Remote Process Explorer is a powerful tool for managing, monitoring and analyzing processes on a local or remote computer. You can use Remote Process Explorer to not only get the list of processes running on a remote or local computer, but also run a new process, kill a process or change its priority. In real time, Remote Process Explorer monitors the performance of a remote computer, shows what processes are running on it, how much CPU, memory and other system resources they use. It will show hidden processes, which will allow you to detect spyware and malware. The program has additional tools for shutting down/restarting/logging off a remote computer, sending messages to it, calling standard administration tools. Remote Process Explorer is an advanced tool for administering remote computers.
Recover lost wireless network key with WirelessKeyView
WirelessKeyView recovers all wireless network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer by the ‘Wireless Zero Configuration’ service of Windows XP or by the ‘WLAN AutoConfig’ service of Windows Vista. It allows you to easily save all keys to text/html/xml file, or copy a single key to the clipboard. Read the rest of this entry »
Manage your hosts file with HostsMan
HostsMan is a freeware application that lets you manage your Hosts file with ease.
Features
- online update of hosts file;
- enable/disable usage of hosts file;
- open Hosts file with one click;
- merge two hosts files;
- built-in hosts editor;
- prevent other programs of writing to the hosts;
- scan hosts for errors, duplicates and possible hijacks;
- find how many host names; easily install newly downloaded hosts file;
- create encrypted backups of your hosts file;
- resolve host names;
- keep log of latest blocked sites;
- exclusion list and more.
CurrPorts - View Opened TCP/IP ports / connections. CurrPorts updated to version 1.20
CurrPorts displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer. For each port in the list, information about the process that opened the port is also displayed, including the process name, full path of the process, version information of the process (product name, file description, and so on), the time that the process was created, and the user that created it.
Shutdown (Power off) or Reboot a Remote Computer from Powershell
This article represents shutting down or rebooting a local or remote computer from PowerShell. You can shutting down or rebooting a computer using Win32Shutdown method of the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class.
Find and change (spoof) your MAC address in Windows XP
This paper presents network tools that allow you to find and change your mac address.
Creating and Manipulating Network Shares with Powershell
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This article represents manipulating network shares with PowerShell on local or remote computer. You can create or delete network shares using Win32_Share.
Free Tools for Network Administrator: PsTools updated to version 2.43
This update to PsExec enhances the –i option to allow process launch in a specific session and leverages Windows Vista’s low integrity (the same mechanism used by Protected Mode Internet Explorer) for the –l switch. See Mark’s most recent blog post, “PsExec, User Account Control and Security Boundaries” for more information.
The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
Performing Networking Tasks: Managing DHCP from PowerShell
Earlier I have already written about pinging and viewing Network Settings from Powershell. Now this article represents using PowerShell for managing network settings and managing DHCP.
Performing Networking Tasks: Viewing Network Settings from PowerShell
Earlier I have already written about pinging from PowerShell and now this article represents using PowerShell for viewing network settings. Further tthere will be some other articles about using PowerShell in network administration.
Performing Networking Tasks: Pinging from PowerShell
This article represents using ping from PowerShell. PowerShell is a new command-line/scripting environment from Microsoft. Further there will be some other articles about using PowerShell in network administration.
Bopup Scanner
Bopup Scanner is a freeware network scanner that displays all available computers with logged user names, MAC and IP addresses, detects HTTP (WEB) servers. It allows quickly to detect active computers, open shared resources, explore HTTP servers.
Colasoft MAC Scanner 1.1
Colasoft MAC Scanner allows you to scan your network and gather a list of MAC addresses, along with IP address, machine name and manufacturer information (if available). It can automatically detect all subnets according to the IP addresses configured on multiple NICs of a machine. Colasoft MAC Scanner supports multi-threaded scanning and can export the result list to a text file.
Full List of Key Commands for the Command Prompt
You thought that a command line was a small black window with prompt line and blinking cursor, didn’t you?
As did I 
Though I have used a command line from MS-DOS 6.0 where there was nothing except a command line to Windows XP that almost doesn’t have it.
A command line has undergone changes since MS-DOS and I didn’t suppose some of them.
So what do I mean?
Cain & Abel 3.0 - password recovery tool
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols. The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort. It covers some security aspects/weakness present in protocol’s standards, authentication methods and caching mechanisms; its main purpose is the simplified recovery of passwords and credentials from various sources, however it also ships some “non standard” utilities for Microsoft Windows users.
Configure Windows Firewall using command line
Let’s see manual configuring Windows Firewall using GUI and using command line. Possibilities of configuring Windows Firewall from command line are identical possibilities of configuring from GUI. Using command line allows you create batch file to run on other computers so you can essentially shorten a time spending for configuring firewall on workstations according to your requirements.
This article examines how to configure Windows Firewall using the Netsh command-line utility.
Windows PowerShell for Network Administration
Windows PowerShell is a new command line shell and task-based scripting technology that provides comprehensive control and automation of system administration tasks. Windows PowerShell allows Windows administrators to be more productive by providing over 100 system administration utilities, consistent syntax, and improved navigation of common management data such as the registry or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Windows PowerShell also includes a scripting language which enables comprehensive automation of Windows system administration tasks. The Windows PowerShell language is intuitive and supports your organization’s existing scripts and command line tool investments. Exchange Server 2007 and System Center Operations Manager 2007 will leverage Windows PowerShell to provide improved command line automation.
The Dude network monitor 2.0 Beta 9
The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network enviroment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.
Configuring network settings from command line
What is Netsh?
Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer. Netsh can also save a configuration script in a text file for archival purposes or to help you configure other servers.
112 Windows run commands
Wanted to Browse fast in windows? Remember these commands. This will really save a lot of time of your. There are many commands which you might have never seen or never knew. There are certain properties of windows which you hardly know exist in windows.
Networking Command-line Utilities
These utilities must be run at the prompt of the Cmd.exe command interpreter. To open Command Prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
TCP/IP utilities offer network connections to other computers, such as UNIX workstations. You must have the TCP/IP network protocol installed to use the TCP/IP utilities.
Some command-line tools require the user to have administrator-level privileges on source and/or target computers.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner 2.8
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a free multi-threaded IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and users who are interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and shows what types of resources are shared on the network (including system and hidden).
In addition, it allows you to mount shared folders as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined port and report if it is found open, resolve host names and auto-detect your local and external IP range.