Tip: Run a free scan for common Windows errors ad

re: View Start-up Info Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 6:47 pm Posted by Mark (2 messages posted) Download, install and run Everest Home edition (free) and it will give you a wealth of information about your computer http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html On Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 3:32 pm, Hugh wrote: >When my system boots, then there are some screens of data that scroll by so fast >that it seems IMpossible to press the "Pause" key to get to read them. Am specifically >interested in the screen surrounded by the double line border which contains info >about the CPU, speed, devices, memory, etc. >Would appreciate any hints as to how to be able to read them and ALSO on how to capture >the data into a text file, so that I don't have to write it down or photograph it. >Thanks,, [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: View Start-up Info Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 10:22 pm Posted by Pete4vrqris (122 messages posted) Hi Hugh, There are numerous programs/utilities that will give you info about your computer. 1.System Info for Windows "SIW" http://www.gtopala.com/ 2.Belarc Adviser http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html 3.PC Wizard 2006 http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php and many more :) If you want to know what drivers are loaded, run msconfig and add bootlog to the boot.ini (just tick the box) the file resides in ..WINDOWS\ bootlog file name is c:\windows\ntbtlog.txt [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: View Start-up Info Saturday, November 25, 2006 at 10:40 pm Posted by cpt (1134 messages posted) That's a function of the BIOS. If you want to see what's in there, tap the Delete key (usually) while first booting up. Look around, but don't change anything. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum