Description of the Microsoft Hardware Diagnostic Tool

Hardware Diagnostic provides a different view of the same information the Microsoft System Information tool reports.


For information about how to use the Microsoft System Information tool in Windows 98, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:


Hardware Diagnostic provides color-coded information to identify values or issues with hardware devices or software. The following color key is used in Hardware Diagnostic:

   Green     - All keys from the registry
   Pink      - File attributes information
   Dark Red  - Configuration Manager information
   Bold Red  - Error information
   Bold Blue - Warning information
 

You may want to use the View menu to change how Hardware Diagnostic reports its information. You can choose from the following view options:

• All devices (default)
• Current devices
• Devices with problems
• File verify
• Resource summary
  

You can also use the Filter menu to filter out different device class information.


To start Hardware Diagnostic, click Start, click Run, type hwinfo /ui
in the Open box, and then click OK.