# Test automation and productivity |

BurnInTest provides a number of features to facilitate test automation and improve productivity. These include:
• | Maintaining multiple test configurations for different test hardware;
• | Command line arguments to automate the start of BurnInTest with certain test configurations and parameters;
• | Scripting a series of tests with different test configurations;
• | Externally controlling BurnInTest from another application and controlling other applications from BurnInTest;
• | Installing BurnInTest Professional onto a USB flash drive such that no BurnInTest installation is required on the test system;
• | Using BurnInTest to test PC hardware when there is no Operating System installed on the system;
• | Using BurnInTest to test across system reboots;
• | Shortcut hot keys and
• | Some support for non-English character sets.