Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference by Mark E. Russinovich


Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference
Title : Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference
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ISBN : 073565672X
ISBN-10 : 9780735656727
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 494
Publication : First published January 1, 2009

Get in-depth guidance—and inside insights—for using the Windows Sysinternals tools available from Microsoft TechNet. Guided by Sysinternals creator Mark Russinovich and Windows expert Aaron Margosis, you’ll drill into the features and functions of dozens of free file, disk, process, security, and Windows management tools. And you’ll learn how to apply the book’s best practices to help resolve your own technical issues the way the experts do.

Diagnose. Troubleshoot. Optimize.


Analyze CPU spikes, memory leaks, and other system problems Get a comprehensive view of file, disk, registry, process/thread, and network activity Diagnose and troubleshoot issues with Active Directory® Easily scan, disable, and remove autostart applications and components Monitor application debug output Generate trigger-based memory dumps for application troubleshooting Audit and analyze file digital signatures, permissions, and other security information Execute Sysinternals management tools on one or more remote computers Master Process Explorer, Process Monitor, and Autoruns

Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference Reviews

  • Chris

    Too much time covering command line flags and menu items, not enough time covering case studies of how to use the tools. The final section that does this is really good, but unfortunately rather short compared to the reference portion.

  • Juan

    This book focuses on explaining how to use Sysinternals tools (options available, command line parameters, etc).
    It's not technically hard to understand for a Windows admin. It's good for a begginer and intermediate, but not enough for a pro.
    Final chapters are the best ones because deepens into real case scenarios. Unfortunatelly, that section is extremely short. I would appreciate more examples like these.

  • Billy

    This is a great companion if you’ve got use cases for SysInternals that really require leveraging all the advanced features and everything SysInternals has to offer. If you just want to learn how these tools work, you can get by with searching for blog posts or simply experimenting with them on a test system. So it can be hard to really get a good return on your time and money reading this book cover to cover. I found it much more valuable when I had specific projects that required, for example, diving deep into Autoruns.exe. In which case it was an excellent resource that covers things I was not able to find anywhere on the internet.

  • Ivan Vagunin

    2/3 of the book is like reading boring user manual, last part is good though.

  • Tamahome

    I wish stores would stock it.

    This is the shiznit. Although the Administrator account certainly isn't 'unrestricted'. You need the System user for that.

  • Joel Tone

    It needs more examples and fewer pages just listing off each switch.