System Properties overview

System Properties is a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tool that you can use to view and change system properties on a remote computer or local computer. Use System Properties to do the following:

Change the size of the virtual memory paging file

You can change the settings for the virtual memory paging file on a computer that might run programs that require a lot of memory.

You must be an administrator on a computer in order to change certain system properties.

Restart a remote computer

You can restart a remote computer to apply settings changes or to detect new hardware.

View a computer's network identification

You can view the computer name and domain information for other computers on your network.

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