Tools And Resources

• Terminal, Command Line and console blog (opens in a new tab)
• Rob van der Woude.com (opens in a new tab)
• Security Bulletins (opens in a new tab)
• OpenCVE (opens in a new tab)
• Old New Thing (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Update Catalog (opens in a new tab)
• aka.ms Search (opens in a new tab)

Tools and Utilities

• Windows versions (opens in a new tab)
• RSAT (opens in a new tab)
• Domain Services Tools (opens in a new tab)
• RSAT Download (opens in a new tab)
• RSAT KBase (opens in a new tab)
• DISM /Add-Capability (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit (opens in a new tab)
• Security Toolkit Release notes (2020) (opens in a new tab)
• Policy Analyzer Release notes (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft PowerToys (opens in a new tab)
• File Locksmith (opens in a new tab)
• Keyboard Manager (opens in a new tab)
• PowerToys Releases (Github) (opens in a new tab)
• ColorTool.exe (opens in a new tab)
• IE 11 Enterprise Mode Site List Manager (opens in a new tab)
• Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) (opens in a new tab)
• LAPS howto (opens in a new tab)
• Sysinternals Suite (opens in a new tab)
• Account Lockout Status (opens in a new tab)
• Account Lockout and Management Tools (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit 1.0 (opens in a new tab)
• How to disable SMB 1 (or 2/3 for testing) (opens in a new tab)
• File, Folder and Share Permission Utility Tool (opens in a new tab)
• File Checksum Integrity Verifier (opens in a new tab)
• CERTUTIL (opens in a new tab)
• Policy Analyzer (opens in a new tab)
• Group Policy Management Console SP1 (opens in a new tab)
• Object Settings spreadsheet 2003/2008/2008R2/Win7 (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft PowerToys (Github) (opens in a new tab)
• Windows 11 ISO (opens in a new tab)

Tools for Deployment

• Windows 11 Installation Assistant (opens in a new tab)
• Install Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account (opens in a new tab)
• Windows ADK 23H2 (opens in a new tab)
• Windows ADK 24H2 (opens in a new tab)
• Windows Server 25 (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (opens in a new tab)
• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (opens in a new tab)
• Rufus USB formatting tool (opens in a new tab)
• Windows 10 Update Assistant 22H2 (opens in a new tab)
• Windows 10 ISO (opens in a new tab)
• Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (opens in a new tab)
• Locale Builder 2.0 (opens in a new tab)

Package Management

• Ansible (opens in a new tab)
• Chocolatey (opens in a new tab)
• Ninite (opens in a new tab)
• Scoop (opens in a new tab)
• Windows Package Manager (WinGet) (opens in a new tab)
• AppGet (opens in a new tab)

Command-line Utilities

• SysInternals (opens in a new tab)
• bottom (opens in a new tab) — cross-platform graphical process/system monitor
• Caffeine.exe (opens in a new tab) — prevent sleep/lock
• CMDebug (opens in a new tab) — batch file debugger
• Console 2 (opens in a new tab) | review (opens in a new tab)
• ConEmu-Maximus5 (opens in a new tab) | review (opens in a new tab)
• CopyTrans Manager (opens in a new tab) | CopyTrans Filey (opens in a new tab)
• CryptoPrevent (opens in a new tab)
• Cygwin (opens in a new tab) — Part 1 (opens in a new tab) | Part 2 (opens in a new tab) | Part 3 (opens in a new tab)
• DOFF (opens in a new tab) | source (opens in a new tab)
• FastCopy (opens in a new tab)
• FindRepl.bat (opens in a new tab) — find and replace in text files
• Gow (opens in a new tab) — GNU on Windows (lightweight Cygwin alternative)
• ImageMagick (opens in a new tab) | scripts (opens in a new tab)
• Jdupes (opens in a new tab) — duplicate file finder
• Joeware.net (opens in a new tab) — AD and Windows tools
• Karen’s directory printer (opens in a new tab)
• Microsoft Mouse without Borders (opens in a new tab)
• MParallel (opens in a new tab) — parallel command execution
• Nirsoft Utilities (opens in a new tab)
• NirCMD (opens in a new tab) — command-line automation utility
• NSIS (opens in a new tab) — installer creation
• Npocmaka batch scripts (opens in a new tab)
• zipjs.bat (opens in a new tab)
• PDFtk (opens in a new tab) — PDF manipulation
• Petter Nordahl-Hagen (opens in a new tab) — NT password recovery
• pretentiousname utilities (opens in a new tab)
• Repl.bat (opens in a new tab) — regex replace in text files
• Ritchie Lawrence tools (opens in a new tab) | cmdow (opens in a new tab)
• SetACL (opens in a new tab) — permission management
• SetRes (opens in a new tab) — screen resolution changer
• SoX (opens in a new tab) — audio processing
• Bill Stewart utilities (opens in a new tab)
• System Tools (Somarsoft) (opens in a new tab)
• WebP utilities (opens in a new tab)

Wake-on-LAN

• Depicus (opens in a new tab)
• Gammadyne (opens in a new tab)
• Nirsoft WOL (opens in a new tab)
• PowerShell Wake On LAN script (opens in a new tab)

Alternative Terminals

• Windows Terminal (opens in a new tab) | GitHub (opens in a new tab)
• ConEmu (opens in a new tab)
• ConsoleZ (opens in a new tab)
• Fluent Terminal (opens in a new tab)
• Hyper (opens in a new tab)
• MinTTY (opens in a new tab)
• MobaXterm (opens in a new tab)
• Tabby (opens in a new tab)
• ZOC (opens in a new tab)