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Find the installed Windows Feature Experience Pack version in Settings or with a current-user PowerShell query, without confusing it with the OS build or Web Experience Pack.
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Check the installed Windows Terminal version in About or with a current-user PowerShell package query, and distinguish Stable, Preview, shells, and Windows builds.
Read guideFind the installed Microsoft Defender Security intelligence version in Windows Security or PowerShell, and interpret its timestamps and status correctly.
Read guideView the antivirus, firewall, and web-protection providers registered with Windows Security in Windows 11 and interpret each card safely.
Read guideCheck the Windows 11 Device Health Report and correctly interpret storage, battery, apps, Windows Time, green checks, and warnings.
Read guideView the selected display's current resolution, signal mode, refresh details, bit depth, color format, and color space in Windows 11.
Read guideFind your Windows 11 computer model in Settings or use a read-only PowerShell query for the manufacturer, model, family, and optional SKU.
Read guideUse one read-only PowerShell command to see the recorded installation date for the current Windows 11 operating-system object.
Read guideUse one read-only PowerShell check to find when Windows 11 last restarted and calculate the elapsed wall-clock interval since that time.
Read guideInventory each physical RAM module in Windows 11 with a read-only PowerShell query that shows capacity, configured clock speed, and the official SMBIOS memory type.
Read guideUse one read-only PowerShell query to check the CPU model, manufacturer, physical cores, logical processors, reported maximum clock speed, and address width in Windows 11.
Read guideCheck the media type and storage bus type that Windows 11 reports for each physical disk with one read-only PowerShell command.
Read guideUse one read-only PowerShell command to see which mounted Windows 11 volumes report Removable, Fixed, Remote, CD-ROM, or RAM Disk.
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