Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Utils and other Miscellany!!!

Just listing some utils that may be of use. Not in any sorted order other than what I'm confronted with.

PuTTY free remote Secure Shell util you may need this for accessing Linux/VMWare/UX OSs


Pogo-Stick standalone password cracker...in case some one deletes a Server/PC from AD and you do not have the local admin password.


GNU Image Manipulation Program  aka GIMP!!


Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 network analysis tool


Wireshark network analysis tool


Dell PowerGUI Powershell util


Dell Active Directory Object Restore (never used)


Microsoft ADrestore (used successfully)


SciTE text/script editor used to use this a lot, usually use Powershell ISE now.


5 Best text editors


JAM Tree Size Professional checking what folders gobbled your Disc storage


RegEx Buddy helps with Posix regular expressions


Virtual CD Rom Control Panel Microsoft Util to mount ISO image Files


Slysoft Clone Drive ISO Image mounter


Daemon Tools


ImDisk ISO image Mounter


Sysprogs


QR Stuff QR Code web page


QR Code Generator


Climate Notebook For monitoring the physical environment for archival storage/transportation and exhibitions.


IMC Group- Hanwell Humbug App  For monitoring the physical environment for archival storage/transportation and exhibitions. They also provide the hardware.


VistaBootPro Windows OS dual boot app


EasyBCD Windows OS dual boot app


Keyfinder find your Windows OS activation key


LapLink PC Mover client OS settings,files and app mover


Microsoft Support Knowledge Database


How to Query Microsoft Support Knowledge Database


Analogue Clock Screen Saver and my AV app says no threats found!! Before I installed it


Display Fusion Multi monitor screen util


Download Microsoft Power Management white paper


Energy Star Office Equipment calculate power efficiency


powercfg  command line diag 


Windows Vista power plan defaults probably applies to Win7 too


Check your PC for virtualization support


Intel virtualization Technology


Does my Intel processor support virtualization technology?


Win7 compatibility mode WinXP and Win virtual PC download


RUFUS bootable USB


Windows Essentials


How to manually remove programs from the Add or Remove Programs tool


Windows Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility View List Lots of orgs wont go past IE8 coz they have a crap infrastructure


Microsoft Community Forum


How to recognize phishing email messages, links, or phone calls


Wizip File Compression Util


PKWare SecureZip File Compression Util


Win7 Search connector overview


Install and use search connectors


Robocopy gets a GUI


Change Offline files Client Side Cache


BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide for Windows 7


BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide for Windows 7


How Volume Shadow Copy Service Works


Volume Shadow Copy Service


System Restore


Monitored File Name Extensions


VSSADMIN...it's in Win7 too


Starting System Restore from a command prompt


DIVX


XVID


MATROSKA


Arcsoft


Correl WinDVD


CyberLink PowerDVD


Windows Metadata and Internet Services


ROVI Musc


Gracenote


Allmusic


ExactAudioCopy


Microsoft well known SIDs


Tweaks.cpm background logon changer


Autolgon Sysinternals


Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.1) for Windows XP (KB952155)


Windows XP Remote Desktop Connection software [XPSP2 5.1.2600.2180] for older Wintel OSs


Check Remote settings the quick way - systempropertiesremote.exe


How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop


Open Source RDP--rdesktop is known to work with Windows versions such as NT 4 Terminal Server, 2000, XP, 2003, 2003 R2, Vista, 2008, 7, 2008 R2, 2008 and 2012 R2.


Apple Store--Microsoft Remote Desktop By Microsoft Corporation


LapLink Gold---Complete connectivity, remote control, file transfer and synchronization


Laplink Everywhere One Click. Remote Access.


Ultra VNC remote access tools


VNC® remote access software for desktop and mobile platforms.


LogMeIn


GoToMyPC


Google Chrome RDP


http://whatismyipaddress.com/


Seagate--Seatools HDD diag


Western Digital- Datalifeguard HDD Diag


Western Digital General Product Dowload


Winsat and Windows Experience Index


What is the Windows Experience Index


Learn how to use the Windows 7 Resource Monitor for effective troubleshooting


Microsoft Performance Team Blog-Using Resource Monitor to Troubleshoot Windows Performance Issues Part 1  


Microsoft Performance Team Blog-Using Resource Monitor to Troubleshoot Windows Performance Issues Part 2


What's New in Performance and Reliability Monitoring


The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box in Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed applies to Win7 too


Pushing the Limits of Windows: Virtual Memory 


Autoruns for Windows v13.2


Process Explorer v16.05


catalog.update.microsoft.com--windows update


Windows Server Update Services


Description of Enhanced Chkdsk, Autochk, and Chkntfs Tools in Windows 2000 still valid for Win7


CHKNTFS.EXE: What You Can Use It For


Contig v1.7 file defrag util


CLI Commands - Systeminfo technet page


WMI Command-line Tool Personally I think this might be out dated as POWERSHELL really is the business for accessing WMI on local or remote systems. However you might work with twats who are completely ignorant of Powershell, they also might be in a position to obstruct your use of powershell...still worthwhile learning for CMD scripts too.


Goverlan's WMIX ---WMI explorer


How to use System Information (MSINFO32) command-line tool switches and I always forget about this one!!


Microsoft Management Console 3.0


How to Create Custom MMC and Add TaskPad


Snap-in Console Access Modes


Differences between Regedit.exe and Regedt32.exe


Registry Data Types -Windows IT Pro


Bad App Emulator


How do I use Problem Steps Recorder? basically videoes screen actiivity that can record a fault and sent to Tech Support....Win7


Windows feature lets you generate a memory dump file by using the keyboard


Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP)


WDK and WinDbg downloads


How to read the small memory dump file that is created by Windows if a crash occurs


Analyzing Windows Crash Dump or Minidump with WhoCrashed 


Use Bootrec.exe in the Windows RE to troubleshoot startup issues


How to Show and Access Hidden and Ghost Devices and Drivers in Device Manager


Or from the a command prompt that you are running as administrator...


set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1


from the same administrative command prompt run device manager by typing



mmc devmgmt.msc

Partial List of Possible Error Codes with Driver Verifier
Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Windows drivers for advanced users
A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
Windows Hardware Dev Center Archive
Windows 7: Setting up a USB bootable device for installs
Win7 Touch Screen Pack












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