CIS 110 Introduction to ComputingTake-Home Lab – Finding Your PC’s System InformationDue: 1-31-2007Name__________________________________________ Date_____________1. Turn on and log into yourWindows XP machine. Open theStart Menu and click on Help andSupport.2. On a generic Windows XP installationyou will see something like this image in the topleft corner of the main Help screen. Click on Windows Basics.3. In the next screen that displays,click on Searching for Information:1/28/0514. When you do, the choices below will appear at theright of your screen. Click on Get information about your computer.5. The screen then updates to show…6. Click on View general systeminformation about this computer.Windows may take a few seconds to collectinformation, showing a progress bar like thisone.Print the summary report that is displayed by clicking on the printer in the toolbar just above it.7. Click the large green Back button in the upper toolbar to return to the Help screen in step 5 above. Click on Find information about the hardware installed on this computer. Print this more detailed report as well.Continue to the next page…1/28/0528. In your two reports, find and circle the designated information about your system and also fill it in here: THIS COULD BE VITAL INFO IN CASE OF PROBLEMS AND YOU NEED TO CALL TECH SUPPORT!!!Is this PC a desktop or a laptop? _________________________What brand is it? _______________________________ (it may not show up below)System Model: Operating System:Service Pack:Processor:Speed:Local Disk Capacity:Free:Display Resolution:Color:Video Card Model:Memory(RAM) Capacity: Sound Card Model: Modem Model:Network Card Model: CD-ROM Drive Model: Printer Model:9. FINALLY, ATTACH THE TWO REPORTS TO THIS INSTRUCTION SHEET, MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON THE FRONT, AND TURN IN.IF YOUR PC’S HELP SYSTEM DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE ABOVE SCREENSHOTS…You may have to use the Search box at the top of every Help screen and search on terms such as hardware, “computer information”, “system configuration”, etc., to find these reports.If you are totally stuck, you can go print the hardware information from one of the PCs inthe computer lab.Windows 95/98 and WindowsMe users: you will also have to hunt through your particular help system. Macintosh users should be able to find similar