CPUID's PC Wizard 200X (where"X" is current year)

[John Corliss]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like Everest.
The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

Apparently it's been mentioned in this group a few times in the FWT
Newsletter and by a few individuals. The link above is to one of the
best laid out webpages I've ever seen. From that page the following:

" Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information
programs on the market.
PC WIZARD 2005 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection
of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large
scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and
standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in
order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2005 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your
computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware,
such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk
performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance,
Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

PC WIZARD 2005 can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs...)."

 

[John Corliss]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like Everest.
The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

Apparently it's been mentioned in this group a few times in the FWT
Newsletter and by a few individuals. The link above is to one of the
best laid out webpages I've ever seen. From that page the following:

Immediately after having posted that, I noticed that in Mozilla,
clicking on the "Dowload" link doesn't move me down the page to that
area. However, you can scroll down to it easily enough.

 

[Mel]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like Everest.
The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

Apparently it's been mentioned in this group a few times in the FWT
Newsletter and by a few individuals. The link above is to one of the
best laid out webpages I've ever seen. From that page the following:

" Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information
programs on the market.
PC WIZARD 2005 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection
of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large
scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and
standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in
order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2005 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your
computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware,
such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk
performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance,
Video performance, MP3 compression performance.

PC WIZARD 2005 can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs...)."

Note: The ZIP version allows you to run PC Wizard 2005 from Removable
Media (CD-ROM, Zip Drive, USB Flash Drive, SD Card, ...)

 

[John Corliss]

Note: The ZIP version allows you to run PC Wizard 2005 from Removable
Media (CD-ROM, Zip Drive, USB Flash Drive, SD Card, ...)

Mel,
I looked all over the page for a link that .zip version, but couldn't
find it. All I could find was this download link:

http://www.cpuid.org/download/pcw2005_v164.exe

but it's to the installation executable. In fact, the site actually says:

"Install
PC Wizard 2005 must be install to a harddisk to be launched. Please run
PCW2005_V1xx.EXE and follow the instructions."

Must be missing something. Can you tell me how to find the .zip version?

 

[John Corliss]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like Everest.
The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

Apparently it's been mentioned in this group a few times in the FWT
Newsletter and by a few individuals. The link above is to one of the
best laid out webpages I've ever seen. From that page the following:

Just installed this program and tried it out. It's definitely a keeper.
About the only criticism I have is that the icons in the left hand frame
are unlabeled. You have to do a mouseover to find out what they are.
However, that's small potatoes when one considers all the information
the program provides.

I still have Aida installed on my system and have long considered it to
be the ultimate tool for accessing system information. However, PC
Wizard is complimentary and what I would refer to as "another tool in
the box."

A very nice program and definitely freeware.

 

[Mel]

Mel,
I looked all over the page for a link that .zip version, but couldn't
find it. All I could find was this download link:

http://www.cpuid.org/download/pcw2005_v164.exe

but it's to the installation executable. In fact, the site actually says:

"Install
PC Wizard 2005 must be install to a harddisk to be launched. Please run
PCW2005_V1xx.EXE and follow the instructions."

Must be missing something. Can you tell me how to find the .zip version?

The previous version of PC Wizard 2005 was offered in two flavors (.exe
& .zip) an install version & a no-install version. I had noted this in
my description file (ala: filenote), but apparently the folks at CPUID
have discontinued this practice. Sorry for the confusion: I was trying
to help.

 

[ms]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like Everest.
The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php

Apparently it's been mentioned in this group a few times in the FWT
Newsletter and by a few individuals. The link above is to one of the
best laid out webpages I've ever seen. From that page the following:

" Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information
programs on the market.
PC WIZARD 2005 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection
of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large
scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and
standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in
order to provide most accurate results.

Thanks, John, it's a keeper. I converted it to an executable and it works
fine. One glitch, in the System screen, it misnamed my monitor, but in the
Monitor screen, it is correct.

Mike Sa

 

[John Corliss]

Thanks, John, it's a keeper. I converted it to an executable and it
works fine. One glitch, in the System screen, it misnamed my monitor,
but in the Monitor screen, it is correct.

It does the same thing to me:

Monitor listed on system screen - "Nissei Sangyo 0 inches" (incorrect)
Monitor listed on monitor screen - "Hitachi CM615" (correct)

However, Nissei Sangyo IS Hitachi, as a quick Google search will prove.
So maybe it's reading the information from a different location.

Also and as I mentioned in another post to this thread, I wish that the
icons in the left hand frame had text labels or at least the option to
view them that way. Maybe I'll contact them using the email address at
the bottom of their page.

 

[ellis_jay]

The previous version of PC Wizard 2005 was offered in two flavors
(.exe & .zip) an install version & a no-install version. I had noted
this in my description file (ala: filenote), but apparently the folks
at CPUID have discontinued this practice. Sorry for the confusion: I
was trying to help.

Surely, it can be found in a Google search?

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Ellis_jay

 

[ellis_jay]

I saw this mentioned in the June issue of PC World. Kinda like
Everest. The magazine says that the utility gives info on CMOS
contents even.

http://www.cpuid.org/pcw.php
" Since 1996 PC WIZARD is among the most advanced system information
programs on the market.
PC WIZARD 2005 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection
of hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a
large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies
and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per
month) in order to provide most accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2005 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark
your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of
hardware, such as CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM
performance, Hard Disk performance, CD/DVD-ROM performance,
Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance, MP3 compression
performance.

PC WIZARD 2005 can be distributed freely (ftp, archives, CD-ROMs...)."

I just recently downloaded Sandra Lite on this xp WinOS. But it seems that
is is too lite and since it was upgraded from working on a FAT file system
in the old 98 to a NTFS it does less (freeware version) than it did under
the FAT system. SO I will check out this link.. ^Thanx.

--

Their ethics are a short summary of police ordinances: for them the
most important thing is to be a useful member of the state, and to air
their opinions in the club of an evening; they have never felt the
homesickness for something unknown and far away, nor the depths which
consists in being nothing at all. ___________Soren Kierkegaard

Ellis_jay