Appendix E - Windows 2000 Support Tools

Appendix E

This appendix contains a list of the Windows 2000 Support Tools available on the Windows 2000 CD-ROM in the Support.cab file located in the \Support\Tools folder. Updated tools are available with Service Pack 2 and Service Pack 3 but aren't installed by default. (You must install them from the Support.cab file located in the \Support\Tools folder of the Service Pack CD or download them from Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/servicepacks. A patch is also available there to update previously installed support tools.)

Support tools that have been updated are listed with the Service Pack revision in which they were updated.

Tool	Filename	Format	Description
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 Replication Monitor	Replmon.exe	GUI	Displays Active Directory replication information
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 Active Directory
Advanced Power Management Status	Apmstat.exe	Cmd	Provides information on Advanced Power Management features in older laptop computers
Application Compatibility Program (Service Pack 3)	Apcompat.exe	Cmd, GUI	Runs incompatible programs in special compatibility modes
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 (Service Pack 2)	Dfsutil.exe	Cmd	Queries and troubleshoots Dfs
DNS Trouble- shooting Tool (Service Pack 2)	Dnscmd.exe	Cmd	Allows administrators to view and modify DNS servers, zones, and resources
Domain Controller Diagnostic Tool (Service Pack 2)	Dcdiag.exe	Cmd	Analyzes and reports on the state of domain controllers in an enterprise
DsAcls	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.exe	Cmd	Reports version information for a 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	Considers plans for migrating Windows NT domains to Windows 2000
Network Connectivity Tester (Service Pack 2)	Netdiag.exe	Cmd	Troubleshoots network connectivity
Nltest (Service Pack 2)	Nltest.exe	Cmd	Queries the status of trusts; lists primary domain controllers; forces 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
Remote Storage File Information Utility	Rsdir.exe	Cmd	Displays information for files in remote storage
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
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 Domain Manager (Service Pack 2)	Netdom.exe	Cmd	Provides command-line administration of domains and trust relationships
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 a connection to a server running a console operation using sockets or named pipes
Winsock Direct Ping	Wsdping.exe	Cmd	Ping utility for System Area Network (SAN) servers, using Winsock Direct