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I noticed the same thing...that it shows NO info on space, UNKNOWN manufacturer and also says SMART not supported when it is...I was running as user, not admin on an older W2K Dell laptop but almost all Win Expl type products are able to retrieve much/all of this info even when running as user...if nothing else, at least the drive size!

I's also add the basic properties of space used/space free here if not already done.

It also says "no audio card detected"...well, that may be true in one way as it's on the MB but there IS audio support on this system and other products can find it.

Update: Running as Admin shows "Crystal WDM" as audio device and the HDD capacity as well as the SMART info.

However, it would be good if it showed my CPU temp as well as the HDD temp as that is often more critical....and I would have also thought it would give me somewhat of a graph of CPU usage...graph of bus speed and core speed is nice but without CPU usage, seems a bit odd.

Hi. Click on the small square graph of the CPU Usage and you will get a big graph :)

And CPU usage is detected over here, so probably your CPU is not (yet) supported.

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Like the software. Tested with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Will not run by default install. Have to at least run as vista.

Incorrectly reports OS version. W7 64 bit ultimate registers as Vista 64 bit ultimate.

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I noticed the same thing...that it shows NO info on space, UNKNOWN manufacturer and also says SMART not supported when it is...I was running as user, not admin on an older W2K Dell laptop but almost all Win Expl type products are able to retrieve much/all of this info even when running as user...if nothing else, at least the drive size!

However, it would be good if it showed my CPU temp as well as the HDD temp as that is often more critical....and I would have also thought it would give me somewhat of a graph of CPU usage...graph of bus speed and core speed is nice but without CPU usage, seems a bit odd.

For most part, very nice little applet. Compares well to MS Win7 advisor.

You should make it clear that the tool works best "running as admin". I've got a user class and admin class version running side by side. I'm surprised at difference info reported. When run under a user account display a clear message that reported information is limited. Graphics details is only place this is implied, with message "Error Access is denied", but strangely enough information displayed is identical, unlike other places like CPU and RAM.

From quote above, I must be running "newer" version since I do see separate temperatures for CPU and HD (in Admin ID). Including separate temps for my dual cores (NICE). On further reflection, it is because I'm running in Admin mode.

First time I ran it under user account, it showed no SMART info. When I tried to re-run it wouldn't start without admin rights, then when I finally did run it as admin it did show SMART info, said smart not supported

I too would like to see explicitly stated 32 or 64 bit OS running and 32 or 64 bit capable hardware. Granted 32/64 bit hardware capability is implicit in chip name and model info, but it is really hard to find specific breakdown on internet (for those of who are not up to date on chip specs), every source I looked at assumed you already knew.

Problem, in my 32bit Win Business it shows 1GB and 2GB RAM, but other tools report 2+2. I understand that 32bit Win only support 3GB and the info your tool reports is very detailed down to serial numbers and manufacture dates, so I'm inclined to believe you since I'm not inclined to open up the laptop.

I would also like to see 2 more "optional' hardware features: TPM security support and Virtualization support. List them as titles and say yes or no and degree of support. TPM hardware support is advantageous for Bitlocker (if you are "lucky" enough to be running Ultimate or Enterprise).

My dual monitors are not being reported also, but I can live without that info.

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First of all - thanx for all your hard work and helpful apps!

So far I found 2 problems with Speccy:

1) Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise Edition is being reported as Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit

2) HDD information is inccorect.

I have the following disk drives in my server:

Disk 0: 407.92 GB

Disk 1: 697.56 GB (Taken 'Offline' in Disk Management console)

Disk 2: 931.51 GB (this on is External USB drive)

Speccy shows 2 drives and both of them are reported to have size of 437 GB

I have attached screenshot for more information.

Again, thanks for your great software!

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Please put your bug reports and suggestions for Speccy here. Thanks - MrG :)

Thank you for what looks promising new product. :)

I have just taken a quick whirl through Speccy v1.0.0.57. Running on Sony Vaio minitower Windows XP SP3.

A few suggestions/ideas:

1) please allow for a dark text on light (or light-ish) background. Having spent too many years on CRTs with only white, green or yellow text, my eyes seem to not like the current fad of light letters on dark background. I will say though, that your light letters on dark gray is less strenuous than those apps or sites that go for total black background. But my preference is for, like the forum pages here, dark text on light-ish background. Maybe a user preference for one or t'other?

2) I would suggest to put the memory type into the summary page. So instead of "2.0GB Micron Technology Single Channel DDR @ 200MHz (3-3-3-8)" which is not really that useful to me from a quick look point of view, and rather,

Summarize it as: "2.0 GB DDR PC3200" or "2 x 1 GB DDR PC3200". Since memory purchase is usually by the type and spec# (DDR, PC3200) and not so much by the MHz or GHz speed or cycle/latencyrating.

* the one interesting tidbit I found from this is that one of my DIMMs is from Micron, which I knew, but the other is from 'Melco'. And here I thought I had two both from Micron...

3) As suggested by others, a way to export in human readable form, either text, rtf or html would be WONDERFUL.

For me, with that kind of export as a new feature, Speccy may have a chance to take over from my use of Belarc Advisor, which has a nice html formatted export.

And while it is true that there are a number of system info tools, I've found that some are just too much detail (for me), and some (like my experience with SIW) are too heavy on the computer resources, sometimes crashing on older, less capable machines.

So I had settled on Belarc since it provided decent info and good output I could refer back to.

Speccy looks to provide a good bit MORE tech info than Belarc, yet without going into the TMI (too-much-information) zone.

SO in my mind, Speccy is on a good path of balance. ;)

As always, my suggestions are just my opinion, as a longtime computer user and person doing technical support off and on over the years. Thanks again. Best,

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Great piece of software, only one niggle which is

Graphics section sticks on Analizing

ATI Radeon HD4670

LG Flatron W2252TQ

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

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Graphics section sticks on Analizing

Same with me, difference is this:

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4670 (EAH4670, 512mb) (dual, CrossFire)

The rest of it picks up just fine, now that I've turned off my UAC.

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Motherboard's chip is AMD 780G, integrated ATI HD 3200. But the graphics always "Analyzing..."

os: win7

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Speccy v1.00.057 Beta (9 Nov 2009): As others have reported, only finds first monitor. [i reported incorrectly "Also finds DVD drive, but not CD drive." Although Windows treats it as separate DVD and CD drives, there is only one physical drive. Sorry]

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It crashes when I save a file with it?

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Like the software. Tested with Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Will not run by default install. Have to at least run as vista.

Incorrectly reports OS version. W7 64 bit ultimate registers as Vista 64 bit ultimate.

My bad, software does not ask for privilege escalation. Runs without OS emulation. Correctly reports Win7 Ultimate 64.

Sata devices reported as scsi devices though..

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I would Just Like to start off to say to the developers that this is BY FAR my favorite system utility information monitor...

Ive been using CPUID and HWMONITOR for quite some time now and this program just looks great and includes almost all the features I could possibly want...

Suggestions:, Each temperature reading has a current, minimum, and max temp reading... this is very usefull for monitoring temps...

Example below

Also, listing the cd/dvd drive firmware would be usefull...

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Very nice utility program. Have it installed on a Windows 7 x64 Pro and also a Windows 7 x86 Pro system.

On the Windows 7 x86 Professional system, it cannot analyze my ATI Radeon 4350 graphics card from XFX Force. It just sets there trying to analyze this specific piece of hardware.

On the Windows 7 x64 Professional system, it does not detect my second monitor (already posted by others).

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Hello, I have, too, ended without analyzed graphics card, everything else is detected correctly. My config: Windows 7 Pro x64, Speccy 1.00.057, Radeon HD4850, Catalyst 9.10. Can provide additional info if needed.

Speccy is shaping up to be pretty good program, but it would be rude from me to not expect the best from Piriform. :)

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Hi, and thanks for the software.

Speccy does not recognize my ATI Radeon 4890 graphics card.

Look forward to your final release.

Thanks,

Houston

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Celsius to Fahrenheit opition, for those here in the US who don't like the Metric standards :P

AJ

+1

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Same with me, difference is this:

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4670 (EAH4670, 512mb) (dual, CrossFire)

The rest of it picks up just fine, now that I've turned off my UAC.

Same here... Stuck on analyzing Graphics

Sapphire Toxic 4870-1GB w/ latest drivers

Windows 7 Pro x64

Speccy run as Administrator

UAC-off (slider at bottom)

All other System info worked fine

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you have install this mornings update right....

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I think Speccy should evolve and turn into a Lavalys' Everest competitor. :)

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Would it be possible to add detection for external hard drives?