System Info for Windows (aka SIW) is a stand alone application for gathering information about the computer it is run on. Like other system information tools such as Aida32 or Everest it will display your CPU and Motherboards speeds and make, system temperature, operating system CD keys etc.. However, SIW …
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Repair Tool of the Week: Norton Removal Tool
Symantec has been dominating the computer security market for years now; their most popular offering being Norton Antivirus which is often pre-installed on new brand-name computers. Unfortunately Norton products tend to install themselves deep down into the critical parts of your system and if the product becomes damaged in some …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Autoruns
This one is for experienced users only; This free tool allows you to view nearly everything on your system that is set to automatically run and goes far beyond the capabilities of MSConfig. This tool can show you files that are in your startup folder, files being launched from the …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: AutoPatcher 5.1
Onsite Computer Technicians will love this one; How many times have you had to reinstall a clients Windows OS onsite? How many times has that client only had a 56k modem to download the Windows updates?. If you answer is more than once then this free program is for you.
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Unstoppable Copier
Ever had your 10gig worth of files stop copying halfway because there was a file that couldn’t be read? Unstoppable Copier is a tool that allows you to recover files off a failing hard drive that has problems such as a physical damage, bad sectors, errors reading data etc.. The …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: SoftPerfect Network Scanner
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP network scanner. This tool will ping computers, scan for listening TCP ports and displays the resources available on the network (router web logins, printers, computer shares etc..). I personally have used this network scanning tool many times on clients …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Memtest86+
Memtest86+ is a bootable, DOS based tool which thoroughly tests the RAM of your PC for any errors. If you computer occasionally hangs, reboots or keeps getting Windows stop errors (aka BSOD or blue screen of death errors) then give this a tool a shot to test your RAM. Once …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Unlocker 1.8.5
Unlocker is a Windows Explorer extension which allows you to right click on a file or folder that you get an error when deleting or moving. Unlocker can help you unlock files that produce error messages like these (or similar to): Cannot delete file: Access is denied There has been …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Magical Jellybean Keyfinder
Magical Jellybean Keyfinder is a free utility that allows you to retrieve the product keys for certain software on your computer. Some of the software it can retrieve the product key for are Windows XP/Vista, Office, Frontpage etc.. With Magical Jellybean Keyfinder you can change your Windows registration information, change …
Read full article...Repair Tool of the Week: Tweak UI
Tweak UI, an official tool from Microsoft, isnt so much a repair tool but a tool to make small tweaks to an Windows XP based system. Although it does have the ability to repair your hotkeys, repair your font folder, repair regedit, repair unread mail count and repair icons its …
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Repair Tool of the Week
Windows 8 Backup and Imaging Tools for Techs – RecImg Manger & SlimImage
With the Windows 8 user base increasing steadily, and the majority of the focus on computing devices switching to mobility, we’re going to see an increase in the need for backup and imaging solutions focused on mobile devices. As Techs, we need to fill that gap between desktop backup systems …
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