Sysinternals Tools Now Available as a Single Download

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Sysinternals Tools Now Available as a Single Download

by Lee Mathews Sep 4th 2008

The MS Sysinternals crew has created a number of really useful tools, like the previously mentioned Desktops, TCPView, and Process Explorer. In May, Microsoft put all the downloads together in one place, at live.sysinternals.com.

Fresh off the three-day weekend, they decided to simplify the download process even further by creating a single 8mb file containing their popular troubleshooting utilities.

No, the file doesn't contain the oh-so-fun BSOD screensaver (coming soon to your friend's trojan-infested Windows PC), but it does pack an incredible number of useful tools. Here's a sampling of what's in the file:

AdExplorer: allows viewing, editing, and backup of Active Directory databases
BGInfo: embeds info system like IP, CPU, ram, disk space on the desktop
Contig: single-file defragmenter
PageDefrag: defragments pagining, event log, hibernation, and registry files
RegMon: monitors the Windows registry for changes
RootkitRevealer: helps locate kernel and user-mode rootkits
Sync: Unix-style tool to flush system data to disk

Tons of other apps are included, and it's well worth any admin's time to take a few moments to download.

Tags: sysinternals, sysinternals utilities, SysinternalsUtilities

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jason said 10:33AM on 9-04-2008

Don't forget about the easy way to get one or two files when needed:

http://live.sysinternals.com/

Lee Mathews said 10:33AM on 9-04-2008

Thanks Jason...It's actually referenced in the 1st paragraph ;-)

jason said 1:04PM on 9-04-2008

Yeah. I saw that. I didn't approve the comment, because I was hoping it wouldn't show up. ;)

Medlir said 12:21PM on 9-04-2008

Is this really news? Now available? They've been packaging the "suite" in a single zip for at least a year and half now.

Lee Mathews said 1:05PM on 9-04-2008

Yeah, that's my bad. The newsfeed was a bit misleading, it was actually an update. ()*&!$@! MS. :-)

D Jens said 5:43PM on 9-04-2008

Sysinternals was purchased by MS a few years ago. MS never created these programs. MS, in their current iteration, couldn't create original software even if you gave them instructions AND the code. They used to, but not any more.

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