Geek Software of the Week UPDATE: Speccy!

We are revisiting Piriform’s Speccy, because it has been updated, and because it has a neat feature you can use after the Windows 10 update to find your Windows 10 license string, in case you need to re-install!

Piriform Speccy – See Inside Your System

“See what’s inside your PC

Speccy is the place to start if you need to know what’s inside your PC. See a quick summary, or dive deeper into every aspect of your PCs hardware so you can make informed upgrade and purchasing decisions.

Speccy gives you detailed information on every piece of hardware in your computer. Save time trawling through your computer for stats like CPU, motherboard, RAM, graphics cards and more. See everything laid out for you in one clean interface.

See real-time temperatures of critical components so you can easily spot problems before they occur.

Speccy allows you to save your scan results directly as a snapshot, XML or text file for easy sharing. Handy for making sure your new computer has the right specs, or if tech support need to diagnose an issue with your computer.”