Know Your Computer
Objective: Identify and analyze your personal computer.
Requirements:
- Run the System Information or List Hardware utility for your operating system:
- Windows: Review Microsoft: What is System Information?. Run System Information on Windows and observe the System Summary, Hardware Resources, Components, and Software Environment available on the system.
- OS X: Review Apple: OS X: About System Information. Run System Information on OS X and observe the hardware available on the system.
- Linux: Review Linux Man Page: lshw. Search the Internet for how to run the lshw (List Hardware) utility on your Linux distribution. Run lshw and observe the hardware available on the system.
- Create an inventory list of all internal hardware components in your system.
- Check system configuration / startup items.
- Windows: Review Microsoft: Using System Configuration. Run msconfig and check services and startup applications to verify only desired software is running automatically on your system.
- OS X: Review MacWorld: Take Control of Startup and Login Items. Open System Preferences / Users and Groups / Login Items and check startup applications to verify only desired software is running automatically on your system.
- Linux: Review Xmodulo: How to Start a Program Automatically in Linux Desktop. Open the corresponding utility and check startup applications to verify only desired software is running automatically on your system.
- Create a list of all the startup applications running on your system. Make a note of any applications that you were not previously aware of. Identify any startup applications that should be eliminated from the list.
- Attach the inventory list for your hardware components and your list of startup applications.
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