Who/What is Sandra?

SiSoftware Sandra (the System ANalyser, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant) is an information & diagnostic utility. It should provide most of the information (including undocumented) you need to know about your hardware, software and other devices whether hardware or software.

Sandra provides similar level of information to Norton SI, Quarterdeck WinProbe/Manifest, etc. It is a native 32-bit Win32 application. It also provides information on 16-bit Windows and DOS unlike many other system information programs...

Legal Stuff: Sandra is an acronym and has no connection whatsoever express or implied with anything or anyone, living or deceased in the past, present or future. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

BTW, don't search for the name Sandra on a WWW search engine. You'll get at least half a million hits and none will reference this page. Search for SiSoftware Sandra.

General Sandra Information

There are two versions of Sandra, in line with industry standards:

• Sandra Standard (free for home use only - no nag screens, time limit, etc.)
• Sandra Professional (commercial)

SiSoftware Sandra Standard Information

• 50 Information, Benchmarking, Listing & Testing/Diagnostic Modules.
• Multi-threaded Wizards for all tasks (e.g. Create various reports).
• Multi-processor designed (multi-threaded) benchmarks - up to 32 CPUs.
• Full 32-bit, all-new code. Uses all Windows Me/200X extensions.
• You still get information on the 16-bit subsystem.
• Plug-and-Play support.
• DMI/SMBIOS support..
• Supports AGP, PCI, PCI64/66, VESA, EISA, MCA, PCMCIA, CardBus.
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct 3D, DSound, DMusic, DPlay, DInput), OpenGL support and information.
• Detects all new CPUs including the Intel Pentium III/4, Celeron, Xeon III/4, OverDrive; VIA Cyrix III, C3; AMD Athlon 4, Duron.
• Detects MMX, MMX Enhanced, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enhanced, SSE, SSE2 and other CPU information like cache, speed, etc.
• Advanced settings information on modern CPUs.
• Detects Intel, AMD, ALi, SiS, VIA and all other chipsets on the market.
• Network & Internet information.
• Can save, print, fax, e-mail, post and upload a report.
• Can export a SMS report for Microsoft SMS management system.
• Can export a RPT (hierarchical) report that can be imported into most programs.
• Can export a XML report for electronic data interchange.
• Can export a HTML report directly (with CSS support) or display one dynamically from the XML using XSL & CSS.
• Can upload a report to a FTP/HTTP server and account.
• Can insert a report into any ADO, OLEDB or ODBC supported database with the correct schema.
• InstallShield Install/UnInstall wizard.
• Compatible with Windows 98/Me/200X's Task Scheduler.
• Looks better in HiColour/TrueColour (16/24/32-bit) modes.
• See Compatibility List for more information.

SiSoftware Sandra Professional Information

• Same capabilities as the Standard Version, Plus:
• 70 total, i.e. 20 more modules. (these are present in the Standard version, but don't run)
• Power Management (APM, ACPI).
• Network support (IPX/SPX, TCP/IP).
• Database support (ADO, OLEDB, ODBC).
• Storage Data support (SCSI, ATA, ATAPI).
• Hardware Resources support.
• See Compatibility List for more information.

List of SiSoftware Sandra Modules

Here is a list of current modules.

• System Summary
• CPU/BIOS Info (inc. voltage/temperature)
• Mainboard/Chipset/System Monitors Info
• APM & ACPI (Advanced Power Management) Info (Prof. Only)
• PCI & AGP bus and devices Info
• Video Information (monitor, card, video bios, caps, etc.)
• OpenGL Information
• DirectX (DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectSound (3D), DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectInput) Info
• Keyboard Info
• Mouse Info
• Sound Card (wave, midi, aux, mix) Info
• MCI Devices (mpeg, avi, seq, vcr, video-disc, wave) Info
• Joystick Info
• Printers Info
• DOS Memory Info (base, HMA, UMB, XMS, EMS, DPMI, VCPI)
• Windows Memory Info
• Windows (& DOS SubSystem) Info
• Font (Raster, Vector, TrueType, OpenType) Information (Prof. Only)
• Modem/ISDN TA Information (Prof. Only)
• Network Information (Prof. Only)
• WinSock (Internet) Information
• Drives Information (Removable Hard Disks, CD-ROM/DVD, RamDrives, etc.)
• Ports (Serial/Parallel) Info
• Remote Access Service Connections (Dial-Up, Internet)
• OLE objects/servers Info (Prof. Only)
• Processes (Tasks, 32 & 16-bit) & Threads Info
• Modules (DLL, DRV, 32 & 16-bit) Info (Prof. Only)
• Services & Device Drivers Info
• DOS Device Drivers Info (Prof. Only)
• SCSI Information (Prof. Only)
• ATA/ATAPI Information (Prof. Only)
• ODBC Sources Information (Prof. Only)
• CMOS/RTC Information (Prof. Only)

• CPU Arithmetic Benchmark (MP/MT support)
• CPU Multi-Media Benchmark (including MMX, MMX Enh, 3DNow!, 3DNow! Enh, SSE(2)) (MP/MT support)
• File System (Removable, Hard Disks, Network, RamDrives) Benchmark
• CD-ROM/DVD Benchmark
• Memory Bandwidth Benchmark (MP/MT support)
• Network/LAN Bandwidth Benchmark

• Hardware Interrupts Usage
• Software Interrupts Real-Mode (DOS SubSystem) Handlers
• Software Interrupts Protected-Mode (Windows) Handlers (Prof. Only)
• DMA Channel Usage (Prof. Only)
• I/O Ports Usage
• Memory Range Usage (Prof. Only)
• Plug & Play Enumerator (Prof. Only)
• Hardware registry settings
• Environment settings

• Listings of system files (.ini, .sys, .bat)
• Add new/delete module Wizard
• Create a report or script Wizard (save, print, fax or e-mail in CIM (SMS/DMI), HTML, XML, RPT or TEXT format)
• Performance Enhancing Tips (& Wizard)
• Upload Wizard (Customised version Only)
• WebUpdate Wizard for automatic version updating
• Burn-in Wizard

• Tip of the day
• Extensive help file documenting over 450 tips
• Extensive on-line documentation (HTML) with Q & A knowledge base
• Windows 98/Me/200X Task Scheduler interface