Thursday 29 January 2015

#FLMobiGame - System Information and Environment Variables - Windows

We are getting ready for our fourth run of Begin Programming. As always we are trying to foresee problems that our participants may face and create resources that would help them.

In this blog post I am showing how to view your system settings, available hard disk space and Environment Variables in Windows platforms. System settings show how much memory is installed and whether the system is running 64 bit or 32 bit.

I will start with Windows 8.1 as I am working on one now:

Windows 8.1:

There are several ways you can do this. But this is the easiest for me.

Open a File Explorer window
Right-click This PC 
Select Properties
Right-click This PC  and select Properties 
This will open up System dialog that gives you all information about your system.
System Dialog
In this view under System you can find the Installed memory RAM, System Type (64 or 32 bit system).

To view/change environment variables:
Click Advanced system settings on the left.
This will open up System Properties dialog.
On Advanced tab Environment Variables will show the already set up values for the system.

If you want to setup Java Path this video will help.

To check the Available Hard disk space:
File Explorer > This PC
Right-click the drive you want to check space
Select Properties 
This will show the uses space and available space in the disk

Windows 7 

Click Start button
Right-click Computer
Click Properties
Under System you can view System Type this will tell you your system whether it is a 32 bit or 64 bit system.

To view/change environment variables:
Click Advanced system settings
On the Advanced tab
Click on Environment Variables


To check the Available Hard disk space:
Start > Computer 
Right-click the drive you want to check space
Select Properties 
This will show the uses space and available space in the disk

Windows XP

Click Start
Right-click My Computer
Click Properties
If you don't see "x64 Edition" listed, then you're running the 32-bit version of Windows XP.

If "x64 Edition" is listed under System, you're running the 64-bit version of Windows XP.

To view/change environment variables:
Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click System
On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables

To check the Available Hard disk space:
Start > My Computer 
Right-click the drive you want to check space
Select Properties 
This will show the uses space and available space in the disk

This post may be of use too.

3 comments:

  1. Hi, I wonder if you could update your instructions to include Windows 10 now? Everything else I have is up to standard but you don't say if the software will work on Windows 10.

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    1. Hi
      The information was correct as of the date posted. I'm no longer facilitating the course please refer to more uptodate information from the course team.

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    2. Sorry, they're still linking out to this page as part of the course information and there is no other contact information. Thanks for the quick reply!

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