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SIW

SIW-eet suite of system information tools

Gabriel Topala's System Information for Windows is widely known as SIW. It's also widely known as a very good (and free) system information utility. It detects just about everything that can be detected about your hardware, software, operating system, and peripherals and displays it in a tree view for easy access. It includes some useful extras, too, such as a broadband speed test, MAC address changer, and network ping and trace tools. As we noted, it's free, but you can buy the developer a cup of coffee right from the toolbar.

SIW's Explorer-style interface features colorful … Read more

View your system with SIW Portable

System information utilities usually don't "do" anything, other than display information about your system, but it's hard to overestimate how useful and important they can be when you need one, which is typically once trouble has struck. SIW Portable is a portable version of System Information for Windows. This free tool extracts huge amounts of information about your hardware, software, and networks and displays it in a familiar, easy-to-manage view. It also includes a variety of tools that do useful things. Since it's portable, it runs without installation and leaves no traces behind in the … Read more

System Info Central

Windows offers a lot of sources of PC information, most of it scattered throughout your system. Gabriel Topala's SIW (System Information for Windows) gathers all that information in a single interface. SIW Technician's Version displays detailed specifications for your hardware, software, and network, including real-time monitoring of CPU, RAM, and network usage. It includes several useful extras, such as the ability to retrieve and display passwords and software serial numbers and key codes. Best of all, it's free for noncommercial users. It doesn't access or make any changes to your properties or settings; it just displays … Read more

Intensive info

The "SIW" in SIW - Freeware Version stands for System Information for Windows, and they aren't kidding. This utility provides users with an amazing array of information about your Windows machine and its contents, performance, and settings.

SIW's interface is plain and easy to navigate, with menus and a toolbar across the top and a tree-style directory down the left side. This directory is split into three main parts--Software, Emulated Hardware, and Network--and expanding each of these displays a bevy of information. The amount of features SIW contains is truly staggering; users can view information about … Read more