MiniInfo Help

INTRODUCTION

MiniInfo is a utility for accessing some of the more commonly requested information about your PC. In addition to being able to view this information, you can also ping other computers on your network, select certain information items to display in your task tray, release and renew your IP Address, and open a DOS Command shell.

MiniInfo starts in your task tray so that it is as unobtrusive as possible.

TRAY MENU

Right-click the MiniInfo icon to access the popup menu.

Open                     Select this menu option to open the main MiniInfo window. You can also left-click the icon to open the window.

Help F1                  Display the online help. Click this button or hit the F1 key.

About                    Click this button to open a window with information about MiniInfo, including a link to our web site.

Exit                       Exit MiniInfo.

SYSTEM TAB

OS                         Displays the Operating System (by name if possible).

User                      Displays the login name of the current user.

MAC Add                Displays the MAC (Media Access Control) Address of the machine.

PC Name                Displays the name of the machine.

Memory                 Displays the amount of memory (RAM) in the machine. This is physical RAM only.

Proc ID                  Displays the Processor ID if available.

Disk                       Select the disk you want to see info about.

Total                      Displays the total capacity of the selected disk.

Free                      Displays the free space available on the selected disk.

Used                      Displays the amount of space used on the selected disk.

Address                 Displays the IP address of the machine. This area is also used for Ping.

Release                 Click this button to Release the current IP address (for DHCP only).

Renew                   Click this button to Renew the IP address (for DHCP only).

Ping                       Enter an IP address in the ‘Address’ field and click this button to Ping that address.

Refresh                  Click this button to have MiniInfo refresh all the information.

Cmd                      Click this button to open a command prompt.

Help (F1)               Display the online help.

About                    Click this button to open a window with information about MiniInfo, including a link to our web site.

Tips                       When checked, popup tips will be displayed when your cursor hovers over buttons.

Checkboxes           When checked, the information to the left of the checkbox (OS, Disk, etc) is displayed in the popup tip when your cursor is over the MiniInfo icon in the tray. For example, when only the MAC Adress box is checked:

ENVIRONMENT TAB

Dropdown              Select an environment item from the dropdown list to display information about that item. For example, the “Path” environment variable has been selected in the snapshot above.

SPECS TAB

Some items have been blurred for privacy.

Specs List              Displays all of the available specifications for the machine. Scroll through the list to view.

WEB SITE

If you have questions that cannot be answered in this help file, would like to make a bug report or enhancement request, please visit our web site.

You can get to our website by clicking this link: www.FreewareOnly.net

Copyright 2009, NextCo, Inc.