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win+r, msinfo32: the hardware cheat sheet built into windows

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  1. Joon M.
    @joon.mendes56

    im literally losing my mind here quick tip before you touch any BIOS setting:

    1. Press Win+R. 2... type msinfo32.
    2. read System Summary.

    youll see BIOS Version/Date, BIOS Mode, Secure Boot State, BaseBoard Manufacturer and Product, and whether virtualization features are enabled in firmware... for TPM, run tpm.msc instead. I used this to check Windows 11 requirements without any downloads, and it took less than a minute 馃檹 no more rebooting into the BIOS just to read a setting.

    facepalm

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  2. Malik J.
    @mjensen

    is this a prebuilt or a custom PC? prebuilts sometimes show OEM names instead of teh real board. ??

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  4. Nell Vos
    @nvos_20

    yeahhh never opened msinfo32 in 15 years of Windows. the BaseBoard line alone would have saved me opening my case twice. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  5. Sara Silva
    @saras531

    im literally losing my mind here my brand new build is officially haunted any ideas??

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  6. Hugo
    @hugoy723

    lol same thing happened to me systeminfo in a terminal gives a shorter text version, handy for copying into a post.

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  7. Basil
    @basilo431

    hmmm if BIOS Mode says Legacy and u need UEFI, mbr2gpt /validate checks whether the disk can be converted.. 馃檹 back up before converting.

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  8. Malik J.
    @mjensen

    msinfo32 is great, but it can be slow to load the full component tree on some machines. patience.

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