A computer is much more than just connect to the internet or do office work. In other words, it is a small world that we must know to know how to walk in it.
A system and a PC are made up of different characteristics, don't you know what your computer is? Then you have come to the right place. Here we will show you how to access that team information and the different methods that exist to extract it.
If you don't know the importance of information that the device offers usIn the last section of this post we will explain what each of the characteristics that we can observe are for and what to do with them.
Methods to view operating system information in Windows 10
Know the information of our operating system It allows us to know what to do with our equipment. For example, if we want to install software, we must know which version is compatible with our PC: 32 bit or 64 bit? This information will be obtained from the operating system.
Do you already know why we should have the information of the operating system? So you can know the information of your OS, We leave some methods that really work.
From «About»
In order to access the information of our system in Windows 10, this is the simplest method. To start we just have to click on the Windows 10 search engine which can take the form of a magnifying glass on our taskbar. Please note that the icon is the wizard symbol "Cortana".
Follow the steps:
- Entered in this we must write in the blank field "About your PC", and immediately we will see a list of results, having first the option that we must choose.
From «System Information»
Like the previous method, this is a very simple procedure. Only we must go to our taskbar and place in the search engine "This team".
Follow the instructions below:
- By clicking on this, a window will open where We will see the available discs.
- In the section of "Devices and Units" we right click on the disk and from the drop-down list that appears we press on "Properties".
- When we click "Properties" We will see a window that shows us all the information on our system, from the version we use to the name of our team.
Systeminfo at CMD
In this case we will use command prompt, many do not like to do anything with it CMD, but it is many occasions offers a better result:
- In order to access the command prompt we must press the "Windows + X" key.
- When doing so we will see a list of options, among them is "PoweShell ”(Administrator). That is the one we must select.
- We will open the command prompt for administrators. To see the information we write "Systeminfo ” hit enter and wait for all the information from our PC and operating system.
What kind of information about our system will we see in this section?
We can find a lot of information from our system, but Do you know why use that information? If you do not know the importance of what we can find.
Below we will show you what to do with the details of your system and equipment:
OS Edition and Version
In this section we will see that shows us the type of Windows that we have installed. It should be noted that there is more than one version of Windows 10 and each one has different characteristics.
Each version of Windows 10 is adapted to a need, so if you want to change or modify any feature of your version, you will first need to know which one you have installed on your PC. For example, as you can see in the image we have Windows 10 Pro installed.
RAM
With the information of the RAMwe will know how much is the capacity of our team, how much we have occupied and the amount of space that we still have free. Knowing this is very important, since if we want to install software, we must first consult whether or not we have the space so that it can function normally and not affect the health of our PC.
Processor
If we know the processor of our team, we can also know what are the capabilities of it. So not knowing it would be a total risk that we assume if we want to start in the world of technology on the right foot.
Type of system
As we already mentioned, the type of operating system is very valuable information that we must handle if we want to install any software, since a 64-bit program cannot be run on a computer with a 32-bit system. Knowing this, we will know what version of programs we can install.
Windows status
Knowing if our Windows operating system is active or not is of utmost importance, because a computer that is not active cannot be upgraded to new from Microsoft. In addition, we subject ourselves to different privacy hazards.