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There are many powerful free tools listed on this page. Please take care when using them.


What is D7? Download it HERE

This tool does almost every type of computer repair and fix that most Techs use (Some assembly required)

D7 from Foolish IT - Read about it Here (Download links are at the bottom of the page)
Please Donate to Foolish IT if you get value from D7

Here is the warning from the Foolish IT website:

THIS TOOL IS INTENDED FOR EXPERIENCED PC TECHNICIANS ONLY, NOT FOR "END USERS."  This tool can be very dangerous and destructive if you don't know how to use it properly, or are inexperienced in malware removal techniques.  


ForensiT User Profile Wizard 3.5

Have you ever changed a PC from one Domain to a new Domain and wished there was an easy way to create an identical profile for your user on the new Domain?
We have started using a program that has made this a snap

  1. Create new accounts for users on new Domain
  2. Login to the PC as admin and clean up any old user profiles you will not need
  3. Disjoin PC's from old Domain and join to new Domain
  4. Login as the User to the new Domain a (watch as a default desktop is built)
  5. Reboot PC and login as admin and run "ProfWiz.exe"
  6. Just follow the steps and remember the old user account is now only recognized as a string of letters and numbers so that should be the one you pick to copy from

Get it from ForensiT Here


Free Windows Tools (Links take you to the site of the tool)

Windows 7 Utilities
  • Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor (current Version) - Shows you if you can upgrade your current system and programs to Windows 7
  • Windows 7 Logon Background Changer (current Version) - Windows 7 Logon Background Changer is a free open source software that lets you change the wallpaper of the Windows 7 login screen
  • Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD.

Fixing Boot Issues

Note: If you have the Windows disc, you can run the Recovery Console to use the fixmbr and fixboot commands or do a Repair Install

Security Utilities
  • AccessChk This tool shows you the accesses the user or group you specify has to files, Registry keys or Windows services.
  • AccessEnum This simple yet powerful security tool shows you who has what access to directories, files and Registry keys on your systems. Use it to find holes in your permissions.
  • Autologon Bypass password screen during logon.
  • Autoruns See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you log in. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.
  • LogonSessions List active logon sessions
  • Process Explorer Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
  • PsExec Execute processes with limited-user rights.
  • PsLoggedOn Show users logged on to a system.
  • PsLogList Dump event log records.
  • PsTools The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
  • RootkitRevealer Scan your system for rootkit-based malware
  • SDelete Securely overwrite your sensitive files and cleanse your free space of previously deleted files using this DoD-compliant secure delete program.
  • ShareEnum Scan file shares on your network and view their security settings to close security holes.
  • ShellRunas Launch programs as a different user via a convenient shell context-menu entry.
  • Sigcheck Dump file version information and verify that images on your system are digitally signed.

 

Checking System Info and Managing Disks
  • System Information for Windows Displays an abundant amount of information about Windows and the system.
  • Crucial Memory Advisor Tells you how much memory is installed per slot and the compatible RAM type you can install.
  • Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder Shows product keys of Windows Vista and earlier, Microsoft Office 2007 or earlier, and 300+ other applications.
  • Product Key Finder Recover, decrypt Microsoft Windows and other product installation keys.
  • Belarc Advisor Show a PC audit in your browser with details on hardware and software.
  • GParted Live A bootable CD/USB/PXE/HD distribution that gives you a graphical partition editor.
  • EASEUS Disk Copy A disk/partition clone utility that can 100 percent copy or clone a drive or partition for backup or upgrade reasons.
  • DiskCryptor Encryption solution that can encrypt all disk partitions, including the system partition without formatting.
  • Partition Wizard Home Edition Move, resize, copy, explore, and recover hard disk drive partitions.
  • Process Explorer Get detailed info about which handles and DLL processes are opened or loaded on your system.
  • HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool Format USB flash drives with FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition types.
  • File Encryption XP 1.5.188(Windows) File Encryption XP is password protection software for Windows. Files are encrypted with hack-proof Blowfish algorithm. This tool works with USB drives, flash memory cards, HDDs, ZIP drives, and works with any Windows PC.
  • Process Hacker 2.19 provides a customizable tree view with highlighting showing you the processes running on your computer. You can see detailed performance graphs. A complete list of services and full control over them (start, stop, pause, resume, and delete.
  • DiskMax 4.56 running this app, your system will be peppier, applications will launch faster, files will open quicker, games will run better, and you will be happier.
  • AccessChk This tool shows you the accesses the user or group you specify has to files, Registry keys or Windows services.
  • AccessEnum This simple yet powerful security tool shows you who has what access to directories, files and Registry keys on your systems. Use it to find holes in your permissions.
  • CacheSet is a program that allows you to control the Cache Manager's working set size using functions provided by NT. It's compatible with all versions of NT.
  • Contig Wish you could quickly defragment your frequently used files? Use Contig to optimize individual files, or to create new files that are contiguous.
  • Disk2vhd simplifies the migration of physical systems into virtual machines (p2v).
  • DiskExt Display volume disk-mappings.
  • DiskMon This utility captures all hard disk activity or acts like a software disk activity light in your system tray.
  • DiskView Graphical disk sector utility.
  • Disk Usage (DU) View disk usage by directory.
  • EFSDump View information for encrypted files.
  • FindLinks reports the file index and any hard links (alternate file paths on the same volume) that exist for the specified file. A file's data remains allocated so long as at it has at least one file name referencing it.
  • Junction Create Win2K NTFS symbolic links.
  • LDMDump Dump the contents of the Logical Disk Manager"s on-disk database, which describes the partitioning of Windows 2000 Dynamic disks.
  • MoveFile Schedule file rename and delete commands for the next reboot. This can be useful for cleaning stubborn or in-use malware files.
  • NTFSInfo see detailed information about NTFS volumes, including the size and location of the Master File Table (MFT) and MFT-zone, as well as the sizes of the NTFS meta-data files.
  • PageDefrag Defragment your paging files and Registry hives!
  • PendMoves See what files are scheduled for delete or rename the next time the system boots.
  • Process Monitor Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.
  • PsFile See what files are opened remotely.
  • PsTools The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
  • SDelete Securely overwrite your sensitive files and cleanse your free space of previously deleted files using this DoD-compliant secure delete program.
  • ShareEnum Scan file shares on your network and view their security settings to close security holes.
  • Sigcheck Dump file version information and verify that images on your system are digitally signed.
  • Streams Reveal NTFS alternate streams.
  • Sync Flush cached data to disk.
  • VolumeID Set Volume ID of FAT or NTFS drives.
  • Autoruns See what programs are configured to startup automatically when your system boots and you login. Autoruns also shows you the full list of Registry and file locations where applications can configure auto-start settings.
  • Handle This handy command-line utility will show you what files are open by which processes, and much more.
  • ListDLLs List all the DLLs that are currently loaded, including where they are loaded and their version numbers. Version 2.0 prints the full path names of loaded modules.
  • PortMon Monitor serial and parallel port activity with this advanced monitoring tool. It knows about all standard serial and parallel IOCTLs and even shows you a portion of the data being sent and received. Version 3.x has powerful new UI enhancements and advanced filtering capabilities.
  • ProcDump This new command-line utility is aimed at capturing process dumps of otherwise difficult to isolate and reproduce CPU spikes. It also serves as a general process dump creation utility and can also monitor and generate process dumps when a process has a hung window or unhandled exception.
  • Process Explorer Find out what files, registry keys and other objects processes have open, which DLLs they have loaded, and more. This uniquely powerful utility will even show you who owns each process.
  • Process Monitor Monitor file system, Registry, process, thread and DLL activity in real-time.
  • PsExec Execute processes remotely.
  • PsGetSid Displays the SID of a computer or a user.
  • PsKill Terminate local or remote processes.
  • PsList Show information about processes and threads.
  • PsService View and control services.
  • PsSuspend Suspend and resume processes.
  • PsTools The PsTools suite includes command-line utilities for listing the processes running on local or remote computers, running processes remotely, rebooting computers, dumping event logs, and more.
  • ShellRunas Launch programs as a different user via a convenient shell context-menu entry.
  • VMMap See a breakdown of a process's committed virtual memory types as well as the amount of physical memory (working set) assigned by the operating system to those types. Identify the sources of process memory usage and the memory cost of application features.

 

Utilities for Networking and Internet Issues
  • IEFix Repairs Internet Explorer by re–registering its core DLL files and reinstalling with the IE.INF file. Works with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP systems.
  • Fix IE Utility Repairs Internet Explorer 7 or 8 on Windows Vista and 7 by re–registering its core DLL files.
  • WirelessKeyView Shows all the saved WEP, WPA, and WPA2 keys stored by Windows, in case the user has forgotten the key set on the wireless router or AP.
  • inSSIDer Displays nearby Wi–Fi networks, including their channel and signal levels.
  • Wireshark This network sniffer and analyzer shows you the raw data packets for troubleshooting networking issues.

Service packs

Reset or Change Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista/7 passwords

Repair, Boot and live CDs
Use these if you can't get into Windows, need to Fix windows, or even change passwords

Microsoft Security Site

Microsoft Test Site

Registry And System Maintenance and Cleaners
  • Easy Cleaner v 2.X
  • CCleaner Helps you delete various types of temporary files of Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer, Windows system, and numerous other applications. It also includes a registry cleaner, an uninstall, startup, System Restore manager, and drive wiper.
  • Glary Utilities Includes various clean-up and repair utilities, helping you to remove temporary files, clean the Registry, fix broken shortcuts, and uninstall programs. Many other utilities are also provided, including those for optimization, privacy and security, file management, and system tools.
  • ATF Cleaner Great cleaner for temp, prefetch, and other unneeded files that can safely be removed in XP and 2000. Supposed to work with Vista and possibly Windows 7 however since Microsoft changed default locations for some temp files these will be ignored.
  • FileHippo Update Checker checks for updates for your installed software
  • Secunia Online Software Inspector scan your PC for the most common programs and vulnerabilities.
  • Comodo System Cleaner Scans and cleans your computer with several different modes and creates a restore point before it cleans.
  • Revo Uninstaller removes programs other uninstallers leave behind. This program has many cool features to help remove stubborn programs.
  • Advanced SystemCare Free Repair Registry, tune-up, and maintain the computer system performance.
  • Smart Defrag Defragment your hard drive to speed up performance.
  • Auslogics Disk Defrag Defragment your disks and improve computer performance and stability.
  • 3DP Chip Find drivers for your hardware online
  • CleanMyPC Clean and maintain Windows with an easy-to-use interface.
 Data Recovery Tools
Computer Tracking Tools
  • Where's My PC!? 1.2.8 (Windows) simple utility designed to help locate lost or stolen computers. It works by registering the computers IP address in a database at user defined intervals. The user can then access the database remotely via the portal.

General File Utilities

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