Category Archives for Computer Technician Tools
Dead Pixel Buddy – Detect Dead Pixels on LCD Screens
Dead Pixel buddy is a small, standalone, freeware tool designed to help you detect dead pixels on LCD screens. There are many types of dead pixels. Some dead pixels are only visible when the screen is
VIEW POSTCodecInstaller – Detects What Audio and Video Codes Are Installed
CodecInstaller is a freeware application that detects what audio and video codecs are installed on a system, analyzes what codecs a certain file needs and suggests you install them. An advanced feature
VIEW POSTGPU-Z – Read Advanced Information About the System’s Video Card
GPU-Z is a small, stand alone utility designed to give you advanced information about the systems videocard. Not to be confused with CPU-Z, GPU-Z will display some of the following information: Hardware
VIEW POSTOffline Update – Downloads All Existing Windows Patches
Since Microsoft shut down Autopatcher, there hasnt been an easy way for technicians to install Microsoft Windows patches on a clients computer. Sure, they can go to the Windows Update site but sometimes
VIEW POSTCoreTemp – Displays CPU Temperature on the Taskbar
Core Temp is a free, stand alone utility that shows the temperature of your CPU. However, unlike other temperature monitoring software, Core Temp will show you the temperature of each individual core in
VIEW POSTWindows SteadyState – Lock Down A Windows System for Public Use
Windows SteadyState is a free tool that allows you to lock down a Windows system so it can be used in a public enviroment such as a Internet cafe. This application was previously named “Microsoft
VIEW POSTAmic Email Backup – Backup Outlook and Outlook Express
Amic Email Backup is a freeware application designed to backup Outlook and Outlook Express emails. It also supports backing up email from a variety of other email clients such as Eudora, Incredimail, PegasusMail,
VIEW POSTPhotoRec – Recover Data from USB Drives, Hard Drives and CD/DVD Roms
PhotoRec is a free, stand alone utility for recovering data off flash memory, hard drives and CDRoms. What makes PhotoRec special is that most other data recovery software wont recover data on flash based
VIEW POSTHeavyLoad – Stress All Resources of a Computer
HeavyLoad is a freeware application designed to stress all resources of a system such as CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, Network and the Operating System. Why would someone want to do this? To test to see if a computer
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