If you’re a Windows user and you’re looking for a set of powerful diagnostic and troubleshooting tools, look no further than Windows Sysinternals. These tools were developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, who sold their company to Microsoft in 2006. Sysinternals tool suite has a long-standing reputation of providing in-depth Windows system and application analysis.

What are Sysinternals?

Sysinternals are a suite of over 70 powerful command-line tools and utilities that can help you monitor, test, diagnose, and repair Windows systems. Sysinternals can be particularly useful for troubleshooting performance issues, malware analysis, and system administration.

You can download the Sysinternals Suite as a single package, which contains all of the individual tools and utilities.

How to Use Sysinternals

Here are five of the most useful Sysinternals tools and how to use them:

1. Process Explorer: This is a powerful process management tool that gives you detailed information about running processes. To use the tool, simply download and run the Process Explorer executable file. Once opened, you’ll be able to view a list of all running processes on your computer. You can click on any process to view a variety of detailed information about it, including the process’s CPU usage, memory usage, and open files.

2. Autoruns: This is a tool that lets you control what programs and services load automatically when your computer boots up. To use Autoruns, simply download and run the executable file. Once open, you’ll be able to view a list of all programs and services that load on startup. You can disable any unwanted programs or services by simply unchecking a box.

3. TCPView: This is a tool that lets you monitor TCP/IP connections in real-time. To use TCPView, simply download and run the executable file. Once open, you’ll be able to view all active TCP/IP connections on your computer. You can also filter the connections based on various criteria, such as the local or remote address, the state of the connection, and more.

4. Process Monitor: This is a powerful tool that lets you monitor system and application activity in real-time. To use Process Monitor, simply download and run the executable file. Once open, you’ll be able to view a detailed log of all system and application activity, including file and registry operations.

5. DiskUsage: This is a tool that lets you see how your disk space is being used. To use DiskUsage, simply download and run the executable file. Once open, you’ll be able to view a tree map of your disk drive, with each file and folder represented as a square. You can hover over each square to see detailed information about the file or folder’s size and location.