How to use the PsInfo utility from SysInternals
In this article, we shall discuss “how to use the PsInfo utility from SysInternals”. PsInfo is a command-line tool that gathers key information about the local or remote systems, including the type of installation, kernel build, registered organization and owner, number of processors and their type, amount of physical memory, the install date of the system, and if it’s a trial version, the expiration date. Please, see how to integrate Active Directory with IPMI for Out-of-Band Management.
For more information on Windows SysInternals Tools, take a look at this article. Also, see How to detect registry keys: Process Monitor using Sysinternals Tools, and how to enable Automatic Logon on Windows 10.
Kindly refer to these related guides: How to download and use Windows SysInternals tools locally, and What is System Monitor (Sysmon) and how to install and use it.
How does this tool work?
PsInfo uses the Remote Registry API to read system information from a system’s Registry, and WMI to determine whether Windows XP installations have been activated.
This is a tool from Microsoft’s SysInternal package. This tool can be downloaded here
To use this tool, , lunch the command line tool can be used as an administrator.
Use the PsInfo utility
There are different ways to fire the CMD prompt up
- Search for “CMD” in the search menu or - Search for “RUN” in the search menu or type cmd.exe - Or from the file explorer, search for cmd.exe
Navigate to the path where the SysInternal tool is stored and run this command.
C:\> psinfo \\yourcomputername -h -d
Note: However, You can use this tool Live. Sysinternals Live is a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web. In addition, without hunting for and manually downloading them.
Furthermore, Simply enter a tool’s Sysinternals Live path into Windows Explorer or a command prompt as live.sysinternals.com/<toolname> or the below
\\live.sysinternals.com\tools\<toolname>I hope you found this article on How to use the PsInfo utility from SysInternals very useful. Please, feel free to leave a comment below.
