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| 528854 | 2007-02-28 20:41:00 | Thomas's words:"It had to be installed on the computer being tested," could perhaps refer to the old program he seeks? Hard to tell. If so, some more names that might ring a bell with him - AIDA 32? It became Everest Home Edition (somebody's suggestion), I think. Belarc Advisor - a handy application, though won't do as much in-depth stuff with advice. Edit: Uh oh - now I see I didn't check his follow-up post well enough. Non-installed... hmm.. beyond my expertise level, I'm afraid. I think you've got it Laura. AIDA 32 certainly rings a bell - so now I must google for Everest Home Edition and hope that I'm right and the latest edition hasn't been spoilt by too many updates etc. The one I used before certainly didn't need to be installed on the machine being tested which seems to have raised questions by some correspondents. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 528855 | 2007-02-28 22:44:00 | There is a whole host of free tools from sysinternals that I have been using for a few years now. Process explorer, Will show all processes running on a computer and give you controll over them ie, suspend, kill, kill tree, restart etc. TcpView, Will display all tcpip connections, very handy for seeing who is connected to your computer, it has a built in whois function. Autoruns, Will show you all the autoruns, funnily enough. That's just a few of them. They can all be run off a USB flashdrive and I'd be lost without them,. Sysinternals used to be independent but is now part of microsoft. The genius behind it all, Mark Russinovich, is still in charge and continues to produce good windows tools. They can be found on, www.sysinternals.com |
JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 528856 | 2007-02-28 23:02:00 | I think you've got it Laura. AIDA 32 certainly rings a bell - so now I must google for Everest Home Edition and hope that I'm right and the latest edition hasn't been spoilt by too many updates etc. The one I used before certainly didn't need to be installed on the machine being tested which seems to have raised questions by some correspondents. Tom I'm pretty sure that development of the free version of Everest was halted a year or more ago. You might have some luck finding an older version if you look though. |
Miami Steve (2128) | ||
| 528857 | 2007-02-28 23:37:00 | I'm pretty sure tom will have his old PCWorld Cds to look through, i know i spent the bet part of a day hunting through mine to find programs Actually Bruce (Oh god like worshipful one) if you are reading this, I realise this is probably a marketing decision but how about instead of the pretty pictures printed on the cover CD you guys put a listing of all the programs, as it makes it a lot easier to find older versions of programmes etc |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 528858 | 2007-02-28 23:49:00 | There is a PC World CD index somewhere, which lists the CDs by date and goodies contained thereon. It was a cooperative effort between PC World and PF1 members IIRC. Anyone know Where it is? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 528859 | 2007-03-01 00:46:00 | There is a PC World CD index somewhere, which lists the CDs by date and goodies contained thereon. It was a cooperative effort between PC World and PF1 members IIRC. Anyone know Where it is? Search: pressf1.co.nz ;), as Jen posted somthing about it not that long ago :) |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 528860 | 2007-03-01 00:54:00 | I have Everest Home Edition here if you want it. I could e-mail the program to you although it does need to be installed on your system. I am pretty sure Aida32 did not need to be installed. I am pretty sure I have that around here somewhere...just a matter of remembering exactly where! |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 528861 | 2007-03-01 03:51:00 | Thanks everybody. Panic over - I googled AIDA32 after Laura jogged my memory and got a copy downloaded immediately. Yep that's the one. Works well off a CD. I was wrong about it being able to run off a floppy, digging deep into my disorganised memory I recollect another program I used years ago which did run off a floppy but of course was not as powerful. When I checked the neighbour I discovered that lack of power was not the problem - her laptop is heaps faster better etc than anything I can afford. She just needs a little tuition here and there and will soon be appearing in PCWorld F1 Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 528862 | 2007-03-01 04:46:00 | I just downloaded Aida32 and realised it was a powertoy I had looked at a few years back when, if I recall correctly, it was called somthing else, system mechanic rings a bell but I may be wrong. It is nowhere near as useful as the Sysinternal tools I mentioned earlier. This program, aida, seems to give totally wrong results too and the benchmarking appears to give results from a completely different chipset to the one I am using, strange. I think I'll stick to the tools I know and leave the toys to others. | JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 528863 | 2007-03-01 21:09:00 | I just downloaded Aida32 and realised it was a powertoy I had looked at a few years back when, if I recall correctly, it was called somthing else, system mechanic rings a bell but I may be wrong. It is nowhere near as useful as the Sysinternal tools I mentioned earlier. This program, aida, seems to give totally wrong results too and the benchmarking appears to give results from a completely different chipset to the one I am using, strange. I think I'll stick to the tools I know and leave the toys to others. Thanks for the comments Jack. I have been well contented with AIDA32 in the past - but then I am only an enthusiastic clumsy amatuer. I use the benchmarking tools but of course I realize that different programs could give different results. But using AIDA32 constantly gives me a point of comparison. I guess that means I will still use it but am certainly going to have a look at the programs you mentioned. Tom |
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