re: #411 zombie

Newbie question of he century:

How does one find out what “operating system” a Windows computer is using? And secondly, how much RAM it has?

I know next to nothing about Windows computers, but I’m helping someone who knows absolutely nothing, and my task is to find out what version of Windows the computer is running on. But I have no idea where to begin! Help!

Start: Control panel
(Vista has a Windows logo circle instead of Start)
Double-click on System.
The tabs in that dialog have all the information.