{"id":103,"date":"2007-02-16T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T10:01:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-28T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T11:45:42","slug":"sysinternals_suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.snoopdos.com\/blog\/sysinternals_suite\/","title":{"rendered":"SysInternals Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news! All the free utilities from SysInternals.com<\/a> are now available as a single convenient download here:<\/p>\n

    Download SysInternals Suite<\/a> [7.2 MB]<\/p>\n

As you may or may not know, SysInternals was a website run by Mark Russinovich<\/a> and Bryce Cogswell<\/a>. Founded in 1996, it was the<\/i> place to go for useful Windows utilities that did “hard” things – registry snooping, file monitoring, Rootkit detecters, etc.<\/p>\n

For most IT professionals, utilities like Process Explorer<\/a>, RegMon<\/a> and FileMon<\/a> have long been indispensable parts of their computer toolkit. (I have particular interest in the latter, since it performs a similar function to my own SnoopDos<\/a> utility from 1989).<\/p>\n

A few months ago, SysInternals was bought by Microsoft; Mark and Bryce are now working for Bill. One of the immediate changes was that all the utilities are now hosted on Microsoft’s website. A less visible change is that tools no longer come with source code. This is a huge blow to those of us who use the SysInternals tools as reference examples for a wide variety of programming techniques – for example, how to create virtual device drivers that can be installed without a reboot (greatly simplifying the installation process). Luckily, you can still find copies of the original source archives if you know where to look<\/a>, though I expect that won’t last long.<\/p>\n

The SysInternals tools are also exemplars of efficient coding, with executables sizes typically in the 100-500K range. In a world of ever-more-bloated programs, it’s nice to know that there are still people out there who care about such things.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether the ethos behind the SysInternals tools will change significantly as a result of the Microsoft takeover. I hope not, but the first worrying signs are already apparent. The removal of Linux versions of some tools is also a shame (though not a surprise).<\/p>\n

In the meantime though, I salute Mark and Bryce for 10 years of supreme contribution to the Windows community. If you haven’t already downloaded the SysInternals Suite, do it now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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