JSI Tip 0107 - What tools are provided with the WinNT 4.0 Resource Kit?

Jerold Schulman

April 13, 1997

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The following is an alphabetical list of the tools included on the

For more information on them, please refer to the RKTOOLS.HLP online Help file.

ADDUSERS.EXE: AddUsers - Command-line utility, creates or writes user accounts to a comma delimited file.
(Updated) ANIEDIT.EXE: Animated Cursor Creator - Windows-based tool for drawing and editing animated cursors.
APIMON.EXE: API Monitor
ASSOCIATE.EXE
(Updated) ATANALYZR.EXE: AppleTalk network device ANaLYZeR
AUDITCAT.HLP: Audit Categories Help
(New) AUDITPOL.EXE: AuditPol
AUTOEXNT.EXE: AutoExNT Service - Enables you to start a batch file, AUTOEXNT.BAT, at boot time without having to log on to the computer on which it will run.
(Updated) AUTOLOG.EXE: Windows NT Auto Logon Setter

BREAKFTM.EXE: Automated Mirror Break/Restore Utility
BROWMON.EXE: Browser Monitor - Windows-based tool, shows browser status.
BROWSTAT.EXE: Browser Status - Command-line utility, diagnoses browser problems and shows browser status.

C2CONFIG.EXE: Windows NT C2 Configuration Manager
CHOICE.EXE: Input from Batch Files - (MS-DOS 6.0 utility).
(Updated) CLIP.EXE: Clip
(New) CLIPSTOR.EXE
CMDHERE.EXE: Command Prompt Here
COMPREG.EXE - A Win32 character-based/command-line "Registry DIFF" that enables you to compare any two local and/or remote Registry keys in both Windows NT and Windows 95.
COMPRESS.EXE: File Compress - Command-line utility, compresses files. Needed for Setup customization.
(Updated) COUNTERS.HLP : Windows NT Performance Counters Help
Crystal Reports Event Log Viewer - Provides an easy way to extract, view, save, and publish information from the Windows NT system, application, and security event logs in a variety of formats.

dbWeb
(New) DEFPTR.EXE: Default Printer
DELPROF.EXE: User Profile Deletion Utility
DELSRV.EXE
(New) DEPENDS.EXE: Dependency Walker
Desktop Themes for Windows NT 4.0
DESKTOPS.EXE: DeskTops
DFLYDIST.EXE: Compound File Layout User Tool
(Updated) DH.EXE - Command-line utility, enables you to lock heaps, tags, stacks, and objects.
DHCPCMD.EXE: DHCP Administrator's Tool - Command-line utility.
(Updated) DHCPLOC.EXE: DHCP Server Locator Utility - Command-line utility, detects unauthorized DHCP servers on a subnet.
(Updated) DIRUSE.EXE: Directory Disk Usage - Command-line utility, shows disk space used per directory.
DISKMAP.EXE
DISKSAVE.EXE - Enables you to save the Master Boot Record and Boot Sector as binary image files.
DISKUSE.EXE - Command-line utility, scans directories on a hard disk and reports on space used by each user.
(New) DNSCMD.EXE
DOMMON.EXE: Domain Monitor - Windows-based tool, gives status on domains, domain controllers, trust relationships.
DRIVERS.EXE: Device Driver Information - Command-line utility, shows what drivers have loaded.
DSKPROBE.EXE: DiskProbe
DUMPEL.EXE: Dump Event Log - Command-line utility, dumps the event log to a file.

EM2MS.EXE
EMWAC Server CGI Gateway Scripts
ENUMPRN.EXE
EXCTRLST.EXE: Extensible Performance Counter List
EXETYPE.EXE: Finding the Executable Type - Command-line utility, identifies the hardware platform of a .EXE file.
EXPNDW32.EXE: File Expansion Utility - File Expansion utility, expands the compressed files on Windows NT distribution media.

FILEVER.EXE: FileVer - Command-line utility, examines the version resource structure of a file or a directory of files and displays information on the versions of executable files.
(New) FILEWISE.EXE
FINDGRP.EXE: Find Group - Command-line utility, finds all group memberships of a specified user.
(Updated) FIXACLS.EXE: Reset System File Permissions
FLOPLOCK.EXE: Lock Floppy Disk Drives - Command-line utility or service that restricts access to floppy drives.
FORFILES.EXE
FREEDISK.EXE
FTEDIT.EXE: FT Registry Information Editor - Windows-based tool, enables you to create, edit, and delete fault tolerance sets for disk drives and partitions of local and remote computers.

GETMAC.EXE
GETSID.EXE
GFLAGS.EXE
(Updated) GLOBAL.EXE
GRPCPY.EXE: Group Copy

HCLNT4.HLP: Hardware Compatibility List - HCL in online Help format
(Updated) HEAPMON.EXE

IFMEMBER.EXE - Command-line utility, checks whether the current user is a member of a specified group
. IMAGEDIT.EXE: Image Editor - Windows-based tool, enables the creation of icons and cursors, and also used by the Animated Cursor Creator.
Index Server
INSTALLD.CMD (NTDETECT.COM): Startup Hardware Detector
INSTSRV.EXE: Service Installer - Installs any service.

KERNPROF.EXE: Kernel Profiler
KILL.EXE: Task Killing Utility - Command-line utility, use to end one or more tasks, or processes.
KIX32.EXE: KiXtart 95
(New) KIXGRP.EXE

LAYOUT.DLL
LEAKYAPP.EXE: LeakyApp
LINKCK.EXE: Link Checker
(Updated) LOCAL.EXE
LOGEVENT.EXE: Event Logging Utility
(New) LOGOFF.EXE
LOGTIME.EXE

MIBCC.EXE: SNMP MIB compiler
MONITOR.EXE: Performance Data Logging Service and Configuration Tool
(Updated) MUNGE.EXE

NETCLIP.EXE: Remote Clipboard Viewer
NETCONS.EXE: Net Connections
(New) NETDOM.EXE
NETSVC.EXE: Command-line Service Controller - Command-line utility, remotely starts, stops, and queries the status of services.
(Updated) NetTime for Macintosh
NETWATCH.EXE: Net Watcher - Windows-based tool, shows who is connected to shared directories.
NLMON.EXE
NLTEST.EXE
NOW.EXE: Now - Displays the current date and time on STDOUT, followed by any command-line arguments you add.
(Updated) NTCARD40.HLP: Adapter Help - Describes settings for hardware supported under Windows NT.
NTDETECT.COM (INSTALLD.CMD): Startup Hardware Detector
(Updated) NTEVNTLG.MDB
(Updated) NTIMER.EXE
(Updated) NTMSG.HLP
(New) NTRIGHTS.EXE
NTUUCODE.EXE: 32-Bit UUDecode and UUEncode Utility

OH.EXE
OLEVIEW.EXE: OLE/COM Object Viewer
OS2API.TXT - List of compatible APIs in the OS/2 subsystem.

PASSPROP.EXE
(Updated) PATHMAN.EXE: Pathman
(Updated) PERF2MIB.EXE: Performance Monitor MIB Builder Tool
(Updated) PerfLog: Performance Data Log Service
PERFMTR.EXE: Performance Meter - Text-mode utility, provides performance information.
(Updated) Performance Tools
Perl 5 Scripting Language
PERMCOPY.EXE
PERMS.EXE: File Access Permissions per User - Command-line utility.
PFMON.EXE: Page Fault Monitor
PMON.EXE: Process Resource Monitor - Command-line utility.
POLEDIT.EXE: Windows NT System Policy Editor
POSIX Utilities
Power Toys
PSTAT.EXE: Process and Thread Status - Command-line utility, shows process statistics. Useful for debugging problems.
PULIST.EXE
PVIEWER.EXE: Process Viewer - Windows-based tool, shows the processes running in the system and allows ending processes and boosting priority.

QSLICE.EXE: CPU Usage by Processes - Windows-based tool.
QUICKRES.EXE: Quick Resolution Changer

RASLIST.EXE
RASUSERS.EXE: Enumerating Remote Access Users - Command-line utility.
RCMD.EXE: Remote Command Service - Remotely administers and runs command-line programs, client program. Used with RCMDSVC.EXE.
(New) REG.EXE
REGBACK.EXE: Registry Backup - Command-line utility, backs up Registry hives to files without the use of tape.
REGDMP.EXE
(Updated) REGENTRY.HLP: Windows NT Registry Entries - Online Help file
REGFIND.EXE
Regina REXX Scripting Language
REGINI.EXE: Registry Change by Script - Command-line utility, good for Setup programs.
REGKEY.EXE: Logon and FAT File System Settings - Windows-based tool, sets new Registry settings without actually editing the Registry. (Not on PPC RISC-based computers)
REGREST.EXE: Registry Restoration - Command-line utility, restores Registry hives from files.
Remote Access Manager
(Updated) Remote Console
(Updated) REMOTE.EXE: Remote Command Line - Command-line utility, runs command-line programs on remote computers.
Remote Kill
RIPROUTE.WRI: Routing with Windows NT Server
RMTSHARE.EXE: Remote Share - Command-line utility, sets up or deletes shares remotely and can grant and remove ACLs on those shares.
ROBOCOPY.EXE: Enhanced Network File-Copying Utility - Command-line utility.
RSHSVC.EXE: TCP/IP Remote Shell Service
RSHXMENU.EXE: Security Power Toy
RUNEXT: Run Extension

SC.EXE
SCANREG.EXE - A Win32 character-based/command-line "Registry GREP" that enables you to search for any string in keynames, valuenames, and/or valuedata in local or remote Registries keys in both Windows NT and Windows 95.
SCLIST.EXE
SCOPY.EXE: File Copy with Security - Command-line utility.
SECADD.EXE
SECEDIT.EXE
(Updated) SETEDIT.EXE
SETUPMGR.EXE: Setup Manager - Windows-based tool, enables Windows NT to be installed or upgraded remotely.
SETX.EXE
ShareUI
SHORTCUT.EXE
(Updated) SHOWACLS.EXE
SHOWDISK.EXE
SHOWGRPS.EXE
SHOWMBRS.EXE
SHUTDOWN.EXE and SHUTGUI.EXE: Remote Shutdown - Command-line and GUI utilities, remotely shut down a server.
(New) SIPANEL.EXE: Soft Input Panel
SLEEP.EXE: Batch File Wait - Command-line utility, waits for a specified amount of time. Useful in batch files.
SNMPMON.EXE: SNMP Monitor
SNMPUTIL.EXE: SNMP Browser
SOON.EXE: Near-Future Command Scheduler
SRVANY.EXE: Applications as Services Utility
SRVCHECK.EXE
SRVINFO.EXE
SRVINSTW.EXE: Service Installer Wizard
(New) SRVMON.EXE: Service Monitor
(Updated) SU.EXE - Enables you to start a process running as an arbitrary user.
(Updated) SUBINACL.EXE: SubInAcl
SYSDIFF.EXE

TDISHOW.EXE: TDI Tracing Utility - Command-line utility, traces packets going across the TDI layer.
TELNETD.EXE: Telnet Server Beta
TEXTVIEW.EXE: TextViewer
TIMEOUT.EXE
(Updated) TIMESERV.EXE: Time Synchronizing Service - Command-line utility or service.
TIMETHIS.EXE: TimeThis
TIMEZONE.EXE
TLIST.EXE: Task List Viewer
TLOCMGR.EXE: Telephony Location Manager
TOPDESK.EXE: Multiple Desktops - Windows-based tool.
(Updated) TOTLPROC.EXE
TweakUI
TZEDIT.EXE: Time Zone Editor - Windows-based tool.

UPTOMP.EXE: Uni to Multiprocessor Upgrade Utility
USRSTAT.EXE
USRTOGRP.EXE: Add Users to Groups - Command-line utility, adds users to local or global groups from a user-specified input text file.

VDESK.EXE

(New) WAITFOR.EXE
WCAT: Web Capacity Analysis Tool
Web Administration of Microsoft Windows NT Server
WhoAmI
(Updated) WINAT.EXE: Command Scheduler
WINDIFF.EXE: File and Directory Comparison - Windows-based tool.
WINEXIT.SCR: Windows Exit Screen Saver - Logs the current user off after a specified time has elapsed.
(Updated) WINLOGO.DOC: "Designed for Windows NT and Windows 95" Logo Handbook
(Updated) WinMsdP.EXE - Command-line utility, generates a text file of all the information in WINMSD.
WINSCHK.EXE
WINSCL.EXE
WINSDMP.EXE: WinsDump
WNTIPCFG.EXE: Graphical IPConfig Utility

XCACLS.EXE



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