Other names | MSD, MSD.EXE |
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Developer(s) | Microsoft |
Operating system | MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows |
License | Proprietary commercial software |
Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) was a software tool developed by Microsoft to assist in the diagnostics of 1990s-era computers. Users primarily deployed this tool to provide detailed technical information about the user's software and hardware and to print the gathered information, usually for use by support technicians in troubleshooting and resolving problems.[1][2][3] The assumptions made by the program were valid until the late 1990s: it does not handle plug-and-play USB or other new technologies that appeared around 2000.
In PC DOS 6.1 and above, QCONFIG.EXE
provides similar functionality.[4][5] Commercial alternatives include Manifest MFT.EXE
from Quarterdeck's QEMM.
Franken_1993_DOS60
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Born_1993_DOS6
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Maslo_1994_DOS62
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).IBM_1995_DOS7
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).Heinzel_1995_DOS7
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).