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Should I remove GSmartControl?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
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How common is it?
Global Rank #11,954
United States Rank #12,062
Reach 0.0273%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 9.40 days
277.36 days >
Average installed length: 145.73 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.1.3 1.30%
1.1.1 0.56%
1.1.0 0.37%
1.0.2 0.93%
1.0.1 0.37%
0.9.0 0.19%
0.8.7 76.25%
0.8.6 14.29%
0.8.5 5.75%

Other programs by Alexander Shaduri

GSmartControl

What is GSmartControl?  (from Alexander Shaduri)

GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for smartctl (from smartmontools package), which is a tool for querying and controlling SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives. It allows you to inspect the drive's SMART data to determine its health, as well as run various...  Read more

Overview

GSmartControl is a software program developed by Alexander Shaduri. The most common release is 0.8.7, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named gsmartcontrol.exe. The setup package generally installs about 66 files and is usually about 17.81 MB (18,671,718 bytes). The program uses the GLib GNOME library. Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 41% of users of GSmartControl come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Italy.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: gsmartcontrol.berlios.de
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\GSmartControl
Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\GSmartControl\gsmartcontrol_uninst.exe
Estimated size: 17.81 MB

Program filesFiles installed by GSmartControl

Program executable:gsmartcontrol.exe
Name:GSmartControl
GSmartControl - Hard disk drive health inspection tool
Path:C:\Program Files\GSmartControl\gsmartcontrol.exe
MD5:6f9ff6c5b7654b605920d5bfeb2c0ef4
Additional files:
  • liblzma-5.dll (by The Tukaani Project ) - XZ Utils <http://tukaani.org/xz/> (liblzma data compression library)
  • smartctl.exe (by www.smartmontools.org) - smartmontools (Control and Monitor Utility for SMART Disks)
  • smartctl-nc.exe (by www.smartmontools.org)
  • libpangocairo-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoCairo
  • libpangowin32-1.0-0.dll (by Red Hat Software) - PangoWin32
  • libpangoft2-1.0-0.dll - PangoFT2
  • libpango-1.0-0.dll - Pango
  • libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GTK+ (GIMP Toolkit)
  • libgdk-3-0.dll (by The GTK developer community) - GIMP Drawing Kit
  • libgdk-win32-2.0-0.dll
  • libgio-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community) - GLib (Gio)
  • libglib-2.0-0.dll (by The GLib developer community)
  • libgmodule-2.0-0.dll - GModule
  • libgobject-2.0-0.dll - GObject
  • libgthread-2.0-0.dll - GThread
  • libgtk-3-0.dll
  • libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll
  • zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
  • libatk-1.0-0.dll (by Sun Microsystems) - atk
  • fc-cache.exe
  • fc-list.exe
  • freetype6.dll
  • gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders.exe
  • gsmartcontrol_uninst.exe
  • gspawn-win32-helper.exe
  • gspawn-win32-helper-console.exe
  • gtk2_runtime_uninst.exe
  • gtk-query-immodules-2.0.exe
  • gtk-query-immodules-3.0.exe
  • gtk-update-icon-cache.exe
  • gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0.exe
  • libatkmm-1.6-1.dll
  • libcairo-2.dll
  • libcairo-gobject-2.dll
  • libcairomm-1.0-1.dll
  • libepoxy-0.dll
  • libexpat-1.dll
  • libffi-6.dll
  • libfontconfig-1.dll
  • libfreetype-6.dll
  • libgailutil-18.dll
  • libgdkmm-3.0-1.dll
  • libgiomm-2.4-1.dll
  • libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4-1.dll
  • libglibmm-2.4-1.dll
  • libgtkmm-3.0-1.dll
  • libharfbuzz-0.dll
  • libjasper-4.dll
  • libjpeg-8.dll
  • libpangomm-1.4-1.dll
  • libpcre-1.dll
  • libpixman-1-0.dll
  • libpng14-14.dll
  • pango-querymodules.exe
  • update-smart-drivedb.exe

How do I remove GSmartControl?

You can uninstall GSmartControl from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program GSmartControl, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove GSmartControl.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 53%
Win Vista 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#11,954

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 56.22%
Windows 10 35.06%
Windows XP 6.49%
Windows Vista 2.23%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 23.03%
Windows 7 Professional 17.42%
Windows 7 Ultimate 14.42%
Windows 10 Pro 10.86%
Windows 8.1 Pro 6.93%
Windows 10 Home 6.55%

Distribution by countryGeography

41.23% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 41.23%
  Germany 16.43%
  Italy 8.37%
  Belgium 4.74%
  Netherlands 4.42%
  United Kingdom 3.79%
  France 2.37%
  Australia 2.21%
  Switzerland 1.90%
  Canada 1.74%
  Austria 1.26%
  Poland 1.26%
  Croatia 1.11%
  Sweden 0.79%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 21.37%
Dell 19.76%
Acer 16.53%
GIGABYTE 11.29%
ASUS 10.89%
Lenovo 5.65%
Medion 5.65%
Toshiba 3.63%
Intel 3.23%
MSI 1.21%
American Megatrends 0.81%
Common models
ASUS All Series 5.81%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.23%
HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... 2.58%
Dell Studio XPS 8100 1.94%
HP xw4600 Workstation 1.94%
NVIDIA AWRDACPI 1.94%

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