1.2 Practice Activity: Displaying System Configuration

We have explored hardware and operating systems in general. Now, let’s discover some information about the hardware and operating system on your computer. Depending on whether you’re using a Windows operating system or a Mac OS operating system, choose the appropriate directions that follow to display the operating system’s name, the CPU type, and how much memory the computer has.

1.2.1 Displaying Windows Configuration Information

To display system configuration information on a computer running Windows 10, run msinfo32.exe from the command line. From the Start menu, type cmd to start the Command Prompt program and then type msinfo32 into the Command Prompt window. You will get a display ...

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