Also added to the Graphics section is the graphics card’s manufacturer and model information, plus each network adapter’s MAC address to the Network section. The new build also adds Read and Write Capabilities to the Optical Drives section of the program, allowing users to see what types of disc are supported. Once set, the temperature monitor can be switched from the program’s Taskbar Notification area icon, simply by right-clicking and choosing Tray metrics to select an alternative sensor. Once enabled, users have a choice of which temperature sensor to display from a choice of CPU, motherboard, graphics card or hard drive.

NOTE: Due to a software limitation, the software must be opened by the user at least once per session with this setting enabled in order for it to be able to automatically refresh the Notification Tray icon.Users switch this feature on by choosing View > Options > Advanced tab and ticking Minimize to tray and Display metrics in tray.

Check Run Speccy in tray when the computer starts to have Speccy start with Windows.

Once the proper category is selected, you can use the Sensor dropdown to then select the specific sensor to report, and use the Refresh every # sec option to choose how frequently this is updated (faster update speeds will use more of the computer's resources, but shouldn't be a problem on even a reasonably advanced computer).

You can use the Output dropdown to to select the category of metric to display, such as CPU or Storage. This section will allow you to custom what metric is is displayed in place of the Speccy icon. Check the Display metrics in tray option to replace the Speccy option with a live display of a selected metric.Check the Display metrics in tray tooltip option to show a list of detected temperatures when you mouse over Speccy's Notification Tray icon.Check the Minimize to tray option to allow Speccy to move to the Windows Notification Tray instead of the Start Bar.In Speccy's 'System Tray' options, you can set Speccy to minimize to the tray and, if so, configure what system metrics it displays, if any.

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