System - Administration (21)

WinUpdatesView displays the history of Windows updates on your system. It can load the Windows updates history from your local system, using API, and it can also read and parse the Windows updates database file (DataStore.edb) from external drive or from remote computer on your network.

For every Windows update history record, WinUpdatesView displays the following fields: Title, Description, Install Date, Update Operation (Install, Uninstall, Not Started, In Progress), Operation Result (Succeeded, Succeeded With Errors, Failed, Aborted), Category, Information URL, Support URL, Uninstall Notes, Client Application ID, Service ID, Update ID, Revision Number, Unmapped Result Code, Server Selection, hResult.

BlueLife Hosts Editor is a lightweight utility aimed to easily manage your Hosts file, allowing you to add, delete, block and update domain names. The program can also flush the DNS cache, rebuild the default Windows hosts, and backup/restore the Hosts file.

NetworkOpenedFiles displays the list of all files that are currently opened by other computers on your network. The program displays a variety of details on these files including filename, user name, computer name (on Windows 7/2008 or later), permissions information (Read/Write/Create), locks count, file owner, file size, file attributes and more.

InstalledPackagesView displays the list of all software packages installed on your system (or from another system on external hard-drive) with Windows Installer (MSI). The program lists the files, Registry keys and associated .NET Assemblies. For every installed program, you can view name, version, install date, registry time, estimated size, install location, install source, MSI filename (in C:\Windows\Installer) and more.

EventLogChannelsView shows the list of all event log channels on your system, including the channel name, event log filename, enabled/disabled status, current number of events in the channel and more. It allows you to make some actions on multiple channels at once: enable/disable channels, set their maximum file size and clear all events stored in the channels.

FullEventLogView displays in a table the details of all events from the event logs of Windows, including the event description. It allows you to view the events of your local computer, events of a remote computer on your network, and events stored in .evtx files. It also allows you to export the events list to text/csv/tab-delimited/html/xml/json file.

ServiWin utility displays and provides access to controls for a list of installed drivers and services on your system. For some, a variety of information is displayed such as file description, version, product name, company that created the driver file and more. The program allows the stop, start, restart, pause and continue function of a service or driver, as well as changing the startup type of service or driver (automatic, manual, disabled, boot or system).

A list of services and drivers can be saved to file or a view HTML report of installed services/drivers can be opened in your default browser.

Password Security Scanner audits security information about stored passwords without displaying the password itself. Includes the total number of characters: numeric, lowercase/uppercase and repeating, as well as a rating of overall password strength. Can help determine whether the passwords used by other users are secured enough, without knowing or watching their actual passwords. Great for administrators concerned about security concerns caused by their users.

Currently scans the passwords of Internet Explorer, Mozilla-based Web browsers, Pale Moon, Mozilla Thunderbird, Chromium-based Web browsers, Dialup/VPN passwords, MSN/Windows Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Windows Credentials Passwords.

ProcessThreadsView displays extensive information about all threads of the process that you choose. Information includes ThreadID, Context Switches Count, Priority, Created Time, User/Kernel Time, Number of Windows, Window Title, Start Address and more. When selecting a thread in the upper pane, the lower display covers strings found in the stack, stack modules addresses, call stack and processor registers.

ProcessThreadsView also allows you to suspend and resume one or more threads.

WinUpdatesList displays the list of all Windows operating system updates (e.g. Service Packs and Hotfixes) installed on your local computer. For hotfix updates, files updated with these hotfixes are also listed. The program includes official Microsoft links for selected updates and ability to uninstall an update.

You can copy the update information to the clipboard or save it to text/HTML/XML file.

WinCrashReport provides an alternative to the built-in crash reporting program of the Windows operating system. When an application crashes in your system and displays a message, WinCrashReport can provide an extensive report. The crash report is displayed as simple text or in HTML, and includes crash memory address, exception code, exception description, strings found in the stack, call stack, processor registers, modules list, threads list, and more...

The program is useful for developers to find problematic software or to help find workarounds.

Portable Update helps machines run system updates from Microsoft. The program works to download updates independently for later installation, increasing stability and overall security.

This is useful in many circumstances including:

• A slow or absent network connection due to location, inability to connect to proxy, or security concerns
• Planning ahead to quickly update a new / freshly formatted computer
• Provide greater control over the update process

BlueScreenView scans all your minidump files created during 'blue screen of death' crashes and displays the information about all crashes in one table. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays the minidump filename, the date/time of the crash, the basic crash information displayed in the blue screen (Bug Check Code and 4 parameters) and the details of the driver or module that possibly caused the crash (filename, product name, file description and file version).

This program is useful for both developers and non-programmers to determine both the cause and possible workarounds for major crashes.

Closeout is a very simple program that, upon running, immediately closes all open programs. A set of exclusion rules can be set so some windows are ignored (see included readme file).

Cut Long Names lets you search and rename files that have a path or name longer than 150 to 255+ characters.

Too Long Paths Detector (TLPD) is designed to tackle the 'path name too long' issue for path length limits of 255 characters. As Windows can't handle files and folders beyond that length, the program scans the directory tree, looking for files and folders with full path name longer than a specified threshold, and then alerts the user. For administrators, TLPD can also work in silent mode, with the results stored in a log file. No limitations on file system types.

Functional in 64-bit.

Quick Config is a powerful and convenient tool aimed at saving or changing various settings to a custom profile. This is useful for resetting any changes to a single computer or for multiple computers that all need to have similar network, sound, or video options. The program will work as a very basic backup system for listed system settings (saved to its own XML file) that can then restore a machine or be transferred to another computer.

Available changes include setting local and network shares printers, sound scheme and volume, registry entries, services, run specific programs, change browser and email defaults. Changes can be applied in part (on each section select "apply now") or in whole (from the main window).

Stalled Printer Repair is able to detect and purge requests stuck in the printer queue that cannot be deleted. Also known as spooler restoration, this will allow subsequent print or fax jobs by clearing problematic print jobs and without need for manual intervention.

Page Countster helps with printer management on a Local Area Network. The highly configurable software will create a report that contains printer IP addresses, MAC addresses, host names, printer models, serial numbers as well as the printer ink levels. The program can even send a test page to any network printer without needing a driver.

Hidden Utilities XP provides quick access to nearly 100 hidden utilities: system information, diagnostics, repair tools, and many more. Includes links to more than 50 tools and 40 command line utilities.

Note: This app has gone payware. Linking to Archive.org for the last freeware version.