Graphical representation of system information on a remote computer

A method of graphically representing system information of a source computer on a remote computer comprising:

• gathering system information from the source computer into a system information file, wherein the system information identifies at least one hardware component that resides in the source computer;
• transmitting said system information file from the source computer to the remote computer;
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• displaying a graphical representation of the system information contained in the system information file on the remote computer.

An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable code embodied therein for displaying system information on a graphical display the computer readable code in said article of manufacture comprising:

• computer readable code responsive to a command to gather system information on a source computer into a system information file, wherein the system information identifies at least one hardware component that resides in the source computer;
• computer readable code responsive to a command to transmit the system information file from the source computer to a remote computer;
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• computer readable code responsive to a command to display a graphical representation of the system information file on the remote computer.

A programmed computer for graphically displaying system information gathered by and received from a source computer, the programmed computer comprising:

• a memory having at least one region for storing computer readable program code;
• a processor for executing computer readable program code stored in said memory;
• a system information file transmitted from a source computer and stored in said memory, wherein the system information identifies at least one hardware component that resides in the source computer;
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• code responsive to a command to graphically display the information contained in the system information file.