Tool | Filename | Format | Description |
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ACL Diagnostics | Acldiag.exe | Cmd | Diagnoses and troubleshoots permissions problems |
Active Directory Administration tool | Ldp.exe | GUI | Performs Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) operations |
Active Directory Diagnostic tool | Dsastat.exe | Cmd | Compares two directory trees within a domain or across different domains |
Active Directory Object Manager | Movetree.exe | Cmd | Moves objects (such as users) between domains, leaving all linked group policies intact |
Active Directory Search tool | Search.vbs | Cmd | Script tool used to search an LDAP directory |
ADSI Edit | Adsiedit.msc | GUI | Low-level editor for Active Directory; enables adding, moving, and deleting objects within AD |
Advanced Power Management Status | Apmstat.exe | Cmd | Provides information on Advanced Power Management features in older laptop computers |
Application Compatibility Program | Apcompat.exe | Cmd, GUI | Tests for compatibility with Windows 2000 (and other versions of Windows) |
Browser Status | Browstat.exe | Cmd | Determines whether a browser is running in a domain |
Clone Principal | Clonepr.dll | Cmd | Creates clones of Windows NT 4 users and groups so they can be migrated to Windows 2000 |
Dependency Walker | Depends.exe | GUI | Scans any Win32 module and reports all dependent modules. Used to find the minimum set of files needed to load an application and to find what functions a module uses or exports. |
Distributed file system utility | Dfsutil.exe | Cmd | Queries and troubleshoots Dfs |
DNS Troubleshooting tool | Dnscmd.exe | Cmd | Allows you to view and modify DNS servers, zones, and resources |
Domain Controller Diagnostic tool | Dcdiag.exe | Cmd | Analyzes and reports on the state of domain controllers in an enterprise |
DcAcls | Dsacls.exe | Cmd | Manages access control lists |
Dump Check | Dumpchk.exe | Cmd | Reports and analyzes dump files |
File and Directory Comparison | Windiff.exe | Cmd, GUI | Compares ASCII text files or folders |
FileVer | Filever.exeM | Cmd | Reports version information for file or folder |
Global Flags Editor | Gflags.exe | GUI | Edits global registry settings or flags in use by the kernel. |
Kerberos Keytab Setup | Ktpass.exe | Cmd | Configures a non-Windows 2000 Kerberos service to be a security principle in Windows 2000 |
Kerberos Setup | Ksetup.exe | Cmd | Configures Windows 2000 clients to use an MIT Kerberos server |
Memory Profiling tool | Memsnap.exe | Cmd | Takes a snapshot of the memory resources being used by all processes and reports the information to a log file. |
Migration Planning Document | Dommig.doc | GUI | Consider plans for migrating Windows NT domains to Windows 2000 |
Nltest | Nltest.exe | Cmd | Queries the status of trusts; lists primary domain controllers; forcers a shutdown; forces a user database into sync on a Windows NT domain. Usable on both Windows NT and Windows 2000. |
Point-to Point Tunneling Protocol Ping (PPTP Ping) | Pptpclnt.exe, Pptpsrv.exe | Cmd | Tests functionality of PPTP clients and servers |
Poolmon | Poolmon.exe | Cmd | Detects memory leaks |
Process Resource Monitor | Pmon.exe | Cmd | Tracks CPU and memory usage to measure process resource usage |
Process Viewer | Pviewer.exe | GUI | Changes process priority; allows the killing of processes |
Registry Console tool | Reg.exe | Cmd | Modifies the registry database from the command line. Used to query, add, delete, copy, save, and restore entries |
Remote Command Line | Remote.exe | Cmd | Runs command-line programs on remote computers using named pipes only |
Remote Storage Diagnostic Utility | Rsdiag.exe | Cmd | Queries and reports on remote storage databases |
Replication Diagnostics tool | Repadmin.exe | Cmd | Diagnoses replication problems between controllers in Windows 2000 |
Security Administration tools | Sidwalk.exe; Showaccs.exe, Sidwalk.msc | Cmd, Cmd, GUI | Manage access control lists |
Security Descriptor Check Utility | Sdcheck.exe | Cmd | Displays the effective access controls on an object. |
SNMP Query tool | Snmputilg.exe | GUI | Graphical version of Snmputil.exe used to troubleshoot Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). |
System Information | Msinfo32.exe | Cmd | Reports system configuration information |
Task Killing Utility | Kill.exe | Cmd | Ends one or more processes |
Task List Viewer | Tlist.exe | Cmd | Displays list of currently running processes |
Windows 2000 Error and Event Messages Help | W2000msgs.chm | GUI | Lists error and system-information messages in an HTML document |
Windows Installer Cleanup Utility | Msicuu.exe, Msizap.exe | GUI, Cmd | Removes registry entries from a faulty installation |
Windows Report tool | Winrep.exe | GUI | Gathers information about a Windows problem for uploading to a support center or help desk. |
Winsock Remote Console | Wsremote.exe | Cmd | Allows connection to a server running a console operation using sockets or named pipes. |