Identifying your BIOS version from the command prompt is easy. Start by typing "command prompt" in the Windows taskbar search ...

First, open the System Information window by typing msinfo32 in the Start menu or by navigating to your System Information ...

In Windows 2000 I really liked being able to open a "Computer Management" window & connect to another computer on the Network to check its "System Information"; what processor, how much RAM, sp level, ...

The tool itself is self-explanatory. The buttons are marked with the names of the log files that you can grab. Click any of the buttons to obtain the respective log files or you can click on “Grab All ...