System information

2.2.5 Windows NT Diagnostics
Windows NT Diagnostics (WINMSD.EXE) is the Windows equivalent to the
MSD.EXE utility included in Microsoft products before. It analyzes the system
configuration and displays the data to the user. No changes can be made to
displayed values with this tool.
Figure 83. Windows NT Diagnostics
As you can see in Figure 83, Diagnostics shows you a lot of information about
hardware, memory, drivers and much more. It lets you generate a report and
send it to a printer or a file. With this tool, you can also peek at the Windows NT
startup files for 16-bit applications (AUTOEXEC.NT, CONFIG.NT and WIN.INI).
This tool is mostly used by installation routines to gather information about the
system and is called through an API.
Diagnostics is the best way to get fast information about the Windows NT
memory and paging file status. It also displays the memory load in real time. To
get this information do the following:
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Open Windows NT Diagnostics.
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Click on Memory.
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