Do you like to monitor what’s going on inside your system? Then all you need to know is the System Information. But who has the time follow the ever-old and boring method explained my Microsoft?

To open System Information, click Start, and then click Help and Support. Click the Support button on the toolbar, and then, under Tools and Links on the left side of the window, click Advanced System Information. In the details pane, click View detailed system information.

If you love simplicity and easy configuration then join me as I present Desktop Info.

Desktop Info comes in a zip file format so you will need to unzip the app, place it into an appropriate “Program Files Folder”, and create a shortcut. Do NOT delete the “Read Me File”…this will be extremely useful to you when you make changes to the “Configuration File”. Once you have everything set up you are ready to start Desktop Info up.

This is the default layout and set of listings displayed when you start Desktop Info up for the first time. The font colors will be a mix of colors as seen here and the font size will perhaps be a bit small but those are very easy to change if desired.

You can access the “Context Menu” directly over the “information area”…so no need to look for it in the “System Tray”. Notice that you can easily access that important “Read Me File” from here…

If you are unhappy with any of the font colors in the “information area”, “[Items]” is where you can make the changes. You can turn information display items on or off here.

And after a few tweaks, the result is this.