Guest 25or6to4 Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems (motherboard, drives, etc.) I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and useful check program. He didn't backup any info before he formated. He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he had purchased online. He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back up and running with that program. Thanks -- Thanks for any help ---- 25or6to4
Guest Rodney Rogers Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program Try here http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html
Guest nass Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 RE: Lost Useful Program "25or6to4" wrote: > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > useful check program. > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > had purchased online. > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > up and running with that program. > Thanks > -- > Thanks for any help ---- > 25or6to4 PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html Hope this which you are after. nass ------ http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest FrankV Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor. This is the best I know of for what you are looking for. FrankV "25or6to4" <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E8CD4C9-4F69-4EB8-8511-41AC20AF7997@microsoft.com... > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home > Edition. > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > useful check program. > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one > he > had purchased online. > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the > internet. > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get > back > up and running with that program. > Thanks > -- > Thanks for any help ---- > 25or6to4
Guest Uncle Grumpy Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program "FrankV" <vze32975@verizon.net> wrote: >Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor. >This is the best I know of for what you are looking for. Then you didn't read his whole post. He NAMED the program he was looking for and it wasn't Belarc Advisor.
Guest DL Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program Well this very usefull program was no use when a problem occured These type of usefull programs are at best of dubious usefullness and at worst no better than a virus, specially in the hands of the uninitiated "25or6to4" <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E8CD4C9-4F69-4EB8-8511-41AC20AF7997@microsoft.com... > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home > Edition. > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > useful check program. > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one > he > had purchased online. > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the > internet. > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get > back > up and running with that program. > Thanks > -- > Thanks for any help ---- > 25or6to4
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:18:04 -0700, 25or6to4 <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > useful check program. > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > had purchased online. > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. "Everywhere"? Where and how did you search? I simply cut and pasted the words PC Doctor for Windows in your message above into Google. The first hit was for http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html which appears to be the program you are talking about. Note, however, that this product supports specific computers only (listed on the web site). What it might do with some other computers, I have no idea. There's very little information about the product on the site, but in general I am *very* suspicious of all such products that bill themselves as magical panaceas to find and fix all your problems. > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > up and running with that program. > Thanks > -- > Thanks for any help ---- > 25or6to4 -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Dan McGarigle Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program I have found from the PC-Doctor web site and the download of PCDoctor5 that the program is licensed to companies that build PC's, and not to any individual. You will have to contact the company that built the PC to get information about how to get a license to use the program. It appears that first the license must be installed, and then the program can be installed. I can't find any way around that. Good luck !
Guest Plato Posted August 12, 2007 Posted August 12, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program Uncle Grumpy wrote: > > >Go to http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and download Belarc Advisor. > >This is the best I know of for what you are looking for. > > Then you didn't read his whole post. He NAMED the program he was > looking for and it wasn't Belarc Advisor. Picky are we? Grin..... -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
Guest Rock Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program "25or6to4" <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5E8CD4C9-4F69-4EB8-8511-41AC20AF7997@microsoft.com... > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home > Edition. > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > useful check program. > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one > he > had purchased online. > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the > internet. > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get > back > up and running with that program. PC Doctor for Windows is installed by the OEM that set up the computer. Your grandson should check with the software CD's he has for the computer to see if it's on one of those or go to the computer manufacturer's tech support site to find it. On a side note, I don't think it's all that sophisticated or helpful. There are plenty of tools available that will give the same information. -- Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
Guest 25or6to4 Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 RE: Lost Useful Program Thanks to all that responded ... and points well taken. The site ... PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html seems to be the one, but after downloading and trying to run, I keep getting and error message: "License Agreement" "This version of PC-Doctor 5 for Windows is not licensed to run on this system." This has me puzzled ... I'm using the Windows XP Home Edition and everything is up to date. I've tried uninstall and install a few times and get the same reply. Any idea as to what the problem may be and as to if there is a possible workaround? Again, thanks to all who responded. ===================================== "nass" wrote: > > > "25or6to4" wrote: > > > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > > useful check program. > > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > > had purchased online. > > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. > > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > > up and running with that program. > > Thanks > > -- > > Thanks for any help ---- > > 25or6to4 > > > PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > Hope this which you are after. > nass > ------ > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:26:01 -0700, 25or6to4 <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Thanks to all that responded ... and points well taken. > > The site ... > PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > > seems to be the one, but after downloading and trying to run, I keep getting > and error message: > > "License Agreement" > > "This version of PC-Doctor 5 for Windows is not licensed to run on this > system." > > This has me puzzled ... I'm using the Windows XP Home Edition and > everything is up to date. I've tried uninstall and install a few times and > get the same reply. > > Any idea as to what the problem may be and as to if there is a possible > workaround? The message "not licensed to run on this system" is referring to the hardware system, not the software (Windows) one. It's apparently for an IBM computer, perhaps even a specific IBM computer, and you are apparently trying to run it on a different one. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
Guest nass Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 RE: Lost Useful Program Hi, First of all you are welcome, secondly since you mentioned in your first post that this a clean installation (hence format HDD), do you install the motherboard Drivers or gone to the Motherboard manufacturer to download the Drivers for the motherboard Specs?. Here are some links and read the FAQ from PC-Doctor site: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c00471587&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN http://search.hp.com/query.html?charset=iso-8859-1&la=en&hpvc=sitewide&qs=&nh=10&lk=1&rf=0&uf=1&st=1&qt=when+run+PC-Doctor+get+error+message+%22Licence+agreement%22&submitsearch.x=0&submitsearch.y=0 http://www.pc-doctor.com/faq.php http://www.pc-doctor.com/faq.php?language=english <Quote::> from the above link: Answer: To find and edit the CLASSPATH variable, follow these steps: 1. Open the Control Panel. This can be found in the Start Menu. Double click on the System icon; this should open the "System Properties" dialog. 2. Select the Advanced tab; at the very bottom of the tab will be an "Environment Variables" button. 3. Click on the "Environment Variables" button to open the "Environment Variables" dialog. 4. Look for the CLASSPATH variable in the "System Variables" frame. Select the CLASSPATH variable and click on the Edit button; an "Edit System Variable" window will open. 5. Edit the variable value by adding a semicolon at the end of the line. The value should be something like this before you edit it: C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\lib\ext\QTJava.zip. It will look like this after you edit it: C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2\lib\ext\QTJava.zip; 6. Select "OK" in the "Edit System Variable" dialog. 7. Select "OK" in the "Environment Variables" dialog. 8. Select "OK" in the "System Properties" dialog. 9. Now attempt to run your PC-Doctor product again. </Quote::> HTH. nass ---- http://www.nasstec.co.uk "25or6to4" wrote: > Thanks to all that responded ... and points well taken. > > The site ... > PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > > seems to be the one, but after downloading and trying to run, I keep getting > and error message: > > "License Agreement" > > "This version of PC-Doctor 5 for Windows is not licensed to run on this > system." > > This has me puzzled ... I'm using the Windows XP Home Edition and > everything is up to date. I've tried uninstall and install a few times and > get the same reply. > > Any idea as to what the problem may be and as to if there is a possible > workaround? > > Again, thanks to all who responded. > > ===================================== > > "nass" wrote: > > > > > > > "25or6to4" wrote: > > > > > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > > > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > > > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > > > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > > > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > > > useful check program. > > > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > > > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > > > had purchased online. > > > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > > > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > > > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. > > > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > > > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > > > up and running with that program. > > > Thanks > > > -- > > > Thanks for any help ---- > > > 25or6to4 > > > > > > PC-Doctor for Windows - Desktops / Notebooks > > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > > Hope this which you are after. > > nass > > ------ > > http://www.nasstec.co.uk
Guest 25or6to4 Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program Hey Ken, I talked with him about all of this, and he says he is having some external drive issues, and that the program addressed each drive, its contents, error sites, etc. He told me (and I tried myself) the address given by Google does the exact same thing. He says it was running fine before he reformatted his main drive. Have you tried to download and run the program site ? Does it install and present a working program ? I've tried it over and over, and get the same message. -- Thanks for any help ---- 25or6to4 "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:18:04 -0700, 25or6to4 > <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > > useful check program. > > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > > had purchased online. > > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. > > > "Everywhere"? Where and how did you search? I simply cut and pasted > the words PC Doctor for Windows in your message above into Google. The > first hit was for > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > which appears to be the program you are talking about. > > Note, however, that this product supports specific computers only > (listed on the web site). What it might do with some other computers, > I have no idea. > > There's very little information about the product on the site, but in > general I am *very* suspicious of all such products that bill > themselves as magical panaceas to find and fix all your problems. > > > > > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > > up and running with that program. > > Thanks > > -- > > Thanks for any help ---- > > 25or6to4 > > -- > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > Please Reply to the Newsgroup >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Lost Useful Program On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:04:15 -0700, 25or6to4 <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hey Ken, > > I talked with him about all of this, and he says he is having some external > drive issues, and that the program addressed each drive, its contents, error > sites, etc. > He told me (and I tried myself) the address given by Google does the exact > same thing. > He says it was running fine before he reformatted his main drive. > > Have you tried to download and run the program site ? > Does it install and present a working program ? > I've tried it over and over, and get the same message. No, I haven't tried. I have no interest in programs like this, and distrust them all. Sorry, I don't have any more information for you. > "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote: > > > On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:18:04 -0700, 25or6to4 > > <25or6to4@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > My grandson recently had to format and restore his Windows XP Home Edition. > > > (The pc was caught up in a startup loop) > > > He had a program that was very useful to check on the pc's systems > > > (motherboard, drives, etc.) > > > I have seen this program, and it did look to be a very sophistacated and > > > useful check program. > > > He didn't backup any info before he formated. > > > He wasn't sure if the program was a freeware, shareware, or possibly one he > > > had purchased online. > > > He seems sure it was a program he had downloaded from the internet. > > > The program was " PC Doctor for Windows ". > > > I have searched everywhere trying to locate any such program on the internet. > > > > > > "Everywhere"? Where and how did you search? I simply cut and pasted > > the words PC Doctor for Windows in your message above into Google. The > > first hit was for > > http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-52871.html > > which appears to be the program you are talking about. > > > > Note, however, that this product supports specific computers only > > (listed on the web site). What it might do with some other computers, > > I have no idea. > > > > There's very little information about the product on the site, but in > > general I am *very* suspicious of all such products that bill > > themselves as magical panaceas to find and fix all your problems. > > > > > > > > > Have any of you heard of this program or know where it can be found ??? > > > I would sure appreciate any help anyone can give so I can help him get back > > > up and running with that program. > > > Thanks > > > -- > > > Thanks for any help ---- > > > 25or6to4 > > > > -- > > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User > > Please Reply to the Newsgroup > > -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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