SIW, good advisory app for the toolbox. 2

[satrow]

Hiya all, not sure if this one has cropped up here before - SIW,

http://www.gtopala.com/

it may be a great tool for troubleshooting remotely, just ask the user to send the report file - it should answer many questions that a novice would struggle to find.

SIW - System Information for Windows. This program performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings, detailed specs for Software (Operating System, Installed Programs and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Product Keys, Serial Numbers, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Passwords hidden behind asterisks, Installed Codecs), Hardware (Motherboard, 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), as well as real-time monitors for CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.
SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML or TXT), and is able to run in batch mode.
SIW is a standalone tool 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 a USB flash drive.
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/Vista/WinRE/BartPE/Winternals ERD Commander

 

[FWPIII]

Belarc advisor is a similar tool that is very helpful, give info on all aspects of your machine. It's free for personal use and can be licensed for commercial use