What software do you use to ID Hardware?

[IggyAZ]

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.

 

[IggyAZ]

Never mind my mind cleared up and figured it out.
It was Speccy by Piriform
Speccy - System Information - Free Download

 

[theog]

Unknown device, have a look here.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73420-hardware-identification.html

 

[pebbly]

Unknown device, have a look here.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/73420-hardware-identification.html

thank you for the link theog , i never could figure out how you found that out i used to go by the FCC number

 

[smarteyeball]

SIW is another good free one:

SIW | System Information for Windows by Gabriel Topala

 

[IggyAZ]

Thanks all for your input.
I also use Belarc which is free and gives gobs of information.
BELARC

 

[Mellon Head]

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...

 

[karlsnooks]

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.

 

[MilesAhead]

Another nice free tool is LookInMyPC

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