Microsoft Diagnostics

Microsoft Diagnostics
Other namesMSD, MSD.EXE
Developer(s)Microsoft
Operating systemMS-DOS, OS/2, Windows
LicenseProprietary 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.

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