Windows 7 Inside Out

Chapter 22. Using Advanced System Management Tools

Viewing System Information 763

Finding and Decoding Information in System Information 766

Using Microsoft Management Console 768

Using the Windows 7 Task Scheduler 779

Managing Services 790

Editing the Registry 798

In this chapter, we look at a handful of programs and management consoles that will help you attain greater mastery over Windows. We’ll start with tools for unearthing details about your system—its hardware, software environment, running programs and services, and so on. Because the Task Scheduler and Services utilities described later in the chapter (as well as a good many other management tools not covered here) are hosted by Microsoft Management Console, we’ll precede their discussion ...