What software do you use to ID Hardware?


  1. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    What software do you use to ID Hardware?


    I've seen many members have problem ID'ing their hardware.
    About a month ago someone link to a nice beta program that gave a nice rundown of all the hardware on ones computer.
    I'm trying to remember or find the link but just don't remember the name or subject.

    It was a free program like Everest but not that much detail and was Beta.
    Your help and assistance is greatly appreciated.
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  2. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Never mind my mind cleared up and figured it out.
    It was Speccy by Piriform
    Speccy - System Information - Free Download
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  3. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #3

    Unknown device, have a look here.
    Hardware Identification
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  4. Posts : 6,243
    win 7 ultimate32bit, Win8.1pro wmc 32bit
       #4

    theog said:
    Unknown device, have a look here.
    Hardware Identification
    thank you for the link theog , i never could figure out how you found that out i used to go by the FCC number
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  5. Posts : 12,364
    8 Pro x64
       #5
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  6. Posts : 846
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Thanks all for your input.
    I also use Belarc which is free and gives gobs of information.
    BELARC
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  7. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #7

    I'm always careful about what I use to ID now. Last November, a friend sent me an article about some of these ID programs making people's Windows activation keys available to be searched for on the 'net.

    Yikes...
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  8. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #8

    Another vote for Belarc Security Advisor.
    Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit

    Although all the info you need is already built-in, especially for those conversant in PowerShell.

    I consider Belarc Security Advisor a must-have when I have to install/rebuild a system.
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  9. Posts : 5,092
    Windows 7 32 bit
       #9

    Another nice free tool is LookInMyPC

    It generates a nice html table for selected hw and sw categories.
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