There is a handy, little-known command that will show verbose statistics/information about a Windows server: systeminfo.
To run this command, bring up the command prompt (Start >> Run >> cmd.exe) and enter it. Here is a sample of the output:
C:Documents and SettingsAdministrator>systeminfo
Host Name: hostname
OS Name: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Server 2003, Standard Edition
OS Version: 5.2.3790 Service Pack 2 Build 3790
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration: Standalone Server
OS Build Type: Uniprocessor Free
Registered Owner:
Registered Organization:
Product ID: 69712-640-4205631-45007
Original Install Date: 7/6/2007, 4:00:25 AM
System Up Time: 345 Days, 9 Hours, 6 Minutes, 2 Seconds
System Manufacturer: INTEL_
System Model: D845GVS1
System Type: X86-based PC
Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.
[01]: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~
1999 Mhz
BIOS Version: INTEL - 20040216
Windows Directory: C:WINDOWS
System Directory: C:WINDOWSsystem32
Boot Device: DeviceHarddiskVolume1
System Locale: en-us;English (United States)
Input Locale: N/A
Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Total Physical Memory: 510 MB
Available Physical Memory: 220 MB
Page File: Max Size: 2,534 MB
Page File: Available: 2,382 MB
Page File: In Use: 152 MB
Page File Location(s): C:pagefile.sys
Domain: WRKGRP
Logon Server:
Hotfix(s): 30 Hotfix(s) Installed.
[01]: File 1
[02]: File 1
[03]: File 1
[04]: File 1
[05]: File 1
[06]: File 1
[07]: File 1
[08]: File 1
[09]: File 1
[10]: File 1
[11]: File 1
[12]: File 1
[13]: Q147222
[14]: SP1 - SP
[15]: IDNMitigationAPIs - Update
[16]: NLSDownlevelMapping - Update
[17]: KB914961 - Service Pack
[18]: KB924667-v2 - Update
[19]: KB925876 - Update
[20]: KB925902 - Update
[21]: KB927891 - Update
[22]: KB929123 - Update
[23]: KB930178 - Update
[24]: KB931784 - Update
[25]: KB931836 - Update
[26]: KB932168 - Update
[27]: KB933566 - Update
[28]: KB935839 - Update
[29]: KB935840 - Update
[30]: XpsEPSC
Network Card(s): 1 NIC(s) Installed.
[01]: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Connection Name: Local Area Connection
DHCP Enabled: No
IP address(es)
[01]: ip.ad.dr.ess