Mark Russinovich, now a Fellow in Microsoft, originally developed them along with Bryce Cogswell when they were in the company Winternals Software. The company subsequently was acquired by Microsoft in mid 2006. Initially, many of the tools were not just freeware but were also accompanied with the source code. No longer, of course.

The utilities are categorized under File and Disk utilities, Networking utilities, Process utilities, Security utilities, System information, etc. The Windows Sysinternals website is one of the rare treasure troves of the Microsoft Website that is rich with learning resources and regular updates.

The suite at 9.6 MB includes close to 70 tools and every PC user should own them. Download the Sysinternal Suite now. Why not, when they are freely available?

I will try to give you a detailed overview of various of these tools regularly from now on, so keep watching this space.

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Sysinternals Suite For Troubleshooting PCs

I recently discovered that there is a tabbed version of PuTTY called the PuTTY Connection Manager allowing multiple PuTTY instances in a single window.

PuTTY Connection Manager has several other features like workspace customizations, auto-login and post-login commands, Import/Export connection info to XML, and localization in French. Though the installation installs a help document, it runs as a standalone application and is easily portable.

The app crashed on a few instances while I was using it, and it takes a few seconds to start, but I find it very useful. Also, considering that it is still in version 0.7 alpha and is actively being updated, I have every hope that it will become more stable in the coming future.

The app was developed using C# and it needs Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. Unlike PuTTY this is not open source but a freeware.

Image Source: Putty Connection Manager website.

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PuTTY Connection Manager for Tabbed PuTTY