The Packet Exchange

Computing solutions that work.

Cool Tools

We keep lots of tools on the site, most of which are collected from other sites for quick access.  Some of the scripts are mine, and under no condition is the use or acceptability of any tool for any purpose guaranteed.  As always, a healthy dose of knowledge and paranoia will assist you in making the most of these tools. You might want to check the source for more recent versions, I do not regularly update this! Browse the entire folder here

File System Tools

diruse.exe Microsoft command to locate large directories, commonly batched and results emailed with blat
dirgraph.exe   Graphical dir space, with file ages represented
filemon.exe SysInternals Files being accessed right now
hd_speed.exe   Speed of disk I/O
robocopy.exe Microsoft Most Excellent file copy/archive
tail.exe   View the tail end of a text file
handle.exe SysInternals Show what files are open by an app
zip.exe   fast zip tool
wpad.exe   Quick text editor
forfiles.exe Microsoft Forfiles for non Win2k3 systems. commonly for purging old log files
contig.exe SysInternals Make a file/folder contiguous
Alcohol52   Mount an ISO as a drive letter
autodefrag.exe   Cmd line defrag for Windows 2000 (not needed for XP/03)

Network Tools

nbtscan.exe   scan for Netbios names
neo.exe McAfee? Visual TraceRoute
netdiag.exe Microsoft Netdiag for XP
netspeed.exe   Raw TCP performance testing
portscan.exe   Little TCP Portscanner
putty.exe   windows ssh client
scanline.zip Foundstone cmd line TCP/UDP scanner
tcpview.exe SysInternals View TCP/UDP connections
tftpd32.exe   Little tftp (and more) server
vmrc.exe Microsoft Virtual Server Remote Client

Processes (win32)

autoruns.exe SysInternals what starts up, stays up?
kill.exe Microsoft Kill a task (not needed in XP/03)
pskill.zip SysInternals Awesome process killer
pslist.exe SysInternals List processes local or remote
pstools.zip SysInternals A collection of great tools
srvany.zip Microsoft Make a program a service
tlist.exe Microsoft Task List
uphClean-Setup.msi Microsoft UPH Cleaner for TS sessions

Scripting Tools

KixTart kixtart.org Awesome language
AutoIt3.exe   Another cool language
blat.exe   cmd line SMTP emailer
nc.kix Daryl Network Compliance Testing (kixtart based)
box.exe   Make a dialog box for the user
sleep.exe   pause for a breather

Security Tools

dumpsec.exe SystemTools Dump NTFS/Share/Reg ACL's
selfssl.exe Microsoft Make Self-Signed certs for IIS
logevent.exe Microsoft put stuff in Event Viewer
logalert.exe Daryl Monitor Event logs and do stuff
EventCombMT.exe Microsoft Collect Event View logs

Related resources

General Tools

  • www.sysinternals.com
  • www.systemtools.com
  • www.kiwisyslog.com
  • www.intersectalliance.com
  • www.greyware.com
  • www.kixtart.org

Security Related Links

  • www.foundstone.com
  • www.clamav.org
  • http://securit.ifrance.com

More as I can remember...