Chapter 7. Sysinternals Suite

Two decades ago, before Mark Russinovich became the guiding technical force behind Microsoft Azure, he and Bryce Cogswell founded a company called Winternals Software. Over the years, they developed a library of powerful tools for digging deep into the internals of what was then the flagship Microsoft operating system for business customers, Windows NT.

Microsoft acquired the company (and wisely hired both of its founders) in 2006. Amazingly, the tools in the Sysinternals Suite continue to be updated regularly today, a decade later. Equally astonishing: They’re also completely free.

You’ll find more than 70 apps and command-line tools in the full Sysinternals Utilities collection, along with their associated help ...

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