Features

Everything a good IT person would check. Every 30 minutes.

Pick an area to see what OfficeWarden looks at, and what it shows you.

Know before a disk fails

Every disk reports its condition, and OfficeWarden keeps a daily history of wear and errors to forecast when it will need replacing. It watches free space on every drive and checks that the PC's files are really backed up.

Disk condition: healthy, warning or failing
Failure forecast from wear and error trends
Free space on every drive
Backup check: OneDrive, File History, Windows Backup, backup programs

Find out why a PC is slow

Processor and memory load every few seconds, kept as 5-minute averages for 90 days. Temperatures catch dusty, overheating machines, and Windows' own start-up measurements name the programs that slow it down.

Load over 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days
Processor and graphics temperatures
Start-up time and what slows it
A gentle restart reminder after two weeks

See crashes, not just hear about them

Blue screens, unexpected shutdowns, hardware errors Windows caught, and programs that crash or freeze, with a timeline of start-ups, shutdowns and sleep.

Blue screens and unexpected shutdowns
Memory, processor and motherboard errors
Program crashes and freezes
Start-up, shutdown and sleep history

The basics, checked every 30 minutes

Antivirus on and up to date, the firewall, drive encryption, how long since Windows updated, and whether a restart is waiting. Software that no longer gets security fixes, and remote-control tools nobody knows about, are flagged.

Antivirus, firewall, drive encryption
Windows Update and restarts pending
Windows 10 end of support
Out-of-support software and remote-control tools

Tell a PC problem from an internet problem

Once a minute each PC checks that it can reach the internet and how long that takes. Drops, slow responses and weak Wi-Fi are recorded without looking at any traffic.

Internet drops while the PC is on
Response time
Wi-Fi signal strength
No traffic is ever read

Know which PCs are actually used

Hours switched on and hours in use each day, from keyboard and mouse activity only, never what was typed, opened or looked at.

Hours on per day
Hours in use per day
14-day and monthly views
Activity only, never content

Automatic fixes

Found, fixed, written down.

Every fix is small and safe, the sort of thing an IT person does first. Each one is logged on the PC and on your dashboard, and each can be switched off.

Drive C: is almost full4 GB free of 237 GB

Freed 11.2 GBOld temporary files, crash reports and update caches removed. Never documents, downloads or the Recycle Bin.

The printer stopped workingPrint spooler service stopped

Printing works againEssential Windows services that should run but have stopped are started again.

Windows Update keeps failing3 failed installs this week

Windows Update repairedIts download store is reset, the standard first fix. Windows fetches what it needs again.

Antivirus was switched offReal-time protection off

Protection is on againIf Microsoft Defender is the only antivirus, it is switched back on.

Not restarted in 3 weeksUpdates waiting, memory full

Asked to restartThe person at the PC is reminded to restart when convenient. It never restarts by itself.

And also

The parts that make it worth paying for.

Upgrade advicePlain recommendations with rough costs: move Windows to an SSD, add memory, replace a worn battery or failing disk, clean the dust, or plan a new PC.

Monthly reportsA one-page PDF per PC and a one-page office report each month: score, what went wrong, what was fixed, how much it was used.

Get help, built inA button on every PC sends a message to your dashboard, with Windows Quick Assist for screen sharing that only starts when the user agrees.

Software listEvery installed program and everything that starts with Windows, with start-up items you can switch off the way Task Manager does.

Signed, self-updating appNew versions install quietly. Every update is signed and checked before it runs.

Works offlineEach PC keeps 90 days of its own detail and its own dashboard, so it keeps checking when the internet is down.