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Sysinternals Miscellaneous Utilities

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AD Explorer

Active Directory Explorer is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer<br>and editor.

AdRestore

Restore tombstoned Active Directory objects in Server 2003 domains.

Autologon

Bypass password screen during logon.

BgInfo

This fully-configurable program automatically generates desktop<br>backgrounds that include important information about the system<br>including IP addresses, computer name, network adapters, and more.

BlueScreen

This screen saver not only accurately simulates Blue Screens, but<br>simulated reboots as well (complete with CHKDSK), and works on Windows<br>Vista, Server 2008 and higher.

Ctrl2cap

This is a kernel-mode driver that demonstrates keyboard input filtering<br>just above the keyboard class driver in order to turn caps-locks into<br>control keys. Filtering at this level allows conversion and hiding of<br>keys before NT even "sees" them. Ctrl2cap also shows how to use<br>NtDisplayString() to print messages to the initialization blue-screen.

DebugView

Another first from Sysinternals: This program intercepts calls made to<br>DbgPrint by device drivers and OutputDebugString made by Win32 programs.<br>It allows for viewing and recording of debug session output on your<br>local machine or across the Internet without an active debugger.

Desktops

This new utility enables you to create up to four virtual desktops and<br>to use a tray interface or hotkeys to preview what’s on each desktop and<br>easily switch between them.

Hex2dec

Convert hex numbers to decimal and vice versa.

NotMyFault

Notmyfault is a tool that you can use to crash, hang, and cause kernel<br>memory leaks on your Windows system.

PsLogList

Dump event log records.

PsTools

The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the<br>processes running on local or remote computers, running processes<br>remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.

RegDelNull

Scan for and delete Registry keys that contain embedded null-characters<br>that are otherwise undeleteable by standard Registry-editing tools.

Registry Usage (RU)

View the registry space usage for the specified registry key.

RegJump

Jump to the registry path you specify in Regedit.

Strings

Search for ANSI and UNICODE strings in binary images.

ZoomIt

Presentation utility for zooming and drawing on the screen.

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Last updated on<br>2025-09-17