Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

johnk119 reviewed v8.58 on Oct 7, 2011

actually a super nintendo and a computer are one in the same... or did I miss something about the definition of a computer.

Rojer reviewed v8.10 on Jun 27, 2009

I am using Virtual PC on an old QuickSilver Apple G4 computer from 2002.
OSX 10.5.7 and Panther. Fresh Diagnose helped me become faster then 6 REAL computers. I have the benchmark of the memory to prove it.
All the four free programs are good and registration is easy. People a computer is not a super-Nintendo just for games. To get the maximum profit from a computer comes from studying operating systems.
I had to install VPC to help my elder brother (79) from Curacao
I live in the Netherlands. No, I so not have a University degree,

Rojer

Dana1 reviewed v8.06 on May 8, 2009

I downloaded theprogram and installed it. Tried several attempts to get a registration code, but it turned out to be an exercise in futility. Uninstalled it. Not for me. Thanks.

CyberDoc999 reviewed v7.88 on Aug 12, 2008

This messed up my computer!
I had to re-format to fix it!

horsecharles reviewed v7.82 on May 10, 2008

DKD:

ehhh...that is the case for 'most' programs. Revo Uninstaller very good btw.

alshawwa:

agreed... & there's just too much good competition in that arena... from pcwizard to belarc to etc.
Although i will concede one thing: Fresh Diagnose runs very, very fast comparatively speaking.

alshawwa reviewed v7.82 on May 9, 2008

its not really a bad software , there are too many better softwares in the same category but the best is lavalys everest. more customizable and it has a lot of functions included.

DKDude reviewed v7.78 on Mar 23, 2008

2 for the effort.

Try install FreshDiagnose, then unistall it with Revo-uninstaller, now look at all the crap Fres has made all over det registry and c:

Sorry guys, I dont trust that program, not a second.

BTW. Make a restore point before, just in case something goes wrong.

mcewenr reviewed v7.70 on Dec 8, 2007

While doing a diagnosis of my monitor the system the screen went black and system locked. When I got back on, the two hard drives had changed drive desinations, c became h and h became c. I eventually had to use my recovery disk and format the c drive (after changeing the drive designations back). Not sure I would trust this program.

horsecharles reviewed v7.70 on Nov 11, 2007

meteecee:

check your Spam folder... i've'd Zero problems over the years on multiple systems.

ritubpant reviewed v7.66 on Sep 10, 2007

One word " GREAT "

SteveJohnSteele reviewed v7.52 on Feb 8, 2007

very useful program

I just hate the 'registration'
so for those that dont wish to register ...

Name=user
personal licence=4G3P6-X8CC-ZZA4-5ACN
business licence=gb3u3n-7c3nt8x2-4x5k43

spiked reviewed v7.34 on May 11, 2006

You can't register with a Hotmail address. Their error message says they don't support "free" email accounts, but some people keep a Hotmail address as part of paid MSN Premium service. In any case, they allowed Gmail, so obviously it's not an issue of Hotmail being free, probably just that they assume people use temporary Hotmail accounts to avoid seeing their advertising emails later.

They don't tell you that you need to exit and relaunch the program after entering your registration code. I figured it out because many other programs require it, but some people might get confused.

Fresh Diagnose is certainly pretty and fairly comprehensive, comparable to PC Wizard 2006. However, Fresh Diagnose failed to detect any of my fan speeds, nor temperatures other than the motherboard. SpeedFan detected them all easily. Admittedly, my P4R800-VM is not one of Asus' more popular motherboards, but it's still an Asus. We're not talking about a bargain basement special from TigerDirect or Fry's.

Worse, my Hitachi and WD drives (both ordinary PATA) support the temperature attribute via SMART and can be read successfully by most SMART utilities such as HDD Health, SpeedFan, GetSMART, etc. Fresh Diagnose didn't even try. If this were Version 1.0, I'd cut it some slack, but 7.34 of a tool for "diagnosis" really needs better temperature sensing.

Lastly, a pet peeve: It's already a bad enough example for kids learning to write when a company runs two capitalized words together without a space, sometimes for the sake of being able to trademark it. But when the company doesn't bother to do it consistently, then it's obviously just sloppiness, typically due to programmers who are accustomed to omitting spaces in identifiers like variable names. The title bar, the Help|About dialog, and all the shortcuts created by the installer call this program FreshDiagnose (one word), but the web site and the registration emails all call it Fresh Diagnose (two words). Most of the online help calls it FreshDiagnose but part of the License section calls it Fresh Diagnose. Depending on what you look at, the company is either FreshDevices or Freshdevices. Perhaps the company isn't paying attention to the changes being made by Spell Check and AutoCorrect features in their authoring programs. Tools like Fresh Diagnose are for detail-oriented situations; the difference between 16KB and 16MB is only one letter but matters quite a bit. It's hard to be totally comfortable trusting the information from Fresh Diagnose when the makers can't even get its name straight.

meteecee reviewed v7.32 on Apr 21, 2006

as of now i can only rate this product as low as possible, i have made every attempt to register with fresh devices 9both before and after i downloaded the utility).
i have not received an email with reg info though i have followed the instructions seeral times, i have also written directly to fresh devices help and received no response.
Beta is one of my favorite sites and it is unfortunate that my first review has to be such a disheartening one
curt

horsecharles reviewed v7.32 on Apr 13, 2006

quote: Reviewer: Tokar May 2, 2005
Version: 7.0

It has a great, fast interface. It has a lot of promise, but a lot of this stuff in this so called "FREEWARE" software is not able to be used unless you are a registerred user. So its not exactly FREEWARE...

That's totally false: all features are enabled for life-- even when not registered.
BW All you do is provide an email address & they send you a key code. Absolutely NOTHING else(no name, no sister's measurements, no nothing)! And I vouch for the fact that they do NOT spam, nor sell your address! No regular newsletter, no contact from others-- just a notice everytime one of their programs is updated; & even then one can opt out of that. Their programs don't have auto-updaters, so can't be accused of violating privacy / access permissions either.

Kipster reviewed v7.32 on Apr 13, 2006

I have also used it for years.
And it IS freeware. You do need to register it, but that's also free.

In this version, the newly added battery function does absolutely nothing on my Dell laptop.

pdadad reviewed v7.30 on Mar 30, 2006

The registration is free. This is a decent program I've used it off and on for several years.

Tokar reviewed v7.0 on May 2, 2005

It has a great, fast interface. It has a lot of promise, but a lot of this stuff in this so called "FREEWARE" software is not able to be used unless you are a registerred user. So its not exactly FREEWARE...

bobad reviewed v6.70 on Jul 31, 2004

Temperature and fan probes do not work (Asus P4C800-E), memory test freezes, no 3D test, no overall benchmark score. Program is not very useful as it stands now. Too bad. It has good potential.

wonko reviewed v4.00 on Apr 18, 2002

This is an excellent utility. It's got a great interface and provides a ton of useful information for people who can't resist tinkering with their systems. On top of that, it's free! You couldn't ask for more.

bobad reviewed v3.75 on Mar 22, 2002

This is an interesting program with many features. Some of the features, such as the benchmarks, are very useful. Others, like mouse and keyboard info are unneeded fluff. Especially funny is the "Time Zone" feature. It tells you what time zone you are in. Duh? The tool bar icons are butt ugly, but the rest of the UI looks great. What really makes me like this program is that my P III 1Ghz blows away the Duron, T-Bird, and P4 1.4 in nearly every category. Sadly absent is a 3D graphics benchmark and an overall benchmark score such as the score used by Performance Test (Passmarks). Fresh Diagnose has great potential, and may be the best free program of its type. I hope the author continues development. One very curious thing: Alhough this program is "free", one must get a login name and lengthy pass code in order to use it. I suppose the author is practicing to go shareware with it, which is fine. If he does, his product would only be worth ~20% of the price of Performance Test in its current form. Give it a solid 3 and a bonus point for being freeware.(bobad@charter.net)