Safe bandwidth monitoring program?

[hbenthow]

On my previous computer, I used a bandwidth monitoring program called Networx. However, that computer developed a crippling problem (the main hard drive locking up at random, unpredictable intervals). I had the computer tested, and the problem coudn't be identified, except that the hard drive was apparently not the issue. To this day, the issue still hasn't been identified.

I can't rule out Networx as a possible cause, as it installs a driver during installation. But I need a good bandwidth monitoring program for my new computer (my ISP takes three days to update my bandwidth usage information).

Does anyone know a good, safe bandwidth monitoring program, especially one that doesn't install drivers?

 

[smorizio]

windows 10 will show your data usage now. it under network settings.

 

[hbenthow]

windows 10 will show your data usage now. it under network settings.

But it only shows data usage from the past 30 days at any given time. I need something that I can set to show how much data I have used by a customizable time each month (the 28th, to be precise, as that is the end of my ISP's monthly usage cycle).

 

[ko888]

Were you using the installer or portable version of NetWorx? The portable version shouldn't install anything.

 

[hbenthow]

Were you using the installer or portable version of NetWorx? The portable version shouldn't install anything.

I used the installer. I'm not sure if there was a portable version back when I installed it. It appears that Networx has switched from a free program to paid one since I used it. Maybe the portable version came along with that change. It wasn't until I read your post that I found out that there was a portable version.

I don't see how a portable version would work well. It seems that I would have to manually start it every time I started my computer.

 

[ko888]

NetWorx Version 5.5.5.16264 appears to be the last free version. The product changed to a commercial paid version with Version 6.0 on January 1, 2017.

See the Load on Windows startup check box in the Settings window? It's in the portable version 5.5.5.16264 too.

https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1489

 

[hbenthow]

NetWorx Version 5.5.5.16264 appears to be the last free version. The product changed to a commercial paid version with Version 6.0 on January 1, 2017.

See the Load on Windows startup check box in the Settings window? It's in the portable version 5.5.5.16264 too.

https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1489

But does the portable version install any drivers to the computer when it first runs?

 

[ko888]

NetWorx Version 5.5.5.16264 appears to be the last free version. The product changed to a commercial paid version with Version 6.0 on January 1, 2017.

See the Load on Windows startup check box in the Settings window? It's in the portable version 5.5.5.16264 too.

https://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1489

But does the portable version install any drivers to the computer when it first runs?

If it installed anything then by definition it wouldn't be portable.

 

[hbenthow]

If it installed anything then by definition it wouldn't be portable.

Thank you for the information. I think I'll use the portable version for the time being.