Compact Tray Meter.exe
Version 1.2.2.1
"Utility to report CPU, RAM, disk usage right off the notification tray area"
(Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10)
www.dennisbabkin.com
[Copyright (C) 2010-2018]

RELEASE DATE: 5/31/2014
Updated: 11/13/2018


COMPATIBILITY:
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Visible tray notification area, 1GB RAM, and TruColor display with a 32-bit color scheme.



DESCRIPTION:
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It is true that there is a lot of software that report CPU, RAM and disk drives usage. Most though seem to be displaying it on a desktop or in some other area of the screen that is usually covered by other windows. That doesn't make it very useful. This compact utility displays real-time CPU, RAM and disk drives usage meters right on the taskbar notification area, or next to the system clock, that is always visible.

 
The following features are available:
  
1. Real-time reporting of the CPU activity.
  
2. Real-time reporting on the system RAM usage.

3. Real-time reporting of the disk drives activity.

4. Color coding of the readouts can indicate CPU/RAM/disk drive workload even without seeing the actual numbers.

5. Support for higher resolutions and screen DPIs for better meters readability.

6. Ability to safely remove (or eject) USB drives with one click of the mouse, even on older operating systems, such as Windows XP.

7. This program does not require installation, or administrative privileges to operate and can be run from any location on your hard drive.
  
8. This program also obtains the following information about the CPU(s) on your system (Central Processing Units):
    - Brand name of the CPU. 
    - CPU architecture, i.e. 32-bit, 64-bit, etc. 
    - CPU clock reading. 
    - Number of physical and logical cores. 
    - Number of NUMA nodes. 
    - Information about L1/L2/L3 caches. 
    - Additional technical information about CPU, reported directly by the die.
 
9. This program also obtains the following information about the RAM (or system memory):
    - Total amount of memory available for the operating system. 
    - Total amount of memory physically installed in computer (you'd be surprised to see this result on some systems!) 
    - The size of the page file. 
    - Detailed information about the memory banks physically installed in the system, such as:
    - Capacity of each RAM module in bytes 
    - Form factor (DIMM, RIMM, etc) 
    - Memory type (SDRAM, DDR, DDR-2, etc) 
    - Type detail (synchronous, nonvolatile, etc) 
    - RAM speed (566 ns, 800 ns, etc) 
    - Data width (64 bits, etc) 
    - Interleave information 
    - Serial, manufacture's, SKU and part numbers on RAM modules 
    - And more, where available.

10. This program also obtains the following information about disk drives:
    - Drive details, such as: Manufacturer's name, total size, free space, volume name, type of drive, etc.
    - Current read and write speeds for the drive.
    - Additional technical details, such as: File system details, type of bus, DOS and physical paths, and more.
 
11. We attempted to write this program with as small of an impact on the system resources as possible to improve the accuracy of its reporting. 
 



Compact Tray Meter is FREEWARE!
(Commercial distribution is not allowed!)

Another copy is available to download at:
www.dennisbabkin.com/ctm


Thank you for using our software!


