It's reasons like this I use Linux, virtually everything is installed using the package manager. It's easy to install/uninstall/see what is already installed. Updating is particularly good, just click on go and it will update everything on it's own, now that's convenience.
Posted by: Chris Spencer at March 6, 2007 11:30 PM
You can try Belarc Advisor. It's free for personal user. It gets a list of installed software, product key, patches, hardware... You could say "A Complete System Profile". For more info goto http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Posted by: James Le at March 7, 2007 10:44 AM
Hi Leo!
Want to know what's installed on your machine...
very simple, easy and Free...install the "Belarc
Advisor." If it's good enough for our military,
'it's good enough for me.
Bob
Posted by: Bob Rocheleau at March 9, 2007 11:00 PM
How do I find out what's installed on my machine?
I recommend Belarc Advisor. (www.belarc.com)
It gives me an amazing detailed profile of my computer with hundreds of suggestions - very strong on security issues.
"The license associated with the Belarc Advisor product allows for free personal use only. Use on multiple computers in a corporate, educational, military or government installation is prohibited. See the license agreement for details. The information on this page was created locally on your computer by the Belarc Advisor. Your computer profile was not sent to a web server."
It performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings, detailed specs for:
• Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Licenses.
• Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices, SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.
• Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network Connections, Open Ports.
• Tools: Password Recovery, Reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks, Product Keys and Serial Numbers (CD Key), MAC Address Changer, Shutdown / Restart.
• Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.
SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode (for PC Auditing and Inventory).
SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that you can run the program directly from a USB flash drive (Portable Freeware).
Posted by: L Blackwolf at March 10, 2007 8:26 AM
A really EXCELLENT free program/service that gives a profile about your entire system (not just the programs installed) is "Belarc Advisor", and can be found at "belarc.com". It is very useful. :)
Posted by: Carl G. at March 10, 2007 9:10 PM
Leo,
I have a freeware program called "System Information for Windows (SIW) that seems to do a good job of indication of "what's installed on my machine?". The URl is http://www.gtopala.com/. The program also gives more than you ever wanted to know about your computer. :)
BTW, Thanks for all the good info.
Dave
Posted by: Dave (AKA Graybeard) at April 2, 2007 7:03 PM
Hi Leo...I believe your comments and posts are most helpful. I did try to subscribe to the RSS Feed, but the internet page could not be displayed. Any help with that?..thanks, rhonda
Posted by: rhonda Ljoy at July 6, 2010 10:41 AM
1. Open command prompt with admin rights. That is, type in cmd either in Start menu search box or in Run dialog box and hit Ctrl + Shift +Enter to open the command prompt with admin rights.Alternatively you can also go to All Programs > Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
2. Click continue button if you get User Account Control (UAC) Prompt.
3. Here in the Command Prompt, type WMIC and hit enter. Once you type hit enter to see below message.
4. Next, you need to type the following command:
/output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version
Where “C” is the drive letter where Windows will store the installed applications list. You can also change the name of the output file and drive letter if you want to modify the output location. Also note that this trick should work in Windows 2000 & XP operating systems without problems.
However Belarc Advisor is also good as it creates a detailed list installed apps, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status and displays the results in your Web browser.
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It's reasons like this I use Linux, virtually everything is installed using the package manager. It's easy to install/uninstall/see what is already installed. Updating is particularly good, just click on go and it will update everything on it's own, now that's convenience.
Posted by: Chris Spencer at March 6, 2007 11:30 PMYou can try Belarc Advisor. It's free for personal user. It gets a list of installed software, product key, patches, hardware... You could say "A Complete System Profile". For more info goto http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Posted by: James Le at March 7, 2007 10:44 AMHi Leo!
Posted by: Bob Rocheleau at March 9, 2007 11:00 PMWant to know what's installed on your machine...
very simple, easy and Free...install the "Belarc
Advisor." If it's good enough for our military,
'it's good enough for me.
Bob
How do I find out what's installed on my machine?
I recommend Belarc Advisor. (www.belarc.com)
It gives me an amazing detailed profile of my computer with hundreds of suggestions - very strong on security issues.
"The license associated with the Belarc Advisor product allows for free personal use only. Use on multiple computers in a corporate, educational, military or government installation is prohibited. See the license agreement for details. The information on this page was created locally on your computer by the Belarc Advisor. Your computer profile was not sent to a web server."
Posted by: John Benson at March 10, 2007 7:28 AMHow do I find out what's installed on my machine?
I also recommend Belarc Advisor.
and SIW (System Information for Windows) http://www.snapfiles.com/get/siw.html
It performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings, detailed specs for:
Posted by: L Blackwolf at March 10, 2007 8:26 AM• Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Licenses.
• Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices, SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.
• Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network Connections, Open Ports.
• Tools: Password Recovery, Reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks, Product Keys and Serial Numbers (CD Key), MAC Address Changer, Shutdown / Restart.
• Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.
SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode (for PC Auditing and Inventory).
SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that you can run the program directly from a USB flash drive (Portable Freeware).
A really EXCELLENT free program/service that gives a profile about your entire system (not just the programs installed) is "Belarc Advisor", and can be found at "belarc.com". It is very useful. :)
Posted by: Carl G. at March 10, 2007 9:10 PMLeo,
I have a freeware program called "System Information for Windows (SIW) that seems to do a good job of indication of "what's installed on my machine?". The URl is http://www.gtopala.com/. The program also gives more than you ever wanted to know about your computer. :)
BTW, Thanks for all the good info.
Posted by: Dave (AKA Graybeard) at April 2, 2007 7:03 PMDave
http://belarc.com/free_download.html
exc program
Posted by: jack at April 6, 2007 2:13 PMHi Leo...I believe your comments and posts are most helpful. I did try to subscribe to the RSS Feed, but the internet page could not be displayed. Any help with that?..thanks, rhonda
Posted by: rhonda Ljoy at July 6, 2010 10:41 AM1. Open command prompt with admin rights. That is, type in cmd either in Start menu search box or in Run dialog box and hit Ctrl + Shift +Enter to open the command prompt with admin rights.Alternatively you can also go to All Programs > Accessories and right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
2. Click continue button if you get User Account Control (UAC) Prompt.
3. Here in the Command Prompt, type WMIC and hit enter. Once you type hit enter to see below message.
4. Next, you need to type the following command:
/output:C:\InstallList.txt product get name,version
Where “C” is the drive letter where Windows will store the installed applications list. You can also change the name of the output file and drive letter if you want to modify the output location. Also note that this trick should work in Windows 2000 & XP operating systems without problems.
However Belarc Advisor is also good as it creates a detailed list installed apps, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status and displays the results in your Web browser.
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