Sysinternals Utilities Freeware Review

Sysinternals Utilities are various applications to aid in troubleshooting issues with computers, specifically in Windows platform. I am a desktop support tech, and must say that these free utilities are AWESOME! They are a must have for your troubleshooting tool belt. There is a utility called PSEXEC.exe which can remotely send commands on a remote PC with a specific set of credentials, SDelete which securely overwrites your sensitive files and cleans your free space of previously deleted files using this DoD-compliant secure delete program, there is even PSINFO.exe which obtains information about a system or remote system such as software installed. There are network utilities that include ShareEnum.exe which scans file shares on your network to view their security settings so you can proactively close security holes. There are many more utilities not mentioned. Check out the website http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx you can download these individually or wrapped up in one package. If you place the .exe’s in your c:\windows\system32 or c:\winnt\system32 folder, you can execute these via command line with out typing in a path.