What is the best diagnostic tool on the market place for pc's and networks? Is micro2000 any good?

Don't know the best , here are some freeware . http://www.computercraft.com/ http://www.xp-erience.org/modules.php?modid=6 =========================================== Online testing . http://www.pcpitstop.com/ http://www.pchardware.ro/Download/index.php?catid=5 https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 http://www.auditmypc.com ============================================ http://www.utilitygeek.com/details.php?fileid=143 TuffTEST-Lite is a "Stand-Alone" diagnostic program that has its own proprietary self-booting operating system. Simply turn the target PC off, insert the #1-TuffTEST-Lite Program Diskette into Drive A, turn the target PC on, and #1-TuffTEST-Lite will boot and take complete control of the target PC. This "Stand-Alone" advantage allows #1-TuffTEST-Lite to operate directly on the PC's hardware without interference from the target system's native operating system. Thus precise and highly reliable test results are consistently achieved. In contrast, most other utility and diagnostic software products operate as an application program "under" the native operating system (DOS/Windows/etc.). Some even have to be installed on the fixed disk before you can use them. While this approach is effective for software and hardware "configuration" issues, attempting to diagnose "hardware malfunctions" through all the various layers of operating system and application software dramatically affects the quality and reliability of the tests. =========================================== http://www.aida32.hu/aida-features.php?bit=32 AIDA32 (freeware) is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program running on Win32 platforms. It extracts details of all components of the PC. It can display information on the screen, print it, or save it to file in various formats like HTML, CSV or XML. For corporate users, AIDA32 offers command-line switches, network audit and audit statistics, remote system information and network management. Starting with version 3.00, AIDA32 is released in 3 different variants. Please read the product matrix below to find out what are the advantages of each variants. =========================================== http://www.winbar.nl/index.php WinBar is a free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls. WinBar will run on any Windows 9x or Windows NT based operating system. This program is absolutely free of charge and does not contain any advertisements or spyware . ========================================= http://www.belarc.com/Download.html The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server. Operating Systems: Runs on Windows 95/98/Me, NT 4, Windows 2000 and XP. Browsers: Requires IE 3 or Netscape 3, and higher versions. Also runs on Opera. File size: 587 KB. License: The license associated with this product allows for free personal use only. Use on multiple PCs in a corporate, educational, military or government installation is prohibited. The Belarc Advisor creates a local Web page and does not send up your PC profile to a Web server or anywhere else. --------------- http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp Learn more than 200 interesting facts about your computer. Details about your CPU, memory, operating system, even your computer's power source, are all displayed. You can also copy the information to the Windows clipboard, and paste it into a document for permanent storage. ========================================= http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html Fresh Diagnose is an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as CPU performance, hard disk performance, video system information, mainboard information, and more! =========================================== http://coolmon.arsware.org/ CoolMon is a program for monitoring vital system stats and almost anything else you wish to display on the desktop. It can also display stats from remote pc's and publish real-time stats on a webpage. The application can display CPU, RAM and page file usage, hard drive usage, MotherBoard Monitor temperatures and fan speeds, various network stats and much, much more. ============================================ http://www.craftsman-logos.co.uk/downloads/downloadscats/utilities.html Computer Information gives you every detail cpu, time, ports, memory, power, usb, network and so on....... a handy tool to see whats where and keep track of the daily use of your computer. Featured in PC Tools Freeware Edition Magazine ================================ http://www.samurize.com/?page=info Samurize is the successor to the quite popular program CureInfo. It is a system monitoring utility with awsome configuration power. The configuration program is totally separated from the client for minimal memory usage. For the moment Samurize is in beta state. This means: Bugs can and does exist, all optimitions have not yet been done. This is just a version to give you an idea of what's coming. The program it self displays almost any kind of information right on your desktop/taskbar and homepage (server/taskbar version is in production). Main features already implemented: ============================================ http://vultur.go.ro/software.htm Sysinfo

Johnw mentioned two programs that I use and I think that they are worth checking out. Aida32 sounds good from the write-up.It's a program that you have to use to appreciate how good it really is!It even gives temperatures for the CPU and Motherboard. I use the Enterprise edition. WinBar is a convenient program.The best of it's kind IMO. It's customisable. The memory usage display is something that I really like.Task manager(on XP) is accessed by clicking on the memory usage display. WinBar has a clock,DU Meter,Disk usage display,system uptime display and more! It's a thin bar that you can set for bottom or top of screen. HTH, JB.