The PsTools download package includes an HTML help file with complete usage information for all the tools. PsUptime: Shows you how long a system has been running since its last reboot. PsShutdown: Shuts down and optionally reboots a computer PsLoggedOn: See who's logged on locally and via resource sharing PsList: List detailed information about processes PsKill: Kill processes by name or process ID PsInfo: List information about a system PsGetSid: Display the SID of a computer or a user The tools included in the PsTools suite, which is downloadable as a package are:īelow is the explanation of the tools above. The first tool in the suite was PsList, a tool that lets you view detailed information about processes, and the suite is continually growing. PsToolS: This tool allows for the possibility to manage remote systems as well as the local one.The credentials entered into the AutoLogon is used to create and encrypt the credentials in the Registry. Here the user does not need to enter his username and password, the systems (windows) automatically to logon to his/her workstation. Auto Logon: AutoLogon provides the means to configure Windows built-in auto logon.Process monitor: See the following link for more details.

To terminate a process, select the process and press the Delete key. This tool is executed by running the procexe.exe application and does not require any execution or whatever. Process Explorer: This is the most widely used Sysinternals tool and it helps visualise about details about every processor and active DLL sessions in your system, kill and suspend processes set process priority, gives graphical statistics about CPU, memory and I/O usage, a tree view to show processes and their dependencies.Also, the Autoruns helps IT professionals identify and remove any software that may be slowing down a computer. How individual Sysinternals tools work: Every tool in the Sysinternals suite works differently from the other and as discussed previously, they are more effective than the built-in Windows tools such as the Process Explorer which can be used in place of the built-in Task Manager.

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