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Nir Sofer of NirSoft has, and continues to develop, an excellent selection of free utilities…

http://www.nirsoft.net/

Read the section on “false positives”.

Like AskWoody, NirSoft is a one-person operation, so if you like and use Nir’s tools, a small donation would be appreciated.

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Microfix, Elly, Doc, ch100

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Awsome tools a MUST HAVE…..

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1. Tower Totals: 2xSSD ~512GB, 2xHHD 20 TB, Memory 32GB

SSDs: 6xOS Partitions, 2xW8.1 Main & Test, 2x10.0 Test, Pro, x64

CPU i7 2600 K, SandyBridge/CougarPoint, 4 cores, 8 Threads, 3.4 GHz
Graphics Radeon RX 580, RX 580 ONLY Over Clocked
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2xMonitors Asus DVI, Sony 55" UHD TV HDMI

1. NUC 5i7 2cores, 4 Thread, Memory 8GB, 3.1 GHz, M2SSD 140GB
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See my Post Here:

WSCC | Windows System Control Center

https://www.askwoody.com/forums/topic/wscc-windows-system-control-center/

This is an Ideal companion to keeping your NIRSoft Utility Tools, up to date as well as New Tools that are released.

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1. Tower Totals: 2xSSD ~512GB, 2xHHD 20 TB, Memory 32GB

SSDs: 6xOS Partitions, 2xW8.1 Main & Test, 2x10.0 Test, Pro, x64

CPU i7 2600 K, SandyBridge/CougarPoint, 4 cores, 8 Threads, 3.4 GHz
Graphics Radeon RX 580, RX 580 ONLY Over Clocked
More perishable

2xMonitors Asus DVI, Sony 55" UHD TV HDMI

1. NUC 5i7 2cores, 4 Thread, Memory 8GB, 3.1 GHz, M2SSD 140GB
1xOS W8.1 Pro, NAS Dependent, Same Sony above.

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Elly

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Awesome indeed especially the ‘USBView’ where you can uninstall old usb devices no longer used.
Then you can manually remove them via regedit HKLM/System/Mounted devices.

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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I think those devices can be made visible and removed by creating the system environment variable DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES set to 1 and selecting Show hidden devices in Device Manager GUI.
This works in Windows 7 /2008 R2.
In later versions the environment variable does not need to be created.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/315539/device-manager-does-not-display-devices-that-are-not-connected

Note: The Microsoft article shows how to create the environment variable per user from a command-line. In most cases it is preferable to create that variable per-system in the System applet.

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ah, I see. Thanks ch100
Will look at this when I get back on our win 7 PC.
Prefer surfing with a linux pc

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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The tools released by NirSoft are at the same level of exceptional quality with the tools released in the past by Sysinternals.
Nirsoft is the real thing

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Elly, jelson, SueW, HiFlyer, Doc, woody, Microfix, PhotM

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I’ve never understood why ‘Process Explorer’ wasn’t baked into Windows’ admin tools.

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I’ve used Nir’s tools for over ten years. What I like most about them is his emphasis on function. Maybe not the best looking GUI, but his tools work like I expect them to. Basic GUI, small footprint, big on getting the job done. When I need a screwdriver, I’m not looking for something designed by Tiffany’s, I want a basic piece of quality steel (preferably with a handle attached) capable of removing and inserting screws.

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Elly, ch100, Microfix

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+1 yup, a great selection of software screwdrivers with different adaptors.

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Nir Sofer is a mystery to me. First of all, this guy has been pumping out free technical software since the beginnings of time, and seems to be highly considered. How does he make a living ?

Second, his programs, although (allegedly) offering capabilities most others don’t, always seem to stay deliberately on the geeky side of things, being just enough user-hostile that the great unwashed masses will be discouraged to use them.

Number three, his website is fully consistent with his programs’ non-existent look-and-feel, and has probably been designed at a time the Internet did not exist, yet.

Number four, his software is not high DPI-aware, meaning you (OK, me) have the choice between an exceedingly small, unreadable interface, and a normally-sized, blurry interface. … Then again, he probably still uses an MD-DOS interface on his Windows 10 PC all day long, with green characters on a black background.

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I;ve been using NirSoft software for about a century. The guy’s very good, and I’ve never heard of his software having any problems.

As for how he makes any money off it – I dunno. You might also ask how I make any money off AskWoody.

However, you do have a point. I’ve never given a blanket recommendation for NirSoft products because I just don’t know the company, don’t know Nir Sofer. I’ve been hesitant in the past to recommend software where I can’t, personally, vouch for the vendor. It took me a long time to get to know Josh Mayfield and feel comfortable recommending GWX Control Panel.

Every indication I have is that Nir is a reputable fellow, and his tools garner high praise.

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Elly, Noel Carboni, PhotM, satrow

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@ Clairvaux

For the record, your post was Edited by one of the MPVs because it was considered *inappropriate*–something about *War Crimes* and the *World Court*. (Probably a feeble attempt at *humor*, but … not so much!)

Clairvaux wrote:

this guy has been pumping out free technical software since the beginnings of time, and seems to be highly considered. How does he make a living ?

I have considered them quite handy for years now! I have his networking inspection software (wired and wireless) loaded up on my laptop, so when I go to a friend’s house who’s having networking problems–I can trouble shoot the problem quickly

Clairvaux wrote:

his website is fully consistent with his programs’ non-existent look-and-feel, and has probably been designed at a time the Internet did not exist, yet

Trust me, I am unable to program a website to look anything but terrible–I will never be able to master that skill, and not everyone does have that skill set–does it really matter?

Anyway, these types of *character attacks* that don’t offer any meaningful contribution is bordering on violating the Lounge’s rules on *civility*–be careful out there ….. or your Reply(s) might suffer the consequences!

[ Edited by Woody … Let’s keep this civil, please …. ]

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Clairvaux wrote:

How does he make a living ?

It’s not hard to imagine someone intelligent enough to write such software might be employed full-time to write software for any number of engineering companies. There are a lot of people in the world behind the scenes who make things work.

Also, freely sharing knowledge pays back in intangible ways.

-Noel

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Elly, Woody posting as an MVP

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My favorites are Wireless Network Watcher, RunAsDate-x64, and especially WirelessKeyView-x32 and 64. A caution on the last one, some AV programs will try to delete it. If you use it on a new machine, make sure your AV is set to quarantine only and not delete. That will allow you to create an exception for it. It used to pop up as a HackTool.

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Elly

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