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Windows 10 gets a revamped About section with more detailed PC specs

Windows 10 gets a revamped About section with more detailed PC specs

Windows 10 is in its final year of mainstream support, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping Microsoft from adding new features to the old operating system. In fact, Windows 10 is getting a pretty nice upgrade to its Settings app that will make even Windows 11 users a little jealous.

The just-released Windows 10 Release Preview and Beta Build 19045.5070 (KB5045594) includes some hidden upgrades in the About section in the Settings app. Aside from some oddly ported design elements from Windows 11 (I’m not sure if it’s a bug or a feature), the updated page shows a lot more information about your PC specs. This includes your graphics card model, video memory size, memory, and drive model. In addition, the most important parts are clearly displayed on overhead maps. Clean!

The updated About section in Windows 10
Image source: @PhantomOfEarth on X

There is even a small FAQ section where users can get more information about their computers, such as: B. how the RAM size affects performance, which version of Windows is current and much more.

The updated About section in Windows 10
Image source: @PhantomOfEarth on X

While the look is definitely strange (what a strange mix of Windows 10 and 11’s design languages), it’s nice to see Microsoft updating the About page with so much additional information, making it much easier to to find out the most important information about your device computer.

The changelog for build 19045.5070 mentions the revised About section. In order for it to work, two function IDs must be activated with the ViVeTool app. Here’s how:

  1. Download ViveTool from GitHub and unzip the files into a convenient and easy-to-find folder.
  2. Run Command Prompt as administrator and use the CD command to navigate to the folder containing ViVeTool files.
  3. type vivetool /enable /id:48433719,49453572 and press Input.
  4. Restart your computer.

Now all that’s left for Microsoft to do is announce the new site and make it available to Windows 11 users too. Interestingly, pre-release versions of Windows 11 had similar spec cards in the Settings app, but Microsoft never made them available to the public. Maybe now is the time?

Source: @PhantomOfEarth on X