JSI Tip 0107 - What tools are provided with the WinNT 4.0 Resource Kit?
April 13, 1997
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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