Apart from the command line utility Systeminfo there is another utility within Windows XP to get extensive system information, called: MSInfo32.exe, which utility is neatly tucked away in the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Msinfo directory.

Opening a command prompt in this directory and typing: msinfo32 /? reveals the following possibilities:

msinfo32.exe [filename] [/?] [/pch] [/nfo outfile] [/report outfile] [/category catname] [/computer computername] [/categories catlist] [/showcategories]

filename	may be an NFO file, a PCHealth XML file, or a CAB file
/?	shows the help dialog
/pch	launch in history view
/nfo outfile	silently save an NFO file to <outfile> and quit
/report outfile	silently save a text report to <outfile> and quit
/category catname	launch with category <catname> selected
/computer comptername	launch remoted to <computername>
/categories catlist	only show categories specified in <catlist>
/showcategories	display a list of (non-localized) category names

The following command will dump the available categories of system info (used in the GUI mmc) for a system called "MyRemotePc15" to a text file called msinfo32.txt.

MSinfo32 /Report C:\msinfo32.txt /Computer MyRemotePC15

Presto, your system documentation is ready.!