SIV v4.37 Updated
Checker on 14 May 2013 Change history
- 14MB (uncompressed)
- Suggested by Kimero
SIV (System Information Viewer) displays lots of OS, network and hardware-related information, including CPU, PCI, PCMCIA, USB, sensors etc. The program varies from other system monitors in its "dashboard"-style view: a thin bar of key system information that can be expanded upon.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
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| System Requirements: | WinAll |
| Writes settings to: | None |
| Stealth: ? | No. Writes a bunch of non user-configurable values to the registry. |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SIV32X.exe (for 32-bit OS) or SIV64X.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
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17 comments on SIV
xrat
2007-12-15 14:38
@Loner: SIV offers a -SAVE command line option to save all findings or selected ones into a file. That's how I use it.
CAA
2007-12-15 20:15
SIW performs better
Thomas
2007-12-18 12:15
For a piece of software whose only task is *displaying* information, it is unbelievably ugly. SIW seems to be better in every respect. Sure, it doesn't display as much information at the same time, but that probably is what makes it easier to use.
sur
2008-02-26 02:56
I have the Taskbar on top creen not bottom screen like defalt Window XP screen. The window bar of SIV application will hide under Window XP Taskbar. I must unlock the Window XP Taskbar to move SIV window. Why the position of SIV window not open by center screen?
EdNetman
2008-03-19 08:27
This app is CRAP! I launched it and my system froze. After 10 minutes, I had to use the power button to reboot. I'll stick with SIW ( System Information for Windows). It's a stand alone .exe, runs fine from my usb drive, and has a lot of cool extra tools.
jonny
2008-06-23 09:00
This is one ugly piece of software.. Stick with SIW.
tes
2008-07-18 11:06
Brutally ugly.
MJW
2008-08-19 22:52
Ugly? Yes. But very useful and displays a lot of info for free.
It's ugliness is only of a secondary or perhaphs tertiary importance.
MJW
2008-08-19 23:18
Addition: SIV, unfortunately, installs a driver in \Windows\System32\Drivers and makes appropriate changes in the registry. The system is not restored after SIV termination, which defeats the idea of portability.
Ottmar Hinterbuckelkapflinger
2011-04-14 15:59
You don't have permission to access /downloads/siv.zip on this server.
V4.19
jaden
2011-04-14 16:43
I got the same error but was able to download the file by simply reloading the page. I think it may be returning the error because of the HTTP referrer (portablefreeware.com in this case).
V4.19
Checker
2011-04-14 18:06
Thanks for this info.
I changed the download link. Now it links to the main page, where you can choose your download.
V4.19
rogerthedodger
2011-07-15 03:07
Yuk......... SIW kills it
V4.22
AdrianK_IT
2012-05-07 18:42
Best avoided in my experience. Any attempt to run SIV32X.exe results in a BSOD on my Win7HP 32-bit desktop.
V4.28
red-ray
2013-04-20 08:56
If running SIV causes a BSOD then send the dump file which is in C:\Windows\Minidump\ to the author so he can try and fix it.
The screenshot should be updated. It's over 5 years old and the current release looks rather different.
v4.36
MnX
2013-05-15 13:13
I just ran it on XP and Win 8. No BSODs or any problems what so ever. Very good app. Provides extremely detailed information, more than I've seen on most other system info apps.
v4.37
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From the looks of this, it looks very BUSY and in bad need of some structure. It looks like whoever put this together threw all the info on one page without regard to some semblance of order. Needs improving to be GUI