When You Run Belarc Advisor, Your System Keeps No Secrets From You
Belarc Advisor (free) is one of the handiest programs going, especially for IT types. This program creates an HTML report that not only tells you everything you could possibly want to know about the hardware on your system (except perhaps why it doesn't work correctly), but also what you might need to know about the software that's installed. Gathered info includes motherboard type and revision, CPU and GPU info, drive space, Microsoft hotfixes, operating system revision, and Web browser vulnerabilities, as well as third-party software installs.
My favorite Belarc Advisor feature by far is its software key retrieval. I can't tell you the number of times I've had to rebuild an operating system installation for someone who never had lost all their software discs and documentation. It's easy to download replacement software, but it's often useless without the installation keys--a lot of it won't install or will be limited to demo status.
