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kawazu rated 20 months agoFeatured Review
Even though I prefer running Unices most of the time, once in a while I am in need of maintaining (debugging, ...) Windows machines, and, somehow, I do not want to go without the Sysinternals utilities anymore. There is only one simple question left: Given that Microsoft acquired Sysinternals and th...

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rwartaur rated 8 months ago
Useful tools for Windows.
Blyss rated 20 months ago
Here you will find some of the most useful tools for Windows. I spend a lot of time fixing peoples computers because they will click ok on anything in order to make a pesky window go away or to add a realtime temperature reading by their system clock. These tools can help you figure out what is going on.
JoeF rated 10 months ago
A great set of really useful tools and utilities - the things Microsoft never bundle with their OS releases but should. If you try just one then it has to be Process Explorer - use it once and you'll never use Task Manager again, it's just brilliant.
livingfossilz rated 14 months ago
Some amazing utilities for windows...
nicky187 rated 16 months ago
Good utilities for Windows based systems.
uiit2240varun rated 17 months ago
Tremendous tools!!! without them i would still be searching for solution to my problems. great job Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.
hellacious rated 18 months ago
From the page: "The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you're an IT Pro or a developer, you'll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications." I've been a fan of the Sysinternals web site since its earliest beginnings...there are so many fine utilities here that aid one in diagnosing windows problems, sniffing out possible security violations, helping to identify just what "certain" programs are up to, and in giving one some peace of mind amid all the complexity of the various Windows operating systems. This site is an excellent one-stop-shop for a myriad of system utilites and the first place to look when in need of one.
foxtyke rated 13 months ago
I used SysInternals tools before Microsoft bought them out and continue to use them, they are still the best.
noprob rated 18 months ago
The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006. Whether you're an IT Pro or a developer, you'll find Sysinternals utilities to help you manage, troubleshoot and diagnose your Windows systems and applications. If you have a question about a tool or how to use them, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.
kawazu rated 20 months ago
Even though I prefer running Unices most of the time, once in a while I am in need of maintaining (debugging, ...) Windows machines, and, somehow, I do not want to go without the Sysinternals utilities anymore. There is only one simple question left: Given that Microsoft acquired Sysinternals and these tools are "freeware" (at least free-as-in-free-beer) by now: Why the f__k don't they package these tools with the default installation of at least Windows Server System? Most of these things are essential for everyday system administration, most of these tools (or tools doing similar jobs) have been around in every standard Unix installation ever since, and one surely could _expect_ things like this to be around on a professional server-side operating system. But, obviously here we go again - Unix and its friends provide you with a homogenous, well equipped working environment, whereas a new Windows installation is little more than a kernel and a GUI, missing any really important tools (starting with a _usable_ ASCII editor - _not_ notepad). And while some MS people still sometimes claim Linux/Unix to be a "hobbyist" OS, here it's Windows where shortly after an installation you will move around, waste time searching, downloading and installing tools every other environment did already bring with it initially. Strange world.