It seems to surprise my geek friends that I have not committed to long term memory what is the model of my motherboard or what sound card I have. It has become a painful reality to them that I really don’t care about the motherboard, sound card and other things unless they present a problem. Besides, I have Belarc Advisor on my machine to help me answer such question and make up from my technical shortcomings.

Belarc Advisor provides a comprehensive profile of the software and hardware on the computer. “All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.”

link: Belarc Advisor

Belarc Advisor also gives a security assessment of the machine. It is a free program and it lets you know exactly what you have on the machine. So, if anyone asks, you have all that hardware / software data readily available.

Catherine Forsythe