Windows Sysinternals Suite

The Windows Sysinternals Suite is a set of advanced tools for troubleshooting issues with Windows-based computers. These tools were originally developed by Winternals Software LP, a company that Microsoft acquired in 2006. Winternals was established in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, recognized industry leaders in operating system design and architecture. Examples of some useful tools in this suite include the following:

  • Autoruns This tool lets you see what programs are configured to start up automatically when your system boots. It also displays the full list of registry and file locations where applications can configure autostart settings.

  • BgInfo This tool automatically generates desktop backgrounds that ...

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