Fresh Diagnose Comparison Lab 2-2

Dell Latitude D620 running Windows 7 Professional

A: Windows 7 Professional Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600

B: Dual core 1.83 GHz, 1833 Mhz

C: Dell Bios, Version A08, Dated 4/3/2007

D: With Fresh Diag. I couldn't find the video memory information, it might be there but I couldn't find it. So I used the same method I did with msinfo32.

Available video memory; 64mb on the video card itself, 187mb shared from system memory, total 251mb. I right clicked on a blank space on the Desktop, left clicked Screen Resolution, then clicked on advanced settings to bring up the video adapter properties.

E: USB Drivers, no parallel port on this laptop.

 This time I used the IDE drivers for the system in place of the parallel port.

Project 2-2 #5

a. Fresh Diagnose is easier to use because it has a very good gui.

b. Fresh Diag. gives more information, especially in the network area. It gave much more internet provider information ie; DNS servers, open ports, MIME types etc.

c. One advantage of System Information over Fresh Diagnose is that it doesn't require installation. It is on almost, especially with todays systems, is installed with the OS.

d. Fresh Diagnose on the other hand, especially with the network information it pulls together, would save time finding problems with the network.

e. I do not prefer either, they both have their usefulness in different situations.

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