Sometimes after you bought a new personal computer (pc) or laptop, you need to check if the specification that has promised by the seller is correct appropriate with what have been installed in your pc or laptop.

One of the way to check what have installed in your pc or computer is using System Information for Windows (SIW). You can System Information for Windows (SIW) freely from http://www.gtopala.net/download/siw-setup.exe (4.05 mb).

By using the software, you can get information in detail about your laptop or pc, such as:

SOFTWARE

Operating System (Name, Features, SKU, Activitation Status, Auto Activation, Activation Notification, Checked Build, UAC Enable, PAE Enable, Boot Device, System Device, Kernel Version, Security, Serial Number, Product Key, Product Name, Build Lab, Licence Status, Hardware DEP Available, DEP for 32 Bits Applications, DEP for Drivers, DEP Policy, Windows Update’s version number, Automatic Updates, Next Detection Time, Scheduled Install, Owner, Organization, Machine GUID, Workgroup, Computer Name, Language, Boot Time, Running Time, Number of Open Programs), Updates (Installed Updates, Missing Updates), System Directories (Active X Cache Directory, Administrative Tools Directory, Nonlocalized Startup Directory, Application Specific Data Directory, Boot Directory, CD Burning Area Directory, Common Administrative Tools Directory, Common Nonlocalized Startup Directory, Common Application Data Directory, Coomon Desktop Directory Directory, Common Documents Directory, Common Favorites Directory, Common Music Directory, Common Pictures Directory, Common Programs Directory, Common Start Menu Directory, Common Startup Directory, Common Templates Directory, Common Video Directory, Internet Cookies Directory, Windows Desktop Directory, Desktop Directory, Device Directory, DLL Cache Directory, Favorites Directory, Fonts Directory, History Directory, Internet Cache Directory, Local Application Data Directory, My Documents Directory, My Music Directory, My Pictures Directory, My Video Directory, My Network Places Directory, Personal Directory, Printers Neighborhood Directory, Profile Directory, Programs Directory, Recent Documents Directory, Resource Directory, Send To Directory, Startup Directory, System Directory, Temp Directory, Templates Directory, Tmp Directory, Windows Directory, x86 System Directory, x86 Program Files, x86 Program Files\Common, U3 Host Exec Path, Microsoft .NET), Installed Programs, Applications, Security (Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware), Licenses (Windows Key, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007, MSDN 9, Microsoft MSDN 9.0, etc), System Files, Accessibility (Accessibility time out, Warning sound when time out elapses, Time out enabled, FilterKeys available, FilterKeys enables, Wait time, Delay time, Repeat time, Bounce time, Play click sound on key press, Hotkey activation enabled, Confirm hotkey activation, Hotkey activation warning sound, Visual indicator, HighContrast available, HighContrast enabled, Default high contrast scheme, Hotkey activation available, Hotkey activation enabled, Confirm hotkey activation, Hotkey activation warning sound, Visual indicator, MouseKeys available, MouseKeys enables, Maximum mouse speed, Mouse spedd acceleration, Visual indicator, Speed acceleration when Ctrl pressed, Ctrl speed acceleration, Numeric keypad moves the mouse when NumLock is on, Left button select emulation, Right button select emulation, left button down emulation, right button down emulation, Mouse mode is on, Hotkey activation enabled, Confirm hotkey activation, Hotkey activation warning sound, SerialKeys available, ShowSounds Enabled, SoundSentry available, SoundSentry enabled,  Visual Signal type, Visual signal duration, Graphical effect type, Graphical effect duration, Windows effect type, Windows effect duration, SoundSentryProc callback function, StickyKeys available, StickyKeys enabled, Play sound when modifier keys state changes, Visual indicator, Tristate mode, Two keys off, Confirm hotkey activation, Hotkey activation enabled, Hotkey activation warning sound, Left ALT latched, Left ALT locked, Right ALT latched, Right ALT locked, Left CTRL latched, Left CTRL locked, Right CTRL latched, Right CTRL locked, Left SHIFT latched, Left SHIFT locked, Right SHIFT latched, Right Shift locked, Left Windows key latched, Left Windows key locked, Right Windows key latched, Right Windows key locked, ToggleKeys available, ToggleKeys enable, Hotkey activation enable, Confirm hotkey activation, Hotkey activation warning sound),  Environment (ALLUSERPROFILE, APPDATA, CLASSPATH, CommonProgramFiles, COMPUTERNAME, ComSpec, configsetroot, FP_NO_HOST_CHECK, HOMEDRIVE, HOMEPATH, LOCALAPPDATA, LOGONSERVER, NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS, OS, Path, PATHEXT, PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE, PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER, PROCESSOR_LEVEL, PROCESSOR_REVISION, ProgramData, ProgramFiles, PUBLIC, SystemDrive, SystemRoot, TEMP, TMP, USERDOMAIN, USERNAME, USERPROFILE, windir), Regional Settings, File Associations, Running Process, Loaded DLLs, Drivers, NT Services, NT Pipes, Autorun, Browser Helper Objects, Scheduled Tasks, Databases (DAO, ActiveX Data Objects, Open Database Connectivity, OLE DB, Remote Data Objects, MDAC), Audio and Video Codecs, Shared DLLs, ActiveX, Shell Extensions, Open Files, Groups and Users (Local Groups, Local User Accounts, System Accounts), Secrets.

HARDWARE

System Information (Manufacturer, Product Name, Version, Serial Number, PC System Type, Machine Type, Infrared (IR) Supprted, DMI System UUID, UUID, Windows System Assessment, CPU Score, Memory Score, Graphics Score, D3D Score, Disk Score, Windows Experience Index, Disk Space, Physical Memory, Memory Load, Virtual Memory, PageFile Name, PageFile Size, In use, Max used, Minimum File Cache Size, Maximum File Cache Size, Registry Size, Profile GUID, The system clock interval), Motherboard (Manufacturer, Model, Version, Serial Number, North Bridge, South Bridge, CPU, Cpu Socket, Memory Summary, Maximum Capacity, Memory Slots, Error Correction, Warning!), BIOS (BIOS Vendor, BIOS Version, BIOS Date, BIOS Size, BIOS Starting Segment, DMI Version, Characteristics), CPU Info (Number of CPU(s), Vendor, CPU Name, CPU Code Name, Platform Name, CPU Full Name, Revision, Technology, Instructions, Original Clock, Original System Clock, Original Multiplier, CPU Clock, System Clock, FSB, L1 Data Cache, L1 Instruction Cache, L2 Cache), Memory (Memory Summary (Maximum Capacity, Memory Slots, Error Correction DRAM Frequency, Memory Timings), Device Locator (Manufacturer, Part Number, Serial Number, Capacity, Memory Type, Speed, Supported Frequencies, Memory Timings, Data Width, Manufacturing Date, EPP SPD Support, XMP SPD Support), Sensors, Devices (Batteries, Computer, Disk drives, Display adapters, DVD/CD-ROM drives, Human Interface Devices, IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers, Imaging devices, Keyboards, Memory technology driver, Mice and other pointing devices, Modems, Monitors, Network adapters, Non-Plug and Play Drivers, PCMCIA adapters, Portable Devices, Processors, SD host adapters, Sound,video and game controllers, Storage controllers, Storage volume shadow copies, Storage Volumes, System devices, TosSec Class, Universal Serial Bus controllers), PCI, System Slots, Network Adapters, Video (Number of GPUs, Display Adapter, Video Processor, Video memory size, Adapter DAC Type, BIOS String, BIOS Date, Display Drivers, Driver Version, Driver Date, Inf File Name, Inf Section, Diplay Adapter, Display Drivers, Driver Version, Driver Date, Inf File Name, Inf Section, (Monitor (Monitor Name, Monitor ID, Manufacturing Date, Input, Display Size, Current Resolution, EDID Version), (Modes), (DirectX (Driver Name, Driver Description, Driver Version, Vendor ID, Device ID, Subsystem ID, Revision, WHQL Level, GUID, Hardware Capabilities Flags, Capability, Other  Hardware Capabilities Flags, Capability, Total Video Memory, Free Video Memory, Maximum Visible Overlays, Number of FourCC Codes, Maximum Live Video Ports, Driver Name, Driver Description, Driver Version, Vendor ID, Device ID, Subsystem ID, Revision WHQL Level, GUID, ))), Storage Devices, Logical Disks, Ports (Serial and Parallel, Modem, USB), Battery (AC Power Status, Battery Charge Status, Battery Life Percent), Printers.

NETWORK

Network Information (Computer Name, Workgroup Name, Logon Server, Socket Version, Highest Version, Description, System Status, Host Name, IP Address, Windows Firewall, Node Type, IP Routing Enabled, WINS Proxy Enable, NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS, Other Adapter, Description, Physical Address, DHCP Enabled, DHCD Server, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, WINS Enabled, Primary WINS Server, Secondary WINS Server, Ethernet Adapter, Description Physical Address, DHCP Enabled, DHCP Server, IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, WINS Enabled Primary WINS Server, Secondary Server, ARP Table, IP Address), Neighborhood Scand, Open Ports, Shares, RAS Connections, Network, Search Network Neighborhood.