System - Machine Info (46)

ProcessActivityView creates a summary of all files and folders that the selected process tries to access. For each file that the process access, the following information is displayed: Number of times that the file was opened and closed, number of read/write calls, total number of read/write bytes, the dll that made the last open-file call plus more...

PC Wizard is designed for the detection, analysis and benchmarking of hardware. It is able to detect a large scale of system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most accurate results.

NOTE: download offline; linking to softpedia (thanks smaragdus).

FloatLED is a simple application to display disk usage with LED-style displays on systems that don't have an indicator. The program is simple and unobtrusive, requiring little screen space or system resources.

Power Meter Plus is an improvement over the default Windows battery power tray icon, which one needs to hover over constantly to get a reading of the remaining power level. Power Meter Plus displays itself as a translucent meter on the screen. It gradually becomes more visible as the battery power level drops. The meter will reposition itself automatically on the bottom left or bottom right of the screen depending on the position of the mouse cursor, so it will never get in the way of what you are doing.

Unknown Devices, as the name suggests, helps you track down devices connected to your computer that the computer cannot identify. These are common with new or unusual hardware, and listed with yellow question marks in the Windows Device Manager. Working in concert with the Device Manager's own information, this program attempts to find out what exactly is connected computer.

Note: You may need physical access to your machine interior to get device numbers from you motherboard.

See our forum post on how to update the device lists.

Windows Error Lookup Tool (WELT) takes error codes in decimal or HRESULT and displays them in English.

LookInMyPC generates a complete, comprehensive system profile that includes information on all installed hardware and software. Additionally it provides system diagnostic information such as details on running processes, installed services, startup programs, Windows updates and hot fixes, active network and Internet connections, TCP/IP port usage, event log detail, and much more. All this is provided in an easy to read, formatted report that you can view and print using your web browser.

MobileMeter is a system monitoring utility designed for laptop PCs. It displays the CPU clock speed and temperate, battery charge/discharge rate and hard disk temperature.

Note: The application web page is in Japanese, but an English translation is archived.

SIW (System Information for Windows) gathers detailed information about your system, such as motherboard, BIOS, CPU, devices, memory, video, drivers, ports, printers etc. It is also a real-time monitor for CPU, memory, pagefile usage, network connections, network traffic etc.

Note: Official site has bundled advertising software with download. Linking to last available freeware version.