Discontinued diagnostics tool a boon for hardware admins

Lavalys, Inc. has created such a tool, a program called Everest. The company offered a free Home Edition (Version 2.20) of Everest, with some of the more professional-level features stripped out, until late last year, and now has also discontinued support for the Home Edition. (The company is concentrating on selling the professional version of the product.)

However, copies of the free 2.20 release are still available through download sites like MajorGe

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The free version of is worth having on hand, if only as a gateway product to the full professional version. Features in both the free and commercial versions include:

All the information gathered through the program can be exported in HTML or plain-text reports. The program also has stability options that, for instance, would allow you to disable certain low-level operations that may cause the program to lock up if used with incompatible devices.

About the author: Serdar Yegulalp is editor of Windows Insight. Check it out for the latest advice and musings on the world of Windows network administrators. He is also the author of the book Windows Server Undocumented Solutions.

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