Everest replacement

Hello all.
I have always used the free version of Everest to explore my system,
eg. ID of mobo etc. I have just been given a Packard Bell X6620UK with
Win7 64-bit Home Premium (which I intend to replace with Pro) and
Everest no longer appears to work.
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?
TIA

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scbs29 wrote:

I have always used the free version of Everest to explore my system,
eg. ID of mobo etc. I have just been given a Packard Bell X6620UK with
Win7 64-bit Home Premium (which I intend to replace with Pro) and
Everest no longer appears to work.
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Been way too many years since AIDA got acquired by Lavalys who then
crippled it into a reduced-feature "home" edition to remember much about
it anymore to know how Speccy compares against it. AIDA was free until
2004, it became Everest with payware (full featured) and freeware
(crippled) versions, and then Lavalys yanked away (discontinued) the
freeware version a year later in 2005. I recall freeware AIDA would
show software product keys but that was removed when it became Everest
Home. Speccy doesn't show software product keys, either. There are
plenty of other tools, like Belarc Advisor, to show those.

It was AIDA before Lavalys acquired it in 2004. Lavalys renamed it to
Everest. Now it's back to the AIDA name after Lavalys got acquired by
FinalWire 6 years later in 2010. The Home edition died back in 2005
with the 2.20 version so you're already using an old and discontinued
freeware edition. That Everest (and Home) are discontinued don't
necessarily stop them from working. I'm posting here using a newsreader
that was abandoned back in 2005 but still far surpasses Microsoft's
offerings and many other free NNTP clients (but only if you're willing
to figure out how to use scripts to modify behavior and add features).

"No longer appears to work" says absolutely nothing about what happens
when you attempt to install or run the program. Since the old Home
freeware version died back in 2005 with real development stopping back
in 2004, that was 5 years before Windows 7 was even released.

For other freeware suggestions, you might want to ask in the freeware
newsgroup at alt.comp.freeware.

On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:41:19 +0200, scbs29
wrote:

Hello all.
I have always used the free version of Everest to explore my system,
eg. ID of mobo etc. I have just been given a Packard Bell X6620UK with
Win7 64-bit Home Premium (which I intend to replace with Pro) and
Everest no longer appears to work.
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?
TIA

Try http://download.canadiancontent.net/SIW.html

This version is advertised as freeware but licensed to DEMO.

I tried it on Win 8.1.1 x64 and it worked fine. However, as I have a
license for AIDA64 I will be uninstalling this SIW in a few days.

scbs29 wrote:

Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

I like the portable SIW. It runs on Win7 64.

http://download.cnet.com/SIW-Portabl...-75449686.html

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/siw_portable


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On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 05:57:21 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

scbs29 wrote:

Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

I like the portable SIW. It runs on Win7 64.

http://download.cnet.com/SIW-Portabl...-75449686.html

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/siw_portable

Good suggestion. I forgot about SIW and certainly forgot about the portable
version. I love portableapps!

Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

I like the portable SIW. It runs on Win7 64.

http://download.cnet.com/SIW-Portabl...-75449686.html

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/siw_portable

Good suggestion. I forgot about SIW and certainly forgot about the portable
version. I love portableapps!

Too bad it hasn't been updated since 10/29/2011.
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Ant wrote:
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

I like the portable SIW. It runs on Win7 64.

http://download.cnet.com/SIW-Portabl...-75449686.html

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/siw_portable

Good suggestion. I forgot about SIW and certainly forgot about the portable
version. I love portableapps!

Too bad it hasn't been updated since 10/29/2011.

You can find 2013; if you want 2014, it is payware at Gabriel Topala's
site.

Download SIW Freeware Version 2013 4.6.1024c For Windows
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/SIW,0301-3552.html


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Mike Easter wrote:

Download SIW Freeware Version 2013 4.6.1024c For Windows
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/SIW,0301-3552.html

Oops. That is a false 'advertisement' or Freeware labeling at Tom's.
That dl redirects to GT's trial payware download.



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On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:41:19 +0200, scbs29 wrote:

I have always used the free version of Everest to explore my system,
eg. ID of mobo etc. I have just been given a Packard Bell X6620UK with
Win7 64-bit Home Premium (which I intend to replace with Pro) and
Everest no longer appears to work.
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?

PC Wizard
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html

Belarc Advisor
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

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On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:41:19 +0200, scbs29
wrote:

Hello all.
I have always used the free version of Everest to explore my system,
eg. ID of mobo etc. I have just been given a Packard Bell X6620UK with
Win7 64-bit Home Premium (which I intend to replace with Pro) and
Everest no longer appears to work.
Can anyone recommend a free replacement for Everest ?
TIA


Thanks for the replies
I have found a program CPU-Z from cpuid.com which fits the bill.

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