How might I access msdiagnostic?

[soarwitheagles]

Hi again everyone!

I sold my laptop last year in the Philippines while I was there because there was an immense shortage and people were offering more than I paid for it even though it was over 2 years old.

The gentleman who purchased my laptop ran a diagnostic test somehow by going to start, run, then typed in something like:

msdiagnotic

I cannot remember what exactly he typed into the run but suddenly a diagnostic test appeared on the screen and 5 minutes later he paid me in cash.

I am curious, how did he do that and can I try that on my system too? And how might I run that program?

Thanks again everyone!

It's me, your NANY

NANY = Not A Nerd Yet

My System
Intel 805D
ESC P4M800PRO-M v.2
ThermaTake CPU Fan TR-2-M21-RX
Microfly clear case
Ultra ATX 500 watt power supply SLi ready & nice silver wires
PQI DDR RAM 512+512MB=1GB
PPA Firewire PCI Card
e-GeForce 6200 LE APG Video Card 128MB
Pioneer DVR-710 DVD/CD burner
Maxtor 120 GB ATA HD-8 MB CACHE
Maxtor 200 GB SATA HD-8 MB CACHE
KWorld TV Terminator PCI Card
Windows XP PRO

 

[blackhawk13]

Depends what you want a diagnostic of. You can type in "dxdiag" and that will bring up your DirectX diagnostic, which tells you basic system information. Hope that's what you're looking for .

 

[tomc102968]

cool thanks