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A page presenting sample diagnostic troubleshooting flowcharts for PC hardware failures, excerpted from the third edition of the book Computer Repair with Diagnostic Flowcharts. Charts cover topics such as power supply, video, hard drive, CD and DVD, modem, sound, network, peripheral and boot failures. The page notes that inactive links correspond to charts included in the book but not available online.
TrueNAS is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
A Windows application that adds a brightness slider to the system tray for managing brightness levels of multiple monitors. It works with most laptops and DDC/CI-enabled monitors and is offered free of charge.
Ueli is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
UltraUXThemePatcher modifies system files so that third-party Windows themes can be used. It backs up the original system files, and changes can be undone by uninstalling. It is available for Windows XP to Windows 11 in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The author warns that modifying system files can cause unexpected problems or a total breakdown of Windows.
UniClipboard is an open-source tool that syncs the system clipboard across Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, and Android. Content is end-to-end encrypted with XChaCha20-Poly1305, and the relay only sees ciphertext. It requires no cloud account, and devices pair by exchanging a public key. A Quick Panel, local full-text search, and a command-line interface are included.
UniGetUI is a graphical interface for Windows package managers, combining packages from WinGet, Scoop, Snap, Chocolatey, Pip, Npm, .NET Tool and PowerShell Gallery. It allows installing, updating and uninstalling software without the command line, along with package discovery and filtering, bulk operations, and exporting and importing package lists between machines. It is free and open source under the MIT license.
UNIGINE Benchmarks are performance benchmarks by UNIGINE that put a PC under maximum load to measure real performance. The site states they can be used to determine stability of CPU, GPU, power supply and cooling under stressful conditions and for overclocking. Benchmarks support Windows, Linux and macOS with DirectX and OpenGL. A free Basic edition and a Professional edition are offered.
Universal x86 Tuning Utility is a lightweight tool designed to help users optimize the performance and settings of x86 laptops and desktop computers. It is developed by the team behind applications including Ryzen Controller, Renoir Mobile Tuning and Power Control Panel, and acts as an alternative to tools such as Ryzen Master and Intel XTU. The utility provides fine-grained control over device processors and GPUs, allowing users to adjust clock speeds, power limits, voltages and other performance-related parameters.
USB Device Tree Viewer is a Windows utility derived from Microsoft's USBView sample application. It displays USB device trees and decodes descriptors, collects Windows Device Management information to show child devices including drive letters and COM ports, and supports safe removal, device restart and port restart.
Use The Keyboard is a collection of keyboard shortcuts for Mac applications, Windows programs and a wide range of websites. The platform allows users to search for shortcuts, and includes entries for popular tools and services including Notion, Figma, Discord, Zoom, Microsoft Office applications, Adobe creative software, development tools, social media platforms, and many other programs.
UUP dump lets users download Unified Update Platform files, such as Windows Insider updates, directly from Windows Update servers. The site lists builds for Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows Server, offers quick options by release type and architecture, and notes it is not affiliated with Microsoft.
Vagrantup is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
ValiDrive is a free utility from GRC that spot-checks USB mass storage drives for fraudulent, deliberately missing storage. It reports drives that appear to be a purchased capacity but contain less flash storage.
Variety is a wallpaper manager for Linux systems that supports most desktop environments. It can use local images or automatically download wallpapers from Wallhaven, Unsplash, Bing, Reddit and other online sources, rotate them on a regular interval, and display quotations or a digital clock on the desktop. The project is in maintenance mode.
VB-CABLE is a virtual audio device that works as a virtual audio cable, forwarding audio coming into the CABLE input to the CABLE output. It is a Windows audio driver that, per the page, can be used without configuration and works with audio applications using MME, KS, DX or WASAPI interfaces. A macOS package is also listed. VB-CABLE is offered as donationware, with license pricing left to the user's means or usage.
VIA is a tool for configuring keyboards, with a keyboard definition in JSON format required to configure a keyboard. It is compatible with 1400+ keyboards and easily added to other QMK keyboards, and it configures, tests and designs in one place. Precompiled QMK firmware is offered for VIA-supported keyboards.
Vial is an open-source cross-platform GUI and a QMK fork for configuring a keyboard in real time, available for Windows, Linux and Mac. It requires a Vial-compatible firmware installed on the keyboard, which the Vial GUI then automatically detects. Sources for all components are publicly available on GitHub.
Virt-Manager is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, and also manages Xen and LXC containers. It shows a summary view of running domains with live performance and resource statistics, and includes wizards for creating domains and adjusting resource allocation and virtual hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer provides a graphical console to the guest domain.
A virtual museum of operating systems and standalone applications running under emulation, delivered as a single Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM. It states that over 1,700 operating systems and applications are pre-installed and pre-configured, with bundled emulators, a custom emulator-independent launcher, and one-click launch scripts for Windows and Linux. A snapshot feature can revert broken installations.
v86 runs operating systems such as KolibriOS, Linux and Windows 98 in a browser. The page lists many emulated systems with details on interface, architecture, status and source, and provides filters for family, size, license and language.
VirtualBox is general-purpose full virtualization software for x86_64 hardware, with version 7.1 additionally for macOS/Arm and version 7.2 also for Windows/Arm. It targets laptop, desktop, server and embedded use. The project is a community effort backed by Oracle, and releases include 7.2 maintenance releases that improve stability and fix regressions.
VirtualCustoms is a system utility for Windows, hardware checks, cleanup, process control, or desktop customization.
VMware Workstation Pro is a desktop virtualization application that runs multiple operating systems as virtual machines on a single physical machine. It is commonly used for software development, system testing and IT management tasks requiring isolated environments, and allows saving and reverting to previous states and controlling networking for VM guests.
