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Remote Process Explorer

pic rem pmRemote 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.

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mRemote 1.43

mRemote is a multi-protocol remote connections manager.
As of Version 1.00 it supports the RDP, VNC, ICA, SSH, Telnet, RAW, Rlogin and HTTP/S protocols.
The main goal is to minimize window clutter and to provide a easy gui for managing all your remote connections.

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Sysinternals Suite

Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault.

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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 »

Process Monitor v1.21

Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows real-time file system, Registry and process/thread activity. It combines the features of two legacy Sysinternals utilities, Filemon and Regmon, and adds an extensive list of enhancements including rich and non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, simultaneous logging to a file, and much more. Its uniquely powerful features will make Process Monitor a core utility in your system troubleshooting and malware hunting toolkit.

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Manage your hosts file with HostsMan

iconHostsMan 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.

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CurrPorts - View Opened TCP/IP ports / connections. CurrPorts updated to version 1.20

currports icon 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.

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Shutdown (Power off) or Reboot a Remote Computer from Powershell

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.

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Find and change (spoof) your MAC address in Windows XP

windows logoThis paper presents network tools that allow you to find and change your mac address.

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Creating and Manipulating Network Shares with Powershell

[Image]This article represents manipulating network shares with PowerShell on local or remote computer.  You can create or delete network shares using Win32_Share.

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