Sysinternals utilities to better manage Windows and your applications. In case of problems, they can be very useful for troubleshooting your PC.
Since the acquisition of Sysinternals by Microsoft in 2006, these utilities are available on this website .
They are grouped by categories:
- Disk utilities : managing the use of files and disks
- Networking tools : monitoring and security
- Process : managing the business processes (resources)
- Utilities Security configuration, security management, rootkit detection software spyware
- Information system
- Other : screensaver simulates a reboot, converter hex / decimal, ...
Primarily intended for system administrators, these tools can also be useful for the common man. An example?
Take TCPView . This program allows monitoring processes using TCP and UDP on your machine. So if your firewall has a shortcoming, it is possible to identify a malicious process, to stop its activity and even to determine where the data is sent.
There are also handle that allows you to view the files currently open by any application. Practice to know which files a program uses.
Sysinternals utilities are a real toolbox for Windows. To keep below the elbow in an emergency!
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