ACL Diagnostics

Acldiag.exe

Cmd

Diagnoses and troubleshoots permissions problems with Active Directory objects; reapplies security delegation templates.

Active Directory Replication Monitor

Replmon.exe

GUI

Displays and controls Active Directory replication information.

Active Directory Search Tool

Search.vbs

Cmd

Searches a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory such as Active Directory.

ADSI Edit

Adsiedit.msc

GUI

Adds, moves, and deletes objects and object attributes within Active Directory.

Advanced Power Management Status

Apmstat.exe

Cmd

Provides information about Advanced Power Management (APM) features in older computers.

Application Deployment Diagnosis

Addiag.exe

Cmd

Displays the status of software deployed to the local computer using Group Policy.

Binary File Difference Finder

Bindiff.exe

Cmd

Compares two binary files, and displays the differences.

BITS Administration Utility

Bitsadmin.exe

Cmd

Administers the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), which manages background file-transfers for Internet Information Services (IIS).

Browser Status

Browstat.exe

Cmd

Displays network Browser status.

Cabinet Tool

Cabarc.exe

Cmd

Creates, views, and extracts compressed .CAB files.

Clone Principal

Clonepr.dll

Cmd

Creates clones of Windows NT 4 users and groups so that they can be migrated to a Windows Server 2003 forest.

Dependency Walker

Depends.exe

GUI

Scans a Windows module, and reports all dependencies. Also displays the minimum set of files the application requires to load, and what functions the module uses or exports.

Device Console Utility

Devcon.exe

Cmd

Provides Device Manager functionality at a command prompt.

DFS and SYSVOL Replication Topology Analysis Tool

Topchk.cmd

Cmd

Displays the file replication service (FRS) replication topology and replication partners. Use in conjunction with the Ntfrsutl Ds command.

DHCP Server Locator Utility

Dhcploc.exe

Cmd

Displays and monitors Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers on the subnet, as well as any unauthorized DHCP servers.

Directory Disk Usage

Diruse.exe

Cmd

Displays and monitors directory sizes and compression info.

Directory Services ACL Editor

Dsacls.exe

Cmd

Manages access control lists (ACLs) for Active Directory objects.

Directory Services Utility

Dsastat.ex

Cmd

Compares two directory trees within a domain, or across different domains (when comparing copies of the global catalog).

Diskprobe

Dskprobe.exe

Gui

Directly edits disk sector information (including the master boot record, or MBR).

Disk Manager Diagnostics

Dmdiag.exe

Cmd

Displays detailed diagnostic information about local hard disk drives.

Distributed File System Utility

Dfsutil.exe

Cmd

Manages Distributed File System (DFS), as discussed in Chapter 20.

DNS Lint

Dnslint.exe

Cmd

Tests Domain Name System (DNS) records for delegation problems or other errors.

DNS Server Troubleshooting Tool

Dnscmd.exe

Cmd

Allows administrators to view and modify DNS servers, zones, and resource records.

Domain Controller Diagnostic Tool

Dcdiag.exe

Cmd

Analyzes and creates reports about the state of domain controllers.

Encrypting File System Information

Efsinfo.exe

Cmd

Provides information about files encrypted using Encrypting File System (EFS).

Extensible Performance Counter List

Exctrlst.exe

Gui

Displays and manages performance counters registered in the Registry.

Fault Tolerant Disk Mounter

Ftonline.exe

Cmd

Mounts Windows NT 4 fault-tolerant disk sets.

File and Directory Comparison

Windiff.exe

Cmd, GUI

Compares ASCII text files or folders.

File Replication Utility

Ntfrsutil.exe

Cmd

Displays the status of the FRS.

File Version

Filever.exe

Cmd

Reports version information for a file or folder.

FRS Connection Status Report

Connstat.cmd

Cmd

Creates a report summarizing FRS replication status by processing the output generated by the Ntfrsutil.exe Sets command.

FRS Health Check

Health_chk.cmd

Cmd

Displays the FRS status and health of the specified domain controller.

FRS Inbound and Outbound Logs Summary Report Tool

Iologsum.cmd

Cmd

Displays information about FRS replication. Must be used with the Ntfrsutl Inlog, Ntfrsutl Outlog, or Ntfrsutl Idtable commands.

Get Security ID

Getsid.exe

Cmd

Verifies whether the user account database is corrupt by comparing the security identifiers (SIDs) of the same account on two domain controllers.

Global Flags Editor

Gflags.exe

GUI

Edits global registry settings or flags in use by the kernel.

HTTP Configuration Utility

Httpcfg.exe

Cmd

Manages the HTTP application programming interface (API) so that applications can receive data using HTTP without using IIS.

IAS Parse Tool

Iasparse.exe

Cmd

Parses Internet Authentication Service (IAS) and Remote Access Service (RAS) log files, and outputs the results to the screen or to an IAS or Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) format file.

Kerberos Keytab Setup

Ktpass.exe

Cmd

Enables a non–Windows Server 2003 Kerberos service (such as a UNIX-based service) to be a security principal in Active Directory.

Kerberos Setup

Ksetup.exe

Cmd

Configures Windows Server 2003 clients to use a Kerberos V5 realm.

LDP Tool

Ldp.exe

GUI

Performs LDAP operations.

Manipulate Service Principal Names For Accounts

Setspn.exe

Cmd

Manipulates Service Principal Names (SPNs) for Active Directory service accounts.

Memory Pool Monitor

Poolmon.exe

Cmd

Displays information about the system’s memory pool and general memory usage.

Memory Profiling Tool

Memsnap.exe

Cmd

Writes a snapshot of the memory resources used by all processes to a log file.

Move Users

Movetree.exe

Cmd

Moves objects (such as users) between domains in a forest, leaving all linked group policies intact.

Network Connectivity Tester

Netdiag.exe

Cmd

Troubleshoots network connectivity.

Network Monitor Capture Utility

Netcap.exe

Cmd

Uses the Network Monitor driver to capture frames to a log file.

Nltest

Nltest.exe

Cmd

Queries the status of trusts, lists domain controllers, forces a shutdown, or forces a user database into sync on a Windows NT domain.

Port Query

Portqry.exe

Cmd

Displays detailed Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port status information.

Process Viewer

Pviewer.exe

GUI

Displays processes, changes process priorities, and kills processes.

Remote Command Line

Remote.exe

Cmd

Allows users to connect to the computer remotely using named pipes (with no authentication) and run commands.

Remote Storage Diagnostic Utility

Rsdiag.exe

Cmd

Queries and reports on remote storage databases.

Remote Storage File Analysis Utility

Rsdir.exe

Cmd

Displays information about files in remote storage.

Replication Diagnostics Tool

Repadmin.exe

Cmd

Diagnoses replication problems between controllers in a Windows Server 2003 domain.

Security Administration Tools

Sidwalk.exe, Showaccs.exe, Sidwalk.msc

Cmd, Cmd, GUI

Manages ACLs.

Security Descriptor Check Utility

Sdcheck.exe

Cmd

Displays the effective access controls on an object in Active Directory.

Service Pack Check

Spcheck.exe

Cmd

Creates a file listing the service pack version of key system files.

Windows Domain Manager

Netdom.exe

Cmd

Administers domains and trust relationships.

Windows Installer Cleanup Utility

Msicuu.exe

GUI

Removes registry entries from a faulty installation.

Windows Installer Zapper

Msizap.exe

Cmd

Removes registry entries from a faulty installation. Use only as a last resort.

Xcacls.exe

Xcacls.exe

Cmd

Sets and displays file ACLs.