Glary Utilities - This is a nice tool that I use the portable version of from a flash drive. It will check the registry for bad entries, tell you how much space your temporary files are taking up, find shortcut errors, and then fix all the errors that it finds with a single click. You can get the free version at: http://www.glarysoft.com/glary-utilities/download/
Crystal Disk Info - This tool will take a look at the disk drives on your system and let you know how healthy they are. http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html
AVG - On my work computers, I am provided with Norton Internet Security, but for home, I have found that AVG offers pretty good protection for being a free program. I would recommend also running something like Super Anti-Spyware or MalwareBytes with any AV program. http://free.avg.com
HWInfo - There are times where the customer does not know what components are in their PC because it is a second-hand unit or it is not fully disclosed in the OEM build sheet. This can give you a run down of all of the parts that make up the system that you are working on, which can sometimes help discover incompatibilities. http://www.hwinfo.com
CPU-Z and GPU-Z - These utilites show information about the CPU, Memory, and GPU in the system and can also list the speed that they are currently running at. http://www.cpuid.com/ http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Google.com - There will be times that you come across a unique problem or an issue with something that you are not familiar with. In these cases, Google (or even Bing, if you prefer) can be your greatest ally. Chances are, someone has come across something similar and you will be able to put their information to use to solve the problem you are facing.
I hope this helps you find some useful tools for troubleshooting, detecting, or preventing issues with systems that you work on. I know there are some that I use and have used that I have missed on this list, but I will cover them in future lists such as this.
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