A little while ago i got assigned to do an audit of all the PCs in our network. I could have taken the time to check every one of the computes one by one and write down what hardware was on each one but that would have taken the whole day instead I used this nice utility that took 15min to audit 30 computers.One of the nicest features about this utility is that it can create full HTML reports of everything on your system. It also is a portable exe (no install required) so I was able to run it from a USB stick.
SIW 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 lost 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.
It’s worth taking a look at, I was very impressed.
When you take a snap shot with your digital camera your camera also saves some extra meta information to the file called Exif data.
Different camaras save different information to the Exif portion of your picture most of the time it will contains information like Manufacturer, Model, Orientation, Software, Date and Time, YCbCr Positioning, Compression, x-Resolution, y-Resolution, Resolution Unit, Exposure Time, FNumber, ExposureProgram, Exif Version, Date and TimeCompressed Bits per Pixel, Exposure Bias, MaxApertureValue, Metering Mode, Flash, Focal Length, Maker Note, FlashPixVersion, Color Space, PixelXDimension, PixelYDimension, File Source, InteroperabilityIndex, InteroperabilityVersion, ect.
Some cameras and cellphone cameras even include GPS data for GEO Location. (making a map of where your pictures have been take) more about GEOTagging, GEOTagging flickr map of Vancouver
Flickr keeps a database of all this data including manufacture and model and creates trend data.
With this information you can see the rise and fall of different camaras based on there models. Invaluable when you are doing research for a new camera. Flickr even takes its one step father by providing you example pictures taken with the camera.
Whenever I have to go searching for a driver and the company’s web page is down or no longer supports this driver, I post the driver here so people that come after me might have a easier time finding it.
I hate searching for drivers.
Y-105 USB to RS 232 Converter (DB9) Drivers