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Citation: Copyright©1997 Sight & Sound. All rights reserved.


Instant System Information

This program is a quick insight in your computer configuration. It shows various information grouped by category and type. A small utility that should be present in your workarea when you inspect a program behaviour or when you are hunting for a reason a program malfunctions.

Program is extremely easy to use as it requires only a click on a group of informations you want to inspect. Those are:

Memory/Resources

Windows

Hardware

Network

Disks

If you want to refresh the information, click the Refresh button or check the Autorefresh option.


Memory/Resources

Memory available	currently available memory to user (kilobytes)
Memory total	total installed memory in your computer (kilobytes)
Memory usage	percent of memory used (100% is bad!)
Swap file setting	maximal virtual memory file size (kilobytes)
Swap file size	current size of virtual memory file (kilobytes)
Swap file usage	percent of virtual memory file used
Free user resources	free Windows user resources (percents)
Free GDI resources	free Windows GDI resources (percents)
Free system resources	free Windows system resources (percents)
NOTICE: Free user, GDI and system resources are unavailable under Windows NT!


Windows

Registered owner	Windows registered owner (your name)
Registered organisation	Windows registered organisation (your company)
Windows type	Type of operating system  (e.g. Windows 95, NT...)
Windows version	operating system version number (4.0,3.51...)
Windows build	operating system internal build number
Windows path	path where Windows is installed
Windows temporary path	path where Windows creates temporary files
Windows install date	date of Windows installation
Windows running	Windows running time from last restart

NOTICE: You may see  ‘unknown’ at some queries. Do not be alarmed as this only means that ISI was unable to retrieve that information. This is due to different behaviour of operating systems.


Hardware

CPU type	processor type (e.g. 486, Pentium...)
Keyboard type	number of keys on the keyboard
Keyboard layout	current keyboard layout (depends on the language driver you are using)
Ports	serial and parallel ports in your computer
Default printer	default printer used to print documents
Display adapter	display adapter type and manufacturer
Display resolution	display resolution and number of colors (e.g. 1024 x 768 at 256 colors)
Monitor	monitor type and manufacturer
Mouse type	mouse type and manufacturer
SCSI adapter	SCSI adapter type and manufacturer
Modem type	modem type and port to which it is connected
Sound adapter	sound adapter type and manufacturer

NOTICE: You may see  ‘unknown’ at some queries. Do not be alarmed as this only means that ISI was unable to retrieve that information. This is due to different behaviour of operating systems.


Network

Network user name	user name you are logged to the network with (e.g. Marsha)
Network computer name	name that identifies your computer in the network (e.g. JOHN)
Network computer comment	description of your computer in the network (e.g. John’s Pentium workstation)
Network workgroup	workgroup name of all computers in the network (e.g. MYCOMPANY)
Network share	network share you enabled on your computer
Network adapter name	network adapter name and manufacturer
Network client	network client that you use for communicating to others
Network dial-up provider	name of the provider that connects you  to WAN or Internet
Network dial-up user name	user name you use for dial-up connections

NOTICE: You may see  ‘unknown’ at some queries. Do not be alarmed as this only means that ISI was unable to retrieve that information. This is due to different behaviour of operating systems.


Disks

Show some informations about installed and network mapped disks:

•	type (fixed, floppy, network, CD ROM, ...)

•	volume name (network path if for mapped disk)

•	total capacity (Gb, Mb or Kb)

•	available space (Gb, Mb or Kb)

•	sectors per cluster the file system uses

•	bytes per sector the file system uses

•	free clusters on the disk

•	total clusters on the disk

•	cluster size in bytes the file system allocates for each unit

Click on the disk in the window to display detailed informations about it.