To know your system details with the Belarc Advisor

Belarc Advisor can be very useful for home pc users and getting the computer info in just one click. It is a freeware application for diagnosing PC problems, it analyze your machine elements such as anti-virus, security flaws in Windows have been patched or not then it will give the your computer score showing its overall security level and produces a html report which can be viewed in the web browser.

Introduction

If you are using a computer system, it is really important to see what’s running on your PC. Your personal work on PC makes it important to monitor your system along with safety and security. There are multiple ways to see what's running on your PC. But in this article I am going to tell you how you will check your computer system in details with Belarc Advisor.

Belarc Advisor is a free utility and easy to download.

Download from http://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Runs on Windows 7, 2008 R2, Vista, 2008, 2003, XP, 2000, NT 4, Me, 98, and 95. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows is supported.

Browsers: Runs on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and many others.

Hard Disk space: 2.2 MB.

License: Freeware

What does Belarc Advisor do?

It records essential information such as operating system and processor details, the amount of RAM installed, and drive specifications. It also includes detailed list of the software installed on your system as well as software license numbers and product keys. It even lists Microsoft hot fixes and lets you know if any of these require reinstalling.

After this process Belarc Advisor generates the report, it is displayed in your browser (means it creates html file on your local drive). The report is clearly formatted for easy understanding and is divided into different categories.

That report also shows you the status of your anti-virus software, if you've missed any of the "hot fixes" from Microsoft, and lots of more details.

Let’s see how it looks like.

Fig 1. Shows you Security details report of my computer.

In Security details it will show you your Operating system details along with that it will also show your system Processor, Main board, memory modules, Hard drive in detail.

Like this we can also check list of software that is installed on your computer.

In Fig 2 you can see list of software installed on your computer.

The results are really detailed and give you important information about your PC and all the software that runs on it.

Once Belarc Advisor installed, then it can generate new reports as required, so you can easily update your profile if your system specifications change.

You can access Belarc’s website and receive guidance on hot fixes, which are currently available for the computer under analysis. Belarc Advisor free license is only for personal use, and should not be engaged in corporate usage.