A few years ago, eSource Development created a software pack that contained popular free virus and spyware programs, but also included a neat little system inventory program written in house. Since our service center closed, we stopped supporting or updating the starter pack program and let it fall into the ‘abandonware’ category.

Well, we decided to pull it out of the time capsule and give it a new face for Windows Vista and Windows7. The new Dr. Torgo’s System Inventory program will give comprehensive and in depth system information. It is an advanced System Information tool that gathers detailed information about your system properties and settings and displays it in an extremely comprehensible manner.

Dr. Torgo’s System Inventory can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode (for Computer Software and Hardware Inventory, Asset Inventory Tracking, Audit Software Licenses, Software License Compliance).

Look for it soon. The program will sell for $49, but you can get an early bird coupon worth $20 off. That means you get Dr. Torgo’s System Inventory for only $29. Now that’s something the Master would approve of (it’s a reference to the movie from which Torgo originated).

No, it does not bring up a picture of Bill Gates. What is does, though, is brings up a fantastic little shortcut to all the features that you now have to hunt around for in order to find them. BTW, what happened to ‘network repair’ in Windows7… I can’t find it anywhere.

Credit CNET with this one:

Although its name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden "GodMode" feature that lets users access all of the operating system's control panels from within a single folder.

 

By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it with a certain text string at the end, users are able to have a single place to do everything from changing the look of the mouse pointer to making a new hard-drive partition.

 

The trick is also said to work in Windows Vista, although some are warning that although it works fine in 32-bit versions of Vista, it can cause 64-bit versions of that operating system to crash.

 

To enter "GodMode," one need only create a new folder and then rename the folder to the following:

 

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

 

Once that is done, the folder's icon will change to resemble a control panel and will contain dozens of control options. I'm not sure it's my idea of playing God, but it is a handy way to get to all kinds of controls.

I've asked Microsoft for more details on the feature and how it came to be. But so far, Redmond is silent on the topic.