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SIW – System Information for Windows

 

SIW is a System Information tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings. A utility that includes detailed specs for Motherboard, BIOS, CPU, Devices, Memory, Video, Drives, Ports, Printers.

 

It displays information about Operating System, Installed Programs, Processes, Services, Product Key (CD key), Serial Numbers, Users, Open Files, System uptime, Users, Network, Network Shares, and more, as well as real-time monitors for CPU, Memory, Page File usage and network traffic. SIW also displays currently active network connections, Passwords hidden behind asterisks, installed codecs, etc.

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/siw/

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SIW – System Information for Windows

 

http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/siw/

 

Hmm. Thanks (seriously) for the steer Cynthia ... but after a little research, I decided no thanks.

 

Full Disclosure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giveaway_of_the_Day

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6391/avoid-crapware-with-giveaway-of-the-day-free-software/

 

"You must install and register the software during a 24 hour giveaway period — after that you cannot reinstall .... sometimes they offer some decent programs for free. However, there is always a catch, they try to include crapware during the app install ... We’re not anti-GOTD as they sometimes have quality free commercial software. Just be careful not to install the extra junk if you don’t want it. You will be offered Software Informer and the bookmarks every time"

 

Only with the greatest reluctance will I install freeware that comes bundled with crapware, and even then only if I can deselect the crapware at install time, and if I have a suitable degree of trust in the freeware author. But the killer in this case (for me) is the fact that the GOTD installer will check with the GOTD website every time it runs, to verify that the relevant giveaway period hasn't expired. Ugh. There's no point in beginning a relationship with software you can't depend on - ability to reinstall is a must-have in the Windows world.

 

Ah well.

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