SIV V4.11    Suggested by Kimero - Updated by infimum on 14 Aug 2010 6MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (3076) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (10) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 Loner: 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 [2007-12-15 07:50]

 xrat: @Loner: SIV offers a -SAVE command line option to save all findings or selected ones into a file. That's how I use it. [2007-12-15 14:38]

 CAA: SIW performs better [2007-12-15 20:15]

 Thomas: 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. [2007-12-18 12:15]

 sur: 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? [2008-02-26 02:56]

 EdNetman: 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. [2008-03-19 08:27]

 jonny: This is one ugly piece of software.. Stick with SIW. [2008-06-23 09:00]

 tes: Brutally ugly. [2008-07-18 11:06]

 MJW: 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. [2008-08-19 22:52]

 MJW: 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. [2008-08-19 23:18]

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