Windows XP SP2 Support Tools

The list below omits some of the more specialized tools, such as those for Active Directory. A complete list is here along with the free download. These tools are in addition to the large number of command-line utilities that are part of the default installation of Windows XP Professional. These additional tools require their own installation .

A Selection of Windows XP Command-Line Support Tools

• acldiag.exe- manages access control lists
• activate.exe- Windows product activation
• apmstat.exe- provides status information on Advanced Power Management (APM) features.
• bindiff.exe- shows the differences between two binary files
• bitsadmin.exe- manages the Background Intelligent Transfer Service
• browstat.exe- a general purpose character-based browser diagnostic tool
• cabarc.exe- allows users to create, query and extract Windows cabinet (CAB) files.
• depends.exe- provides way to determine which DLLs an application depends on ( also known as "Dependency Walker")
• dhcploc.exe- displays the DHCP servers active on your subnet
• diruse.exe- displays directory size information for NTFS volumes
• dmdiag.exe- displays system state and configuration information describing disk storage.
• dupfinder.exe- duplicate file finder
• efsinfo.exe- displays information about files that are encrypted with Encrypting File System (EFS) on NTFS partitions.
• extract.exe- a utility that allows you to extract all files or specific files contained within a cabinet (.cab) file
• filever.exe- displays information on the versions of executable files
• ipseccmd.exe- configures Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) policies
• memsnap.exe- takes a snapshot of the memory resources being consumed by all running processes and writes this information to a log file
• msicuu.exe- Windows Installer Clean Up Utility
• msizap.exe- removes either all Windows Installer information for a product or all products installed on a computer
• netcap.exe- monitors packets on a LAN and writes the information to a log file
• netdiag.exe- tests the network connectivity
• netset.exe- used to add, remove, or change the network configuration
• pfmon.exe- displays the faults that occur while executing a process
• pstat.exe- gives you information about the processes and drivers that are currently running on your computer.
• pviewer.exe- process viewer
• setx.exe- sets environment variables
• showaccs.exe- enables users to examine the access control lists (ACLs)
• timezone.exe- Daylight Saving Time Update Utility
• whoami.exe- displays the user name and security identifier (SID)
• windiff.exe- shows the differences between specified ASCII text files, or folders containing ASCII text files
• xcacls.exe- used to set all file-system security options that are accessible in Windows Explorer from the command line.