How to view basic information about your computer on windows 10

How to view system basic information on windows 10

Viewing system information in Microsoft operating system windows is not exactly a new thing, since when you buy your computer you will need to know exactly the information of the hardware and drivers.

In windows 10, you can view computer system basic information like windows edition either professional, enterprise, ultimate or more, processor type and speed, know the size of RAM installed in your device, system type either 64 –bit & 32 bit operating system or *64-based processor &  *86-based processor, your computer name, workgroup or domain name and windows activation status. In this article I will show you tips you can use to view system basic information on windows 10 with easiest steps.

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• Use This PC context menu: 

Press Win + E, to open file explorer, click and right click on This PC on your left pane and click properties, the window with basic information about your computer will show up to you, now you can see different properties.

• Use the keyboard shortcut, press Win + Pause, 

If you love to use the keyboard shortcut this will be the simple tips for you, press Win + Pause all together, the window system will open now you can view the system properties for your device.

• Use the file explorer: 

Also the file explorer enables you to view device system properties to easier, click on the file explorer on the taskbar click on this PC. Expand the computer tab if is collapsed from the ribbon menu on top of the windows screen, select system properties similar to computer icon with tick inside it.

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• Use the WinX user menu to open system properties: 

This is the easiest tips to open system properties on windows 10, press Win + X, from the list select system, now you can view basic information about your computer.

• Use the control panel to view the system properties of your device:

Open the control panel, type control panel on the search tab and click on it on the open control panel window select system and security, the window open click on System similar to desktop icon next from firewall, now you can see the system properties. 

• Use the search box, by typing in system

Now you can view computer system properties by typing system on the search box, and then click system similar to desktop icon to to view the properties.

• Use the search box by typing in about:

You can view system properties of your device by typing in about on the search box and click on about your PC to view the properties.

On the left pane of the system window, you will find several options like Remote settings, System protection, advanced system settings, I will show you on how you can use one after another.

Remote settings, system protection & advanced system settings enables you to place computer description that windows uses these description to identify your computer on the network, you can select option that describe your network whether you want to use your computer either as the home computer or you want to connect to other computers at work, to change the name and the membership of your computer, enables you to decide whether you want to download windows drivers automatically or manually, you can allow and disallow remote connection to this computer and much more features.