program groups that appear on the Start menu for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs. Valid only for Windows NT systems.

Common Desktop

The file system directory that contains files and folders that appear on the desktop for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop. Valid only for Windows NT systems

Common Favorites

The file system directory that serves as a common repository for favorite items common to all users. Valid only for Windows NT systems. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Favorites

Common StartMenu

The file system directory that contains the programs and folders that appear on the Start menu for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu. Valid only for Windows NT systems

Common Administrative Tools

The file system directory containing administrative tools for all users of the computer. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools

Common Application Data

The file system directory containing application data for all users. A typical path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data

Common Documents

The file system directory that contains documents that are common to all users. A typical paths is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents. Valid for Windows NT systems and Microsoft Windows® 95 and Windows 98 systems with Shfolder.dll installed.

See Also

How to control what information to include ?

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