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for System Information Tool
The System Information Tool is designed
to gather and display a variety of information about the hardware and software
configuration of your system. The program is primarily designed for use
on IBM, PS/1, PS/2, PS/Valuepoint, and ThinkPad systems, but many features
will function on systems from other vendors.
The System Information Tool gathers hardware and software configuration
information. This information can be viewed on-line or directed to a file
or printer using your web browser or command line options.
The combination of System Information Tool's sophisticated hardware information
gathering abilities with System Profile's
extensive selection of system and user-specific data fields results in
an extraordinary flexible and useful system inventorying and information
facility.
System Information Tool provides information on the following system
features:
- Pentium processor information, including automatic detection of flawed
Pentium processors
- Micro-channel adapter identity, with configuration information available
on many common adapters
- EISA and PCI adapter identity
- Drive information, including file-system type, available space on the
disk drive, disk-drive size, and partition layout
- Error-log display and interpretation
- Keyboard information
- Memory configuration, including total physical memory, installed single
in-line memory module identification, and supported memory upgrades
- Mouse type and settings
- Operating system information, including version, DOS support, session
limits, current task list, and CONFIG.SYS information
- Model and microprocessor information, including model name, processor
type and speed, and BIOS date
- Parallel and serial port configuration
- Video system information, including adapter type, screen resolution,
and video-display identification
- Printer configuration, including data on installed printer drivers
- SCSI, ESDI, IDE/ST506, or other disk adapter information, including
devices attached, device sizes, and adapter data
- System security features, including power-on password and secondary
security features
- RAID subsystems
- VPD data
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The System Information Tool can be started from a command line, and
supports five command line parameters.
The command line format for System Information Tool is:
SINFG30 /P:filename /H:filename /F:history filename /NOLOGO /B
The command line parameters are as follows:
- /P: filename
- This parameter is used to generate a report of all the information
collected by the program. A logical printer name like LPT1 can be substituted
for a file name, which will send the report to a printer. The program logo
screen will be displayed while the information is being gathered, and the
program will terminate after the report has been generated.
- /H: filename
- This parameter is used to generate a binary history file that contains
all of the information detected by the program, as well as the time and
date that the report was generated. This file can then be used as an input
source using the /F command-line parameter. The program logo screen
will be displayed while the information is being gathered, and the program
will terminate after the file is generated.
- /F: history filename
- This parameter causes the program to use a previously generated history
file as the source for information gathering, rather use than the physical
system the program is being executed on. You can use this option to view
a history file from another system.
- /NOLOGO
- When this parameter is used, the program logo will not be displayed.
This parameter can be used in conjunction with any of the other parameters.
- /B
- This parameter causes the program to bypass all warning and informational
messages while the program is starting. This could be used for unattended
system startups. This parameter can be used in conjunction with any of
the other parameters.
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To exit the System Information Tool service, select the "Netfinity"
image on the top or bottom of the System Information Tool service to return
to the Netfinity services screen.
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