"PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information programs on
the market. PC WIZARD 2008 is a powerful utility designed especially
for detection of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to
identify a large scale of system components and supports the latest
technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated.
PC WIZARD 2008 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark
your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of
hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance,
Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media
performance, Video performance, MP3 compression performance."
http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php (download: top left)

What's new: http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php#history

Also there: "CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of
the main devices of your system." http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
and a few more goodies.

Yrrah

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:23:56 +0100, Yrrah wrote:

Tnx!

--
s|b

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:23:56 -0600, Yrrah <Yrrah.spamnothere@hitmail.com>
wrote:


SIW is an advanced System Information for Windows tool that gathers
detailed information about your system properties and settings and
displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.

SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run
in batch mode (for Asset Inventory Tracking, Software and Hardware
Inventory, PC Audit, Software Audit, Software License Compliance
Management).

The system information is divided into few major categories:

Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes,
Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Software
Licenses (Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key).
Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and
ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices,
SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.
Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network
Connections, Open Ports.
Tools: Password Recovery, Reveal lost passwords hidden behind asterisks,
MAC Address Changer, Monitor Test, Shutdown / Restart.
Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.

SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation (Portable
Freeware) - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that
you can run the program directly from an USB flash drive, from a floppy,
from a network drive or from a domain login script.

Platform: Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/Server 2003/Media
Center/Tablet PC/Windows 2003 Server R2/Windows Server 2003 x64/Windows XP
x64/Windows Vista/ Windows Vista x64 / Windows Server 2008 / WinRE / Bart
PE / Winternals ERD Commander

--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware Website http://bearware.info

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:23:56 +0100 'Yrrah'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

Yrrah,
Have you compared this to SIW which afaik is the current benchmark
programs for doing this. That would be interesting.....


--
"I do not post with deliberate and misleading errors"
<Franklin>, ACF, 23-Nov-2007 ... but ... but ... but

"The actual thread is called *Susan Bugher hides from fact*
started by Hummingbird's sockpuppet on 13th December"
<Franklin>, ACF, 26-Dec-2007

Yrrah wrote:
I can say that SIW is most definitely more thorough than Aida32. Great
program.

--
John Corliss BS206. I killfile trolls like Andy Mabbett, Bear Bottoms,
Hummingbird, Kayman and proteanthread and don't see their messages.
Because of Googlespam, I block all Google Groups posts from being
displayed in my news reader with nFilter. I also use it to block
cross-posted messages. No ad, cd, commercial, cripple, demo, dotnet,
nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:30:26 +0100 'Yrrah'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:


That is definitely quotable :-)


--
"I've never, NOT ONCE threatened ANYBODY in this group"
<John Corliss>, ACF, 26-Dec-2007 ... but ... but ... but

"The person who is responsible needs to be beaten so badly
that when he wakes up, his clothes will be out of style."
<John Corliss>, ACF, 2-Dec-2007

"I will continue to do as I like and neither you, nor anybody else,
will stop me"
<John Corliss>, ACF, 7-Dec-2007

hummingbird <hummingbird@2die4.com>:

Go ahead. Now, that _would_ be a novelty, you doing something useful.

Yrrah

On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:23:56 +0100, Yrrah wrote:

Looks like a very nice program. Looks better than Everest Home

Rod wrote:
The way I look at it, it doesn't hurt to have more than one such program
on your computer. You never know when one of them will be able to find
information that the others don't list.

--
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Hummingbird, Kayman and proteanthread and don't see their messages.
Because of Googlespam, I block all Google Groups posts from being
displayed in my news reader with nFilter. I also use it to block
cross-posted messages. No ad, cd, commercial, cripple, demo, dotnet,
nag, share, spy, time-limited, trial or web wares OR warez for me, please.

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:53:21 +0100 'Yrrah'
wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:

.... hoist by your own petard comes to mind dear boy ;-)

HAND.
--
"I have not carried out a detailed and in depth comparison, and
have not come across one either, but I am under the impression
that PC Wizard gives more info about the motherboard and cpu."
<Yrrah> ACF, 2nd Jan 2008

On Tue 01 Jan 2008 23:58:20, hummingbird <hummingbird@2die4.com>
wrote:

Hummingbird,

Although SIW is good, it is far from being ab industry standard. Who
says so? If any product got that accolade then surely it would have
been AIDA (or later, Everest).

I find PC Wizard's speed and clarity has merit such that I usually
use PC Wizard eben thoughI have SIW, AIDA, FreshDiagnose, etc on my
system.

John Corliss <jcorliss@fake.invalid>:

Exactly.

Yrrah

"John Corliss" <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in message
news:13nmngvq3efjhad@corp.supernews.com...

I would also add SIV - http://siv.mysite.orange.co.uk/index.html

"Rod" <rod@abc.com> wrote in message
news:1asyrv09afo24.uc6byojfiiac$.dlg@40tude.net...
System Information and monitoring (free) :

A Really Small App - http://www.answersthatwork.com/
(not easy to find -> Everything/Downright Useful Downloads/A-Z list)
AIDA32(now Everest) - http://www.sofotex.com/AIDA32-download_L9326.html
Aezay PC Info - http://www.aezay.dk/aezay/compinfo/index.html
ATITool - http://www.techpowerup.com/atitool/
ATI Tray Tools - http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/
Belarc Advisor - http://www.belarc.com/
BenchMarx - http://www.majorgeeks.com/download1800.html
BGInfo(shows info on desktop) -
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/BgInfo.html
Bootlog Analyser -
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...scription.html
Central Brain Identifier(Amd only) - http://cbid.amdclub.ru/
Clockgen - http://www.cpuid.com/clockgen.php
ConfigInspector - http://flashdeli.com/config-inspector.php
CpuInfo - http://www.majorgeeks.com/CPUInfo_d3900.html
CpuMon - http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/cpumon.html
CpuSpeed(linux) - http://carlthompson.net/Software/CPUSpeed
CPU Usage -
http://www.maliprogramer.com/index.p...x.php&jezik=EN
CPU-Z - http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
CrystalCPUID - http://crystalmark.info/software/index-e.html
Device Info - http://www.alexnolan.net/software/deviceinfo.htm
DN Sys Info - http://www.dnsoft.be/
Drive Manager - http://www.alexnolan.net/
Emsa PC FlexInfo - http://www.e-systems.ro/flexinfo.htm
Emsa FlexInfo Pro - http://www.e-systems.ro/flexinfopro.htm
Error Messages - http://www.gregorybraun.com/MSWinErr.html
EventLog Explorer - http://www.eventlogxp.com/
Everest - http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page2.html
- http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=everesthome
- was Aida32, changed to Everest, up to V2.2.0 free
FlexInfo (see Emsa)- http://www.e-systems.ro/flexinfo.htm
Fresh Diagnose - http://www.freshdevices.com/
Gkrellm - http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...m/gkrellm.html
HSLAB SysMonitor (lite) -
http://freeware.nauu.kiev.ua/System-...nchmarking.php
HWiNFO - http://www.hwinfo.com/
K1 - http://clanpkm.free.fr/K1/?lng=en
Karens Computer Profiler -
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp
M2Information - http://msquaredtechnologies.com/m2info/index.htm
MonitorApp - http://www.desktopapps.co.uk
Motherboard monitor - http://mbm.livewiredev.com/
- http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=311
MyCPU - http://www.seelhofer.ch/mad/download/download.html
MiTeC S.I. - http://www.mitec.cz/msi.html
Nero InfoTool - http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/eng/Info_Tool.html
- http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html
NextSensor - http://cbid.amdclub.ru/html/download.html
- http://www.majorgeeks.com/NextSensor_d4988.html
Notebook Battery Info - http://www.batteryinfo.de.vu/
NTFS Ratio(compession %) - http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml
OpenedFilesView - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/opened_files_view.html
- http://www.snapfiles.com/publishers/...fer/index.html
Optical Info - http://www.alexnolan.net/software/opticalinfo.htm
PC Wizzard - http://www.cpuid.org
PCSI -
http://www.ignyte.com/Products/perso...nformation.htm
PCI Sniffer - http://www.miray.de/products/sat.pcisniffer.html
Performance Monitor - http://www.hexagora.com/en_dw_davperf.asp
Ramdisk - http://www.ramdisk.tk/
ReSysInfo - http://www.dominik-reichl.de/freeware.shtml
Samurize - http://www.samurize.com/modules/news/
ServersCheck - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/servercheckstd.html
- http://www.snapfiles.com/publishers/...vba/index.html
ServiceView - http://www.nativecs.com/page.en.php?...rviceview.desc
SimpleEye - http://optionalreaction.com/software/simpleeye/
- http://www.majorgeeks.com/SimpleEye_d5014.html
SiSoft Sandra -
http://www.sisoftware.net/index.html...uy&langx=en&a=
-
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/index.ht...uy&langx=en&a=
SIV - http://siv.mysite.orange.co.uk/index.html
SIW - http://www.gtopala.com/
SmartUDM(S.M.A.R.T viewer) - http://www.sysinfolab.com/download.htm
SpeedFan - http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
SysInfoMyWork - http://vetch.magot.pl/
Sysmetrix - http://www.xymantix.com
SysRunner - http://www.vasileios.gr/freesoft/sysrunner.htm
System Properties - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/systemproperties.html
System Spec - http://www.alexnolan.net/software/sysspec.html
System Uptime Monitor - http://www.zamaansoft.com/
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/U...e_Monitor.html
Systray Indicator (shows Num lock, Caps lock & Scroll lock status)
- http://home25.inet.tele.dk/bramsing/
- http://www.snapfiles.com/get/systrayindicator.html
TaskPatrol(personal) - http://www.asmdev.net/products/taskpatrol/
TestMyHarware - http://www.testmyhardware.com/
The Hardware Book - http://www.hardwarebook.info/
Udpixel - http://udpix.free.fr/
Ultra Cpu Monitor -
http://www.darmon.homeip.net/softwar...index_eng.html
Unknown Devices - http://www.zhangduo.com/udi.html
Uptimer4 - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/p...s.php#uptimer4
WCPUID - http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002.../download.html
WinAudit - http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
Winbar - http://winbar.nl/screenshots.php
WinDirStat - http://windirstat.info/
WinOmeter - http://www.tjelinek.com/main.php?section=w
WinUpdatesList - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wul.html
Xp SysPad - http://www.xtort.net/xtort/xpsyspad.php

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:43:41 -0600, wasbit <wasbit <@hotmail.com>> wrote:

Here is one I don't see on the list. It has some neat features:

http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/

Detailed informations about Processes, Startups, Explorer, IE Addons,
Uninstallers, Windows, Services, Drivers, Connections and Opened Files
Action History for monitoring processes activities
Making of Registry & Files snapshots for easy comparing of system changes.
Result of comparation is displayed in tree view and text list. Can be used
for analysation of product installers/uninstallers (like Total Uninstall)
Performance graphs for monitoring usage of system resources in time
Easy check of suspicious files via VirusTotal
Easy search details about file/process via online databases
Easy access to System Utilities

I use this with SIW...the two together are hard to beat.

--
Bear Bottoms
Freeware Website http://bearware.info

John Corliss wrote:

Hi John!


Yeah, it looks like good californian quality.



Best regards,

Daniel Mandoc

John Corliss wrote:

All ;-)

The most I need are, Everest 2.20, siw, CPU-Z, Hot CPU
Tester Pro LE 4, 3DMARK2000 and 2001/2003... if 3DMark works -
your machine works!

However, I'll give PCWizard 2008 a try...



Best regards,

Daniel Mandic

"Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote in message
newsp.t4bvinezjo4m88@bwwlxc1.br.no.cox.net...
Thanks BB but I would put that one in this catagory :


Start-up/Processes Running :

APV - http://www.konradp.com/products/auto...rocess-viewer/
Autostart Viewer - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/index.php?page=asviewer
Autoruns -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...utilities.mspx
Autostart & Process Viewer -
http://www.konradp.com/products/auto...rocess-viewer/
Daphne (process explorer) - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/daphne.html
- http://www.drk.com.ar/
Find&Run Robot - http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/findrun/
Hidden Start (hstart) - http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/hstart.html
Launchy - http://www.launchy.net/
MsConfig Cleanup -
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/MSC...igcleanup.html
Process Explorer -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...sExplorer.mspx
Process Guard - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/advancedseries/apt.php
ProcInfo - http://www.gomiller.com/downloads.html
- http://www.snapfiles.com/get/procinfo.html
Process Viewer - http://www.teamcti.com/pview/prcview.htm
PsInfo -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sys...on/PsInfo.mspx
Pstart - http://www.pegtop.net/start/
Quick Startup - http://www.glarysoft.com/quick-startup/
Smart StartMenu - http://www.planetharrington.com/prod...martstartmenu/
Starter - http://www.xtort.net/system/startup-utilities.php
- http://codestuff.mirrorz.com
StartRight - http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/113/
Startup Control Panel(Mike Lin) - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
Startup Delayer - http://www.r2.com.au/software.php?pa...how=startdelay
Startup Guard - http://www.acelogix.com/freeware.html
Startup List(Merijn) -
http://www.richardthelionhearted.com...downloads.html
Startup Monitor(Mike Lin) - http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml
Startup Selector(Mike Lin) - http://www.mlin.net/other.shtml
SysRunner - http://www.vasileios.gr/freesoft/sysrunner.htm
System Explorer - http://systemexplorer.mistergroup.org/
Tidy Start Menu - http://www.tidystartmenu.com/index.shtml
Vista Start Menu - http://www.vistastartmenu.com
Webkeysoft Process Manager -
http://www.ex-designz.net/softwaredetail.asp?fid=855
WhatsRunning - http://www.whatsrunning.net/whatsrunning/main.aspx
Windows Startup Inspector - http://www.windowsstartup.com/
WinStartup - http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software/utility/winstartup/
WinTasks Process Library
-
http://www.liutilities.com/products/...y/application/
- http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_content.php

On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:26:37 -0600, "Bear Bottoms"
<bearbottoms1@gmai.com> wrote:

I haven't seen this one before. First impressions:

Looks fairly comprehensive and puts a lot of features in one place. I
like the convenience of the snapshot feature, and I like that it's a
no-install .exe and has a portable version. Users will want to put it
in its own folder, however, rather than run it as a standalone because
it does create other files in the directory it runs from.

There are several things I don't like. It tries to phone home to
www2.skok.cz [217.11.249.219] on Port 80 with every start, and there
is no apparent way to disable it via preferences or (AFAICT) by
editing the .ini file. There is no help file, online or otherwise
except for the forum associated with the home page.

Some things that are neither plusses or minuses but that I mention for
awareness is that a full registry+files snapshot on my system took
about six minutes and created a snapshot file of nearly 50MB. (I have
about 250G in around 200k files onboard, many of which are audio and
video.) A registry-only snapshot took about 17 sec and a size of
about 29MB. As with certain other tools, this is not really something
I would recommend to novice users because the program assumes a fairly
experienced end user. Too many "opportunities" to screw things up and
no quick and easy way to reverse some actions from within the program.

On balance, for me it's a keeper, and I look at it as a backup to
several other established utilities I use on a regular basis, but I
will be cautious on recommending it to others without a disclaimer.

--
Ron M.
(I filter Googlespam)