When you start your laptop, you can display its basic configuration details either on the PC information screen or in the Windows system. However, these details are not as detailed as you would get from a system utility that displays a more in-depth description of your laptop in relation to the system configuration. Thus some of the most important details you can get from the system information utility include laptop models, currently installed services, and detailed information about hardware components such as disk drives and devices. The system information utility can be run using the Windows run command.

Windows comes with a built-in utility that can be used to gather the laptop’s configuration details. Follow these steps to know your laptop’s configuration in detail.

Press the Windows Key. This will open the Start screen.

Type in “run”. Choose “Run” from the list of results that you will see on the screen. And pressing Windows and run box will open in the Open field, type “msinfo32”. Next, click “OK”. This will open the System Information window on the screen. Here you will find detailed information about the system configuration. On the left pane of the window you will find the list of categories and on the right side of the window pane you will see the details related to each category.

From the right pane of the window you are now viewing, you can learn about your laptop’s general configuration and physical memory including BIOS memory.From the right pane of the window you are now viewing, you can learn about your laptop’s general configuration and physical memory including BIOS memory.

From the list of items, choose the information you want to know and double click on it. You will find a list of sub categories displayed. Click on the sub-category now to view the detailed information on the sub-category. For instance, if you wish to know the display related information of your laptop, you can double click on ‘Components’, and then click on ‘Display’. The three available categories are ‘Hardware Resources’, ‘Components’ and ‘Software Environment’.

The other ways to know the system configuration of your laptop

 Method-1 Click on the Start button and then enter ‘system’ in the search field. Choose ‘system information’ under the ‘programs’.

Method-2

Click on ‘System summary’ and you will see the details regarding the operating system installed on the computer, the details of the processor and the basic input and output systems and the RAM details.

Method-3 Double-click on “Components.” From the list you will see in front of you, select a hardware device. You will get the details about its name, manufacturer’s name, location of the driver and other details.

Method-4

Click on the Start button, right-click on “Computer” and then click on “Properties”. This process will display the information about the laptop’s computer make and model, operating system, RAM specifications, and processor model.

Method-5 In a Windows laptop, you cannot see the information bout the motherboard make and model. You can however use third party applications like CPU-Z or SiSoftware Sandra to know the details about the motherboard.

Method-6

If you wish to search some specific details about your computer, go to System Information and then type in the relevant search term in the ‘Find What field’ and then click “Find”.