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In April I recommended several ways to get the details on your hardware. Reader Sam Noe of Spring Valley, New York, pointed me to two others: one built into Windows, and the other freeware. The first is Windows' own DirectX Diagnostic Tool. To launch the tool, select Start, Run, type dxdiag, and press Enter. Much of the information given there is about DirectX, but the applet also displays lots of hardware information. For a more thorough report on your hardware, try Tamas Miklos' AIDA32, which is free for nonprofessional use.

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