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The Device Manager can send a system summary report directly to the printer. Better yet, send it to a file, as follows. Open the Printers folder, double-click the Add Printer icon and select Local Printer. Scroll down the Manufacturers list to Generic and install the Generic/Text Only printer. When you get to the Available Ports box, select File and follow the prompts to finish the installation. Now click on Device Manager's Print button, but do not check the Print to File box. Instead, click the Setup button, then
click the radio button next to Specific Printer. Choose "Generic/text only on FILE:", then click the OK button twice, name the file and click OK one more time. Open the file in your word processor, remove the extraneous page breaks and spaces, and you can now print the complete report on about two pages instead of the six or so it would otherwise require.

 
 
 
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