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Reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks (bullets)
The Eureka! tool is designed to display text hidden behind masked password fields in supported Windows applications and older Internet Explorer password controls. It is intended for legitimate recovery and troubleshooting scenarios in which you need to verify credentials you are already authorized to access.
- Show passwords behind a row of "****" asterisks (bullets).
- Supports common password edit controls and Internet Explorer 6-7 password fields. It may kill Internet Explorer 8-11.
- Show all passwords in an Internet Explorer 6-7 window at the same time.
- It works fine with most Windows applications such as Outlook, WS_FTP, CuteFTP and ICQ.
- Very easy to use.
Review MAC Address Change Support and Limitations
The MAC Address Changer tool in SIW helps you review adapter support for locally administered address changes and understand common driver- and vendor-specific limitations. This is useful when testing network configurations, replacing hardware, or troubleshooting environments that depend on adapter identity.
Notes:
- See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address#Address_details
- There is an option to change the MAC address on some network cards under the Advanced tab in the network adapter's Properties menu.
- On the Intel site there is this disclaimer:
The Media Access Control (MAC) address is hard-coded on Intel® wireless adapters and cannot be changed.
Some third-party software applications can "spoof" a MAC address to a different address, but for security reasons, Intel does not support this practice.
Beginning with 12.x wireless driver package, the possibility of "spoofing" the MAC address was blocked to prevent this practice. - Some adapters/drivers allow you to change only the first octet from the built in value 00 to 02, 06, 0A or 0E.
- It seems that some devices have issue with network adapters not having '00' as first octet of MAC address.
Wake up remote systems over the network
The Wake-On-LAN tool in SIW helps you power on supported computers remotely by sending a wake packet to the target network adapter.
This is useful for remote administration, after-hours maintenance, and powering on systems that are configured to support Wake-On-LAN in both firmware and network hardware. SIW simplifies the process by letting you work with the target MAC address and related network details in one place.
Retrieve license information from external Windows installations
The Remote Licenses tool in SIW is designed to recover license-related information from other Windows installations, including systems that are not currently booted.
It is especially useful when working with offline registry hives, external disks, or recovery environments in order to inspect product key and licensing data from another Windows instance. This supports migration, recovery, and administrative inventory scenarios.
Multithreading scans for:
The Hosts Scan tool in SIW performs multithreaded scans to identify systems and commonly exposed network services across the target environment. It is useful for fast discovery, troubleshooting, and reviewing service availability on multiple hosts.
- CVS
- DameWare
- DCOM
- FTP
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- IMAP4
- IPP
- LDAP
- NetBIOS
- Oracle
- Symantec pcAnywhere
- Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition
- POP3
- RDP
- SMTP
- SQL Server
- SSH
- Telnet
- TFTP
- UPnP
- VNC
- XDMCP
- Yahoo! Messenger
Ping remote hosts and verify reachability
The Ping tool in SIW sends Internet Control Message Protocol requests to a target host so you can quickly check whether it is reachable on the network.
This is useful for basic connectivity testing, measuring response time, and confirming name resolution or routing behavior during troubleshooting.
Trace the route to a remote destination
The Trace tool in SIW helps you examine the network path taken to reach a remote host by showing intermediate hops between the local system and the destination.
This is valuable when diagnosing routing issues, unexpected latency, or connectivity problems that occur somewhere between the source and destination.
Send common network and application-layer requests
The request tools in SIW allow you to issue FTP, HTTP, SMTP, and WHOIS requests directly from the application, providing a convenient way to test service responses without switching to separate utilities.
These tools are useful for quick protocol testing, troubleshooting application services, checking response headers or banners, and confirming that remote services are reachable and behaving as expected.
The Microsoft Tools section in SIW provides quick access to a collection of built-in Windows administrative utilities, diagnostics, and management consoles. It is intended to save time by placing commonly used system tools in one convenient location.
- Computer Management Console
- Certificate Manager
- Change Product Key
- Component Services
- Device Manager
- Disk Cleanup
- Disk Manager
- Event Viewer
- Group Policy
- Enable/Disable Hibernation
- Local Users and Groups Manager
- Memory Diagnostic Tool
- Microsoft System Configuration
- Microsoft System Information
- Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool
- ODBC Administrator
- On Screen Keyboard
- Open GodMode Directory
- Problem Steps Recorder
- Performance Monitor
- Reliability Monitor
- Resource Monitor
- Shared Folders
- Service Control Manager
- System File Checker
- Task Manager
- User Accounts
- User Control
- Verify WMI Repository
- Welcome Center
- WMI Management
- WMI Repair
Control shutdown, restart, and related power actions
The Shutdown / Restart Computer tool in SIW provides a simple interface for initiating common power management actions on the local system and, where supported, remote systems.
This is useful for administrators who need to restart machines after maintenance, shut down systems safely, or perform scheduled power operations as part of support and deployment workflows.
The Monitor Test allows you to easily check for dead or defective pixels on LCD monitors.
You can use it to test a new LCD monitor before purchasing, or an existing monitor during the warranty period, when a replacement may still be possible under the manufacturer's dead-pixel policy.
A defective (dead or stuck) pixel does not illuminate properly or does not display the correct color output. It usually appears as an unwanted black, white, or colored spot on the screen. Monitor Test fills the entire display with one of the colors that make up a pixel so you can inspect the panel for pixels that do not match the selected color.
The screen color changes automatically every 4 seconds in automatic mode, or each time you press the space bar in manual mode.
Keyboard shortcuts:
- a - automatic mode
- r - red screen
- g - green screen
- b - blue screen
- w - white screen
- k - black screen
- 1 to 9 - change speed (default 4)
- Esc - end test
View cached application and resource names
The MUI Cache Viewer in SIW displays information from the Windows Multilingual User Interface cache, which stores application-related display names and resource strings used by the shell.
This can be useful when investigating how applications are labeled in the user interface, reviewing leftover entries from removed software, or analyzing shell-related metadata.
Inspect stored browser cookies
The URL Explorer Cookies view in SIW helps you review cookie data stored by supported browsers and Windows web components.
This is useful for privacy review, troubleshooting sign-in persistence, and understanding what websites or services have stored state information on the system.
Review visited URL history information
The URL Explorer History view in SIW displays browsing history information available from supported sources on the system.
It can help with troubleshooting, auditing, or user-support scenarios in which understanding recently accessed web resources is relevant.
Inspect cached Internet files
The URL Explorer Internet Files view in SIW provides visibility into cached web content stored locally by supported browsers and Windows internet components.
This is useful for troubleshooting web behavior, reviewing temporary content stored on disk, and examining how browsers cache downloaded resources.
Review files currently opened by the system
The Open Files tool in SIW lists files that are currently open through supported Windows interfaces, helping you understand which resources are actively in use.
This is useful when troubleshooting locked files, identifying resource usage, or determining why a file cannot be modified, moved, or deleted at a given moment.
Configure how SIW behaves and displays information
The Options section in SIW allows you to adjust application preferences that affect scanning behavior, display choices, report generation, and other operational settings.
This helps tailor SIW to different administrative, diagnostic, or reporting workflows, making it easier to use the application in the way that best fits the task at hand.
SIW To ODBC is used to import XML Reports created by SIW into a database using ODBC.
This utility is useful when you want to move SIW report data into a database for centralized storage, querying, automation, or long-term reporting. It can help turn exported XML inventories into structured records that are easier to analyze at scale.
Author: Andrei Topala
SIW Viewer is used to show XML Reports created by SIW.
This utility is intended for viewing exported SIW XML reports outside the main application, making it easier to share, archive, and review collected system information on another machine or at a later time.
Author: Andrei Topala
Create XML reports for viewing, sharing, and import
SIW can export collected system information to XML, making it easy to save detailed inventory data for later review, archiving, or import into other tools such as SIW Viewer and SIW To ODBC.
XML reports are especially useful when you need a structured, portable representation of scan results for documentation, support cases, or bulk processing workflows.
