Tip: New system information tool in Windows 98/NT 5.0

Thanks to Michael Noonan for forwarding this tip from Terry Blount's CrackTalk News: There is a cool little utility in Windows 98 (and NT 5.0) called MicrosoftInfo that lists various kinds of information about your system. To run theprogram,

Paul Thurrott

September 10, 1998

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Thanks to Michael Noonan for forwarding this tip from Terry Blount's CrackTalk News:

There is a cool little utility in Windows 98 (and NT 5.0) called MicrosoftInfo that lists various kinds of information about your system. To run theprogram, type "msinfo32" (no quotes) from the Start Menu's Run command orfrom any command line. This program allows to see which programs are inmemory, what loads at startup, and the like

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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