Category: Microsoft Sysinternals
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Microsoft Sysinternals ProcessExplorer: restore the original task manager after replacing it with ProcessExplorer
- https://superuser.com/questions/1320561/restore-the-original-task-manager-after-replacing-it-with-the-sysinternals-proce
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysinternals-suite – includes Process Explorer, the PsTools suite of command-line utilities, and a lot more
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pstools – PsTools – suite command-line utilities
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Microsoft Sysinternals Process Explorer for Microsoft Windows
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Explorer
- https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/tag/process-explorer/
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/downloads/process-utilities
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer
N.B.: Running this utility does not require admin privileges.
Allows you to search for files / directories opened by process / applications.
E.g. I had started Excel today, and it “operated” in some directory. I ended Excel, at least I thought so – but it kept running (in “stealth mode”), and it kept “locking” that directory. And when I attempted to remove that directory in Explorer, Explorer wouldn’t let me do so. But of course Explorer did not tell me, who locked that directory. Process Explorer let me search for that directory using a partial name (substring of the full directory name) and identify the process / application in question. That way I got hold of Excel, ended that for real, and eventually I was able to remove that directory. Hurray!
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Microsoft Sysinternals “Autologon for Windows” — yet another nice utility
Autologon enables you to easily configure Windows’ built-in autologon mechanism. Instead of waiting for a user to enter their name and password, Windows uses the credentials you enter with Autologon, which are encrypted in the Registry, to log on the specified user automatically.
Autologon is easy enough to use. Just run autologon.exe, fill in the dialog, and hit Enable. To turn off auto-logon, hit Disable. Also, if the shift key is held down before the system performs an autologon, the autologon will be disabled for that logon. You can also pass the username, domain and password as command-line arguments: …
Quite useful for a machine running a Jenkins agent.
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Microsoft Sysinternals: Process Monitor — yet another fine Sysinternals utility
- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645 — their “Process Monitor” — requires admin privileges
- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 — their “Process Explorer” — I have been using that utility so far, and I quite like it