PC Hardware Audits

Windows or Linux, one thing I think is important regardless of OS is making sure that when a PC is being serviced, there is a solid hardware audit underway. On the Windows side of the fence, I found one program that I really liked. It is called WinAudit and man, it is slick.

Unlike other apps that had me installing various unwanted goodies like the .NET Framework, WinAudit cured this for me as it installed very quickly and it ran like a champ. Everything you need to see or “audit” is available with just a few mouse clicks and it is a very light weight application. If you are looking to quickly and easily print out an audit of a PC’s hardware, this one solution I am fairly confident in recommending. It’s freeware and seems to work pretty well.

On the Linux front, you can generate a clean HTML-printable report by doing the following.

In the terminal, type:

lshw -html  >  report1.html

That’s all there is to it. You will find the report file in your Home folder after the code is executed.

Mac users are encouraged to chime in if there is an application they like to use or perhaps based on the existing form factors involved, this is not really even an issue in their eyes? Hit the comments to sound off.