Update: I had unpublished this article because I was not sure about the legitimacy of the original freebie from Pro.de (i.e. if it was for the general public or just a select magazine). However thanks to Computelogy, EVEREST Ultimate Edition v4.6 is available for free from a 100% legit source. I updated this post to include that source.
EVEREST Ultimate Edition is an excellent and very handy PC diagnostic/benchmark utility. Usually it would cost you $39.95 but today learn how you can grab v4.6 for free (the latest is v5.02).
These are the "key features" of EVEREST Ultimate Edition:
Generic features:
· Low-level hardware information: 44 pages
· Software and operating system information: 44 pages
· Security related information: 6 pages
· DirectX information including Direct3D acceleration features
· Diagnostics module that simplifies troubleshooting
· Tweaking featuresBenchmarking features:
· 10 benchmark modules to measure CPU, FPU and memory performance
· Benchmark reference results to compare measured performance to other systems
· Cache & Memory Benchmark Suite
· Hard disk, optical drive and flash drive benchmarking with RAID array supportUnique features:
· UpTime and DownTime statistics with critical errors counter
· Monitor Diagnostics to check the capabilities of CRT and LCD displays
· System Stability Test with thermal monitoring to stress CPU, FPU, memory and disks
· Hardware Monitoring to monitor system temperatures and voltages on the System Tray, OSD, Vista Sidebar or Logitech keyboard LCD
· Temperature, voltage and fan RPM data logging to HTML and CSV log files
· Smart Battery information
· Web links: IT portals, software and driver download
· Manufacturer links: product information, driver and BIOS download
· Hardware information database for over 52000 devices
· Overclock information
· Fully localized user interface: 35 languages
· No installation or setup procedure required
These are the things EVEREST Ultimate Edition can provide you information about:
Hardware Information
Motherboard & CPU
Accurate low-level information about motherboard, CPU and BIOS, including chipset details, DMI enumeration, AGP configuration information, SPD memory modules list, DRAM timing information and CPU instruction set support.Video adapter & monitor
Detailed information about the video adapter, video drivers and monitor, including DDC information, monitor serial number and supported video modes detection, low-level GPU details, OpenGL and Direct3D features list.Storage devices
Information about all hard disk and optical disk drives, including IDE autodetection, S.M.A.R.T. disk health monitoring, ASPI SCSI devices list and partitions information.Network adapters, multimedia, input devices
Exhaustive information about network adapters, sound cards, keyboard, mouse and game controllers, including NIC MAC address detection, IP and DNS list, network traffic monitoring, DirectSound, DirectMusic and DirectInput information.Misc hardware
Information about PCI, PnP, PCMCIA and USB devices, communication ports, power management information, device resources list, printers information.Software Information
Operating system
Detailed Windows information, including operating system installation date and product key, system services and system drivers list, process information, environment variables list, system folders list, system files and Event Logs content, AX and DLL files list, UpTime information.Server and display
Information about network shares, users and groups list, logged on users list, account security settings, opened files list, fonts list and Windows desktop configuration details.Networking
Large amount of information about networking status, remote access and mailing accounts, network resources and Internet settings. List of network routes, Internet Explorer cookies and history of visited web pages.Installed software
Detailed information about installed programs, scheduled tasks and startup programs.Security
Windows Security
Operating system security information including DEP (Data Execution Prevention) status, list of installed security patches and system restore status.Security applications
Firewall, anti-spyware and anti-trojan software list. Anti-virus software information including virus database details.Diagnostics
CPUID Panel
EVEREST CPUID panel to provide a compact overview on CPU, motherboard, RAM and chipset. Invaluable information on overclocked systems, dynamic refresh to support Enhanced Intel SpeedStep and AMD Cool'n'Quiet technologies.Hardware monitoring
Sensor information including system, CPU and GPU temperature, fan status, CPU, GPU, AGP and DRAM voltage monitoring, S.M.A.R.T. disk health status. Support for Corsair Xpert memory modules.Sensor icons
Sensor icons feature to display actual system temperature and voltage values on the System Tray.CPU and FPU benchmarks
State of the art multi-threaded benchmark methods to measure performance of both old and brand new processors. References list to compare actual performance with other systems.Memory benchmarking
Memory read and write speed, memory latency measurement to stress the memory and cache subsystem, including references list to compare actual performance with other systems.Disk Benchmark module
Disk Benchmark module to measure performance of hard disk drives, optical disk drives (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray) and USB flash drives. Graphical overview of disk performance measured on different areas of the disk surface.Tips & suggestions
Detection of possible hardware and software misconfiguration and compatibility issues.Reporting
Report Wizard
Easy-to-use method to produce report files of the system, by either using pre-configured report profiles or custom selection of information.Report formats
Three different report file formats: plain text, customizable HTML and the unique MHTML format. MHTML reports including icons are ideal for printing purposes.Report e-mailing and printing
Built-in e-mail transfer client using SMTP, also support for MAPI and Outlook protocols. Instant report display and one-click printing capabilities using IE4 technology.
That is an impressive list if I do say so myself. After reading all that if you still want EVEREST Ultimate Edition (v4.6), just following these simple directions:
***EVEREST Ultimate Edition v4.6 works on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/2008/Win7
- Visit Winload.de's promotion page and "sign up for their newsletter":
Keep in mind you are signing up for a newsletter, so you will be e-mailed regularly from Winload.de. So feel free to make use of Mailinator, Trashmail, or 10MinuteMail. Also, if you have signed up for Winload.de newsletters before, you may have to use a different e-mail this time. I tried using the same e-mail I used previously and I did not get a follow up e-mail as opposed to using a Trashmail e-mail which worked just fine.
- After you hit "LOS!", go check your e-mail's inbox. You should have an e-mail from "Winload.de <Newsletter@newsletter.winload.de>" with the subject of "Anmeldebestätigung des Winload Newsletters". In the e-mail there will be a link you must click on to confirm your newsletter subscription:
Click on the link and you should see a confirmation page again:
- Go back to your e-mail inbox and look for an e-mail from "lizenz@winload.de" with the subject of "Ihr Download für Everest Ultimate Edition". The e-mail will contain your registration code and a download link (portable version available from here):
Copy the registration code and download the software.
- Install EVEREST Ultimate Edition v4.6 and run it. You should be prompted to enter a registration code. Paste in your code.
- Enjoy your new and free EVEREST Ultimate Edition v4.6:
If you have any problems, please post below - I will try to help.
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Farrukh
AOA Ashraf
Thanks for another nice tool.
But to my surprise, the zip file I got doesn’t contain any installer, instead it delivers the whole software and you have to decide where to put it and then create desired shortcuts manually.
Janet
Ashraf:
1. Is Mailinator working now?
2. Any advantages over Belarc Advisor?
MikeR
Many thanks for the heads-up on this Ashraf — and to djhightek for tipping you off.
System analysis of the quality provided by both Everest and Belarc is incredibly useful, and although I do make use of the appropriate utility in my iObit Advanced System Care Pro (still, to me, one of the best of its kind out there) a dedicated app is always going to be superior.
I still have Belarc Adviser because of its, well, advice (!) but junked an early edition of Everest Home because ASC Pro was just as good.
To Janet: I haven’t DL’d / installed the Everest app yet but can’t for the moment see any reason to Revo my existing Belarc: the two should augment each other’s virtues (well, in theory, anyway: when I’ve played around with Everest — am ten minutes into my wait for the key from Germany — any redundancy should become apparent.)
Meantime, sincere thanks again, Ashraf, and all best to you and yours.
MikeR
Whoops: meant to add. . . though I’m no fan of monopolies, nor of Google’s intrusiveness where emails are concerned, I’ve long since given up on ’special’ mailboxes for potential spam and instead use a dedicated gmail account.
In practice, I’ve found Google’s spam filtering to be excellent, and as I don’t have that particular account on a POP3 linkage, and access by webmail only, then nothing unwanted or untoward ever finishes up on my desktop — the contrary, in fact, because checking of the Gmail spam box occasionally yields supplier offers that represent excellent value.
Oh, just another PS (God, I’m getting old, keep remembering things I should’ve said but didn’t. . . doh!) once again, Gigaget triumphed as my downloader: the Everest download rocketed through.
After six months’ regular use of Gigaget, I can’t recommend it too highly: outstanding must-have freeware!
Tortuga
Hello Ash
Nice!
Remember this critter from the days of Aida …
Have the same query as Janet, how do you compare to Belarc and w Topala’s SIW?
In it’s time, Aida was the top of the crop.
But since, no idea what the new devs have been doing …
What says you?
Peace
surfriot
thanks Ashraf, another nice one.
muhammad
thanks ashraf
however i cant download the software from the link provided !!!
any alternative
Tortuga
Hello MikeR
Sorry, didn’t see your post, hadn’t refresh the page for a few hours b4 posting …
Do the same as you, dedicated GMail accnts for this type of thing
GG spam is actually good!
Didn’t quite get what you meant about ASC.
It has similar functions to Everest/SIW/Belarc?
Tell me more, I don’t have/know that soft.
I’ll now go look into that Gigathingy of yours
• 
Peace
Doug Jones
Thanks for the heads up, Ashraf! Everest is very helpful.
Tortuga
Hi again Mike
About your Gigathingy
What browser do you use?
Apparently it has problems integrating w the Fox … Can you confirm?
TIA!
Bella
Oh My Ashraf,
I So wish I had completed that German class!!!MM My teacher said I would so need it one day..Well, Mr. White You were so right!..:)
I downlosded after I had my msil followed the link it gave me . I believe it just said Congradulations
Suche: Profisuche Login oder Registrierung
Passwort vergessen | Registrieren
Everest Ultimate Edition
Vielen Dank für die Registrierung!
Sie erhalten innerhalb der nächsten Stunde den Registrierungsschlüssel per E-Mail!
Vielen Dank für die Bestätigung Ihrer Daten !
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Suche: © 2009 Proxma AG
Sir Ashman what am I not doing right here? I had to have my computer go back to factory condition, so so so Please help a cp virgin here alla lord gradfather above, help the weeone here .
;)
Blessing to you again and all you do Ashraf and your friends!!
Bella
Ozzie
Evening all! I’m a fan of Gigaget, too. No probs with Firefox, Tortuga. Link it up to the FlashGot add-on and there are no problems. Thanks for the find again, Ashraf. Think I’ll stick to what I’ve got though.
J. L.
Interesting, how well does it support Windows 7 x64?
MikeR
Hi Gang:
Sorry to have been off-line for so long.
Peace: apologies for not clarifying this! Advanced System Care PRO from IObit really is first-rate. I’m using the latest update version and it’s as rock solid and sensitive as ever — and as trustworthy as ever, too.
If you go to this link in dottech:
http://dottech.org/freebies/dottech-exclusives/4945
and scroll down to Ashraf’s post at #4, all will be revealed.
And I confirm that the code Raymond very kindly provided does still work (!) but take care to follow the advice given by Raymond about installation.
Having road-tested all the various other utility suites on offer over the years, I’ve always gone back to IObit’s product: never had a problem yet with it and the company really is a pedigree outfit.
Tortuga: well, I’m running GigaGet with IE, but from what I’ve heard from other users, the app should work fine with other browsers. (Whoops: I’ve just seen Ozzie’s post — so there ya go!)
FINALLY. . .
Now I’m on, could I just say a HUGE thankyou to DJHIGHTEK.
Thanks are due not only for alerting Ashraf to the Everest DL, but also for the generous post made in today’s forum in respect of Portrait Professional and StudioLine Photo Classic 3.
Both are truly superb apps, though in terms of my own user preferences (because I work with PhotoShop a lot) then Portrait Professional really is a Godsend — I know, I’ve been playing with it for hours.
Before anyone asks: no, it isn’t the latest version, but it’s still astonishingly good — and, if anyone here remembers, was the basis of numerous Press reports and even on BBC TV when it first launched.
The developer’s website explains all:
http://www.portraitprofessional.com/
As for the delightful PhotoClassic 3, please check djhightek’s latest advice on the forum, otherwise like me you may inadvertently finish up with the German language version rather than US / UK English.
Al Hall
Still waiting for the reg key to be mailed [4 hours]
Maynard
I just got the key after waiting about two hours.
I used mailinator.com.
Good luck.
Maynard
It looks like all keys are the same.
Does anyone know if there is a time limit on activation?
Al Hall
@Maynard:
If They’re all the same can you post it here?
Still waiting…
Ashraf
@Farrukh: Wasalaam. Ya I was surprised myself. The good thing is, though, “uninstalling” the program will be easy because all you have to do is delete the files.
@Janet: Yes Mailinator seems to be working now. As for Belarc vs EVEREST: to be honest I am not a too frequent user of either program (although I know both programs are great) so I can’t give you a clear answer. However MikeR seems to have all the answers on this one =).
@Tortuga: Please see above what I just told Janet about Belarc vs EVEREST.
@Bella: Nothing as far as I can tell. I believe you just need to wait to recieve the registration code in your e-mail.
@J. L.: v4.6 does not support Win7. The newer versions do though.
@Al Hall: Get it yet? If not I will allow a one-time posting of registration code in the comments (I usually disapprove and block posting of registration codes) since it seems some people are unable to receive it.
muhammad
NO ANSWER YET
GUYS ANY HELP
Al Hall
Still no code email this morning, although the first email came promptly…
Help!
MikeR
Ashraf:
Re Al’s problem: I have the licence code so can post it here later if you’ve no objection.
Re earlier queries about Belarc and Everest: I think they’re still highly complementary, so intend to use both.
The only counsel I’d make with anything like this (and especially Everest in its latest form) is NOT to make benchmarking a regular habit: it’s fun now and then, and useful, but does impose demands on systems.
Ashraf
@MikeR: Feel free to post the registration code.
thebluejay
Thanks Ashraf! I had the old Home Edition and loved it. This free update is even better!
Mynard
Based on Ashraf’s response to MikeR, and since the key has not been posted, here it is:
RHGJE-54X47-HML9C-V498I-UUMVI
Mynard
I installed Everest on first computer and it asked for key, then transferred files to external HD, then to second computer and when I ran Everest on second computer, it did not ask for key.
This is acting like a portable app. Does anyone know what is going on with this?
Al Hall
The Software key worked.
Thanks!
Al Hall
Wow, brilliant software too. IMO, better than Belarc too.
Ashraf
@Mynard: Well it doesn’t install but rather just unzips so I think it IS a portable app. Since you mention being able to take it to another computer without it asking for registration, chances are the registration information is stored directly in the program rather than the computer registry.
@thebluejay: Welcome.
@Al Hall: Glad to see it works and you are enjoying it =).
MikeR
Ashraf: thanks for posting consent re the code. . . and:
Mynard: many thanks for providing the darn thing — something cropped up here which meant I’ve had to deal with other stuff and have only now been able to return to dot tech.
Al: glad you’re enjoying it!
Great to see the Dot Tecchers’ community spirit here — Ashraf set the tone for this Comments board and I hope he’s pleased at the way a generosity of spirit prevails!
Ashraf
@MikeR: And thank you for being such a great participate of this great community =).
Eli
AshrafKEY OKgreyHELP
Ashraf
@Eli: ?_? what?
Eli
BadEM box grayed can’t enter p key+OK
Any advice…bad Berry bad day key strange looking not like Ur’s:XXXX-number thnks
OK greyed over…there!
Ashraf
@Eli: Eli I am sorry but I still don’t understand what you are trying to say.
Eli
Ashraf,sorry,got Mynard’s posted P key but w/ several dnlds & separate installs the “Enter Product Key-Everest” window accepts it but the “OK” button is greyed-out such that I can’t click on it to activate the product registration,therefore iam.stuck w/ a 30-day TRIAL version. My Berry tether to my lapyop Sprint s/w couldn’t operate all week so I had to do a Berry dnld then connect &install to program fIles then I had trouble getting more then 3 or 4 words to type in Ur window & I messed up the 2nd one not knowing if I had a good send until the redundancy flag came up…sorry. I think the Blackberry zip is ok. I even did a godawful power reset several times with no success on this “OK” button…all I can click on is “x”& “CANCEL” Iam all OK’d out.Any ideas?
Ashraf
@Eli: Wait are you trying to install it on your Blackberry? I think that may be the problem.
Eli
Oh, no, Ashraf,bbs only accept BB s/w as U no. I reach end of Win install & I can’t click on registration “OK” button to register the prog so I hav a 30-day prog.Several installs from several separate dnlds & anomaly still exists. My BB is only used as a wideband T-modem 2 get rid of that awful, continually degrading landline…good riddance! I say. The dnld is done directly 2 the laptop via BB as a WB tethered-modem w/ install afterwards on the Win 2:39:48 AM…What? This Berry is spooky as einstein $ Tesla…I meant 2 type LP, not the time.What hotkey can I depress 2 activate the OK 4 registration? Beautiful prog;av se veral books $ s/w 2 do Win 3.1 $ Win95 4 what tis one prog does…hate 2 miss out on it. Keep up the vigil if that’s Ur calling; Ur good, astute, apparently quick-minded…did I see a physics section on black holes last posting;can’t find it anymore;wanted 2 visit it,am working personally on a propulsion theory totally sci-fi in concept…sorryN off-topic.but this “OFF” button…thnx.
Eli
P.s. My macine is XP sp2 ok 4 this prog$runs well,won’t register.
Liam K
http://www.lavalys.com:8081/everestultimate460.exe seems to be a valid link as well
RoseD1st
Oh this looks great thank you!
-Talan-
Great One! Ashraf! Thanks a million…
Darthyoda
Just checked, and that posted serial # is the same one that I got back in Sept.
Ashraf
@Eli: Did you get the issue fixed? Sorry I can’t be of much help.
@Liam K: Thanks
.
@RoseD1st: You are welcome!
@-Talan-: You are welcome =).
@Darthyoda: Thanks for the update. I guess they are the same promos at the core.
HenFraCar
Hi,
Downloaded OK but not installing on Win7 Ultimate; getting “extended attributes are inconsistent” error. Help!
nganchaihou
I just got this app without any problem by following to the book. Thanks a lot, Ashraf. Keep up the good work.
Quro@75
Hi all dottechies, I got this Ulimate 4.6 edition promo on July from pro.de. The code key is exactly like Mynard (#25) told us. So I guess this code key is the one that has been given away for everyone (mean: no free upgrade I guess, but a discount price if U want to upgrade to the latest version).
So enjoy everyone, this one absolutely great software and legal too
eli
Haha! Ashraf, this is weird! I got every one of the above comments in my
Mailbox except the one U posted here above & holloween is past!
Trying 2 dnld now. Sent U em from link in one of the several ems I got from U…bot line is .de is FTP& my Berry can only do http & I can’t make any of my 3 ftp clients 4 Berry work right. I can’t do dnlds from my laptop only from my Berry on http.
Someone would hav 2 kindly em a dnld zip file of Everest 2 me.
Meantime still working on it since5 hrs ago since I recv’d RoseD1st 12:33p comment & everybody else’s as well(it is now 8:21p my time). Ho-hum…
ji
Thanks man!..if you were a girl i’d kiss you or the otherway ’round………k,that sounded funny.
ji
three false positive under CIS,otherwise smooth as butter.