A handy free application that many of here find to be a valuable tool is called S.I.W. aka
System Information for Windows.
It's a big help if one isn't sure about which motherboard chipset they have, video card version, amount and type of RAM, etc., etc.
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
Computer Software and Hardware Inventory, Asset Inventory Tracking, Audit Software Licenses, Software License Compliance).
The
system information is divided into few major categories:
- Software Inventory: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Software Licenses (Product Keys / Serial Numbers / CD Key), Passwords Recovery.
- Hardware Inventory: Motherboard, CPU, Sensors, BIOS, 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 Information: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network Connections, Open Ports.
- Network Tools: MAC Address Changer, Neighborhood Scan, Ping, Trace, Statistics
- Miscellaneous Tools: Eureka! (Reveal lost passwords hidden behind asterisks), 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
network drive or from a
domain login script.
SIW can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs ...).
Client Platform: Windows 7 / Vista / Windows XP
It's available as a standalone application.
SIW Without Installer (English-Only)
Download
Try it, I think you'll find it very handy and useful.
