Lost Useful Program

[Guest]

My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition.
(The pc was caught up in a startup loop)
He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems
(motherboard, drives, etc.)
I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and
useful check program.
He didn't backup any info before he formated.
He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he
had purchased online.
He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet.
The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ".
I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet.
Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ???
I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back
up and running with that program.
Thanks

 

[Rodney Rogers]

Try here


http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html

 

[Guest]

My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition.
(The pc was caught up in a startup loop)
He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems
(motherboard, drives, etc.)
I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and
useful check program.
He didn't backup any info before he formated.
He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he
had purchased online.
He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet.
The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ".
I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet.
Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ???
I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back
up and running with that program.
Thanks

PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html
Hope this which you are after.
nass

 

[FrankV]

Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor.
This is the best I know of for what you are looking for.

FrankV

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor.
This is the best I know of for what you are looking for.

Then you didn't read his whole post. He NAMED the program he was
looking for and it wasn't Belarc Advisor.

 

[DL]

Well this very usefull program was no use when a problem occured
These type of usefull programs are at best of dubious usefullness and at
worst no better than a virus, specially in the hands of the uninitiated

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition.
(The pc was caught up in a startup loop)
He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems
(motherboard, drives, etc.)
I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and
useful check program.
He didn't backup any info before he formated.
He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he
had purchased online.
He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet.
The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ".
I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet.

"Everywhere"? Where and how did you search? I simply cut and pasted
the words PC Doctor for Windows in your message above into Google. The
first hit was for
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html
which appears to be the program you are talking about.

Note, however, that this product supports specific computers only
(listed on the web site). What it might do with some other computers,
I have no idea.

There's very little information about the product on the site, but in
general I am *very* suspicious of all such products that bill
themselves as magical panaceas to find and fix all your problems.

 

[Plato]

Then you didn't read his whole post. He NAMED the program he was
looking for and it wasn't Belarc Advisor.

Picky are we? Grin.....

 

[Rock]

My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home
Edition.
(The pc was caught up in a startup loop)
He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems
(motherboard, drives, etc.)
I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and
useful check program.
He didn't backup any info before he formated.
He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one
he
had purchased online.
He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet.
The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ".
I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the
internet.
Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ???
I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get
back
up and running with that program.

PC Doctor for Windows is installed by the OEM that set up the computer.
Your grandson should check with the software CD's he has for the computer to
see if it's on one of those or go to the computer manufacturer's tech
support site to find it. On a side note, I don't think it's all that
sophisticated or helpful. There are plenty of tools available that will
give the same information.

 

[Guest]

Thanks to all that responded ... and points well taken.

The site ...
PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html

seems to be the one, but after downloading and trying to run, I keep getting
and error message:

"License Agreement"

"This version of PC-Doctor 5 for Windows is not licensed to run on this
system."

This has me puzzled ... I'm using the Windows XP Home Edition and
everything is up to date. I've tried uninstall and install a few times and
get the same reply.

Any idea as to what the problem may be and as to if there is a possible
workaround?

Again, thanks to all who responded.

=====================================

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Thanks to all that responded ... and points well taken.

The site ...
PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html

seems to be the one, but after downloading and trying to run, I keep getting
and error message:

"License Agreement"

"This version of PC-Doctor 5 for Windows is not licensed to run on this
system."

This has me puzzled ... I'm using the Windows XP Home Edition and
everything is up to date. I've tried uninstall and install a few times and
get the same reply.

Any idea as to what the problem may be and as to if there is a possible
workaround?

The message "not licensed to run on this system" is referring to the
hardware system, not the software (Windows) one. It's apparently for
an IBM computer, perhaps even a specific IBM computer, and you are
apparently trying to run it on a different one.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
First of all you are welcome, secondly since you mentioned in your first
post that this a clean installation (hence format HDD), do you install the
motherboard Drivers or gone to the Motherboard manufacturer to download the
Drivers for the motherboard Specs?.

Here are some links and read the FAQ from PC-Doctor site
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...71587&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USE
http://search.hp.com/query.html?cha...+agreement"&submitsearch.x=0&submitsearch.y=0

http://www.pc-doctor.com/faq.php
http://www.pc-doctor.com/faq.php?language=english
<Quote::> from the above link:
Answer: To find and edit the CLASSPATH variable, follow these steps:

1. Open the Control Panel. This can be found in the Start Menu. Double
click on the System icon; this should open the "System Properties" dialog.
2. Select the Advanced tab; at the very bottom of the tab will be an
"Environment Variables" button.
3. Click on the "Environment Variables" button to open the "Environment
Variables" dialog.
4. Look for the CLASSPATH variable in the "System Variables" frame.
Select the CLASSPATH variable and click on the Edit button; an "Edit System
Variable" window will open.
5. Edit the variable value by adding a semicolon at the end of the line.
The value should be something like this before you edit it: C:\Program
Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\lib\ext\QTJava.zip. It will look like this after you
edit it: C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\lib\ext\QTJava.zip;
6. Select "OK" in the "Edit System Variable" dialog.
7. Select "OK" in the "Environment Variables" dialog.
8. Select "OK" in the "System Properties" dialog.
9. Now attempt to run your PC-Doctor product again.
</Quote::>
HTH.
nass

 

[Guest]

Hey Ken,

I talked with him about all of this, and he says he is having some external
drive issues, and that the program addressed each drive, its contents, error
sites, etc.
He told me (and I tried myself) the address given by Google does the exact
same thing.
He says it was running fine before he reformatted his main drive.

Have you tried to download and run the program site ?
Does it install and present a working program ?
I've tried it over and over, and get the same message.
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Thanks for any help ----
25or6to4

My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition.
(The pc was caught up in a startup loop)
He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems
(motherboard, drives, etc.)
I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and
useful check program.
He didn't backup any info before he formated.
He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he
had purchased online.
He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet.
The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ".
I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet.

"Everywhere"? Where and how did you search? I simply cut and pasted
the words PC Doctor for Windows in your message above into Google. The
first hit was for
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html
which appears to be the program you are talking about.

Note, however, that this product supports specific computers only
(listed on the web site). What it might do with some other computers,
I have no idea.

There's very little information about the product on the site, but in
general I am *very* suspicious of all such products that bill
themselves as magical panaceas to find and fix all your problems.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hey Ken,

I talked with him about all of this, and he says he is having some external
drive issues, and that the program addressed each drive, its contents, error
sites, etc.
He told me (and I tried myself) the address given by Google does the exact
same thing.
He says it was running fine before he reformatted his main drive.

Have you tried to download and run the program site ?
Does it install and present a working program ?
I've tried it over and over, and get the same message.

No, I haven't tried. I have no interest in programs like this, and
distrust them all.

Sorry, I don't have any more information for you.