They're quite different. Belarc basically gives you a one or two page
fairly detailed summary. Everest (or AIDA32) does more things, in
different and various categories. So how can you really compare them?
But both are useful. I think they are complementary.

Gary S. Terhune wrote:
I use Everest to identify hardware. I recall, vaguely, that Belarc isn't
as
reliable.

But I can tell you for a fact, that Belarc won't tell you if an update is
properly installed, it will only reflect what Windows thinks is installed.
The whole idea of this exercise is to read what's there, not what Windows
says is there.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"DaffyD®" wrote in message
...
Gary,

What do you think of Belarc Advisor? It's also a free utility which
identifies all hard/software on the computer. I've used it for years. It
identifies which MS HotFixes and updates have become corrupted and need
to
be reinstalled, and also gives detailed profile of the whole system.
--
{ : [|]=( DaffyD®

If I knew where I was I'd be there now.


"Gary S. Terhune" none wrote in message
...
Get Everest Home Edition and it should accurately identify hardware for
you,
provided it isn't *too* new.
http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

PCI Communications device is a modem.
Multimedia Device is a sound card.
USB, well, I'm not sure precisely which device that would be referring
to --
the chipset or a connected device.
Ethernet controller is a LAN card.

Once you identify them by make, model#, chipset or whatever, then you
can
check the manufacturers' sites. Problem is, those companies are dropping
support to the point that they don't even provide the drivers, or have
even
sabotaged previous installation files to remove or otherwise block 9x
support.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
http://grystmill.com

"Dot65" wrote in message
...
had to re-install W982ND ED and the follwing probs reported
PCI Communications Device,USB, Multimedia Device, Ethernet Controller
all
have Code 28 (0xic) indicated. Old desktop PC, old program, need help!
Thanks