There are plenty of third-party and built-in tools designed to help you administer Windows systems. But perhaps none earn more kudos from IT pros, than the bundled utilities that are part of Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell’s Sysinternals Suite. They’re so good, in fact, that Microsoft acquired them back in 2006. During today’s TR Dojo episode, I show you five of the handiest tools Sysinternals has to offer.

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Check out the following links mentioned during the show:

• Windows Sysinternals web site
• Sysinternals Live

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