Troubleshooting with Windows Sysinternals Tools

The Windows Sysinternals tools are crucial for IT professionals and power users to diagnose, troubleshoot, and understand the Windows platform. In this guide, Windows expert Aaron Margosis and Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich help you use these tools to optimize any Windows system’s performance, reliability, and security. The authors provide an overview of Sysinternals’ capabilities and offer in-depth coverage of each major tool, including Process Explorer, Process Monitor, security and file utilities. Additionally, they demonstrate how each tool can be used to tackle real-world problems such as malware infection, Windows errors, and system sluggishness.

With this guide, you’ll learn how to:

• View detailed process and system information using Process Explorer
• Capture low-level system events with Process Monitor and filter the output to identify root causes quickly
• Manage software that starts when you sign in or run Microsoft Office or Internet Explorer
• Verify digital signatures of files and running programs
• Identify and clear malware using Autoruns, Process Explorer, Sigcheck, and Process Monitor
• Inspect permissions on files, keys, services, shares, and other objects
• Monitor security-relevant events across your network with Sysmon
• Generate memory dumps when a process meets specified criteria
• Execute processes remotely and close remotely opened files
• Manage Active Directory objects and trace LDAP API calls
• Capture detailed data on processors, memory, and clocks
• Troubleshoot unbootable devices, file-in-use errors, unexplained communication, and other problems
• Understand Windows core concepts not well-documented elsewhere

If you’re looking to optimize your Windows system and solve problems quickly, Troubleshooting with Windows Sysinternals Tools is the guide for you.

Publisher: Microsoft Press; 2nd edition (October 17, 2016)
Language: English
Paperback: 688 pages
ISBN-10: 0735684448
ISBN-13: 978-0735684447
Item Weight: 2.47 pounds
Dimensions: 7.35 x 1.7 x 9 inches