Something You Must know about Your Windows 7 Computer

Sometimes it happens that you need to find out details about your computer system such as CPU clock speed, How much memory, Version of Operating system and etc. You can find out these details from Control Panel in Windows 7. The System windows of Control Panel displays information about your computer hardware and operating system on a Windows 7 computer, in the given categories:

System This section provides the computer’s Windows Experience Index base score (a number from 1.0 to 7.9), the processor type (such as Intel Pentium 4) and speed (such as 2.80 GHz), the amount of onboard random access memory (RAM) that is available, and the system type (32-bit or 64-bit). This section might also provide information about the manufacturer and model of the computer.

The Windows Experience Index base score shown in the System window is not a cumulative rating; it is the lowest of the individual ratings scored by the following five system components:

Processor speed
● Installed RAM
● General desktop graphics capabilities
● Three-dimensional gaming graphics capabilities
● Primary hard disk data transfer rate


Windows edition. This section keeps information about your operating system including the edition, the most recently installed service pack and, a link to the section of the Microsoft Web site from which you can upgrade your version of Windows.

Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings. In Windows 7 this section displays the computer name and the network domain, workgroup, or homegroup the computer belongs to.

Windows activation. The section displays the Windows activation status and product ID, or if Windows hasn’t yet been activated, provides an online activation link.

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What is an update on the place and I do so?

Windows 7 upgraderequires replacing your existing installation of Windows Vista, making what is known as "instead of update". The installation process replaces Windows Vista keeps files and installed applications, files and personal settings. Of course, this requires careful analysis and planning.

1. Check to make sure that all installed applications and existing hardware devices are compatible.
2. Acquiring the required updates that you may be needed before upgrading to ensure their applications and hardware devices working after you install Windows 7.
3. Ensure that there is enough disk space for temporary files and operating system as well as their applications and files.
4. Enough memory to efficiently run the operating system and applications.
5. Processor speed acceptable.

If you meet the above criteria, you should not have a problem.