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Q206848: Windows NT Service Pack 4.0 Tools Not Included on CD-ROM

Article: Q206848
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): winnt:4.0 SP4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool
Last Modified: 07-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 SP4 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 SP4 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0 SP4 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools included in
Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION
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You can find the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools at the following Web
site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downloads/recommended/ntkit/default.asp

You can download the Sp4rk_i386.exe file for x86-based computers or the
Sp4rk_axp.exe for alpha-based computers. Each of these self-extracting files
contains a setup program and all of the files necessary to install the Windows
NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools and documentation on your computer.

Tool Definitions
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- The API Monitor tool (Apimon.exe) is a performance monitor that can help you
  tune your programs. You can use the data to determine which Win32 functions
  have the largest times and counts.

- The Browser Status tool (Browstat.exe) is a general purpose, character-based
  browser diagnostic tool.

- The Dependency Walker tool (Depends.exe) lists all of the .dll files used by
  an executable file.

- The DHCP Administrator's tool (Dhcpcmd.exe) is a command-line utility that
  you can use as an auxiliary tool to administer Dynamic Host Configuration
  Protocol (DHCP) servers.

- The DHCP Server Locator tool (Dhcploc.exe) is a command-line utility which
  determines what DHCP servers are available to a DHCP client and detects
  unauthorized DHCP servers on a subnet.

- The Disk Save tool (Disksave.exe) enables you to save the Master Boot Record
  and Boot Sector as binary image files.

- The DNS tool (Dnscmd.exe) is a command-line utility that enables you to
  manage and obtain statistics from local and remote DNS servers.

- The DiskProbe tool (Dskprobe.exe) is used to access and modify data on a disk
  drive at the sector level.

- The Dump Event Log tool (Dumpel.exe) is a command-line utility that dumps the
  event log to a file.

- The Fixacls.exe tool resets the NTFS file and folder permissions on system
  files to their default values.

- The Fault Tolerant Registry Information Editor tool (Ftedit.exe) enables you
  to create, edit, and delete fault tolerance sets for disk drives and
  partitions of local and remote computers.

- The Gflags.exe tool edits the NtGlobalFlag settings for Windows in the
  registry.

- The Task Killing Utility tool (Kill.exe) is a command-line utility, you can
  use to end one or more tasks or processes.

- The List.exe tool is a simple text display and search tool that lists the
  contents of a file.

- The Event Logging tool (Logevent.exe) is a command-line utility, you can use
  to log an event ID provided by a user into the Application event log.

- The Logoff.exe tool is a command-line utility that logs a user off the
  computer.

- The Memory Snapshot tool (Memsnap.exe) is a utility that logs system memory
  usage to a file.

- The Nltest.exe tool is a command-line tool that helps perform administrative
  tasks such as forcing a user-account database into sync, getting a list of
  primary domain controllers (PDCs), forcing a shutdown, and querying and
  checking on the status of a trust relationship.

- The Ntevntlg.mdb file is the Windows NT Event Log Database of messages and
  related information from the Windows NT Event Log, an administrative tool
  that is part of the Windows NT operating system.

- The Ntmsgs.hlp help file is the Windows NT Messages Help file for Windows NT
  4.0. This file replaces the Access database file included in earlier versions
  of the Windows NT Resource Kit.

- The Process Resource Monitor tool (Pmon.exe) is a command-line tool that
  monitors and tracks resource, CPU, and memory usage.

- The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Ping tools (Pptpclnt.exe and
  Pptpsrv.exe) are utilities you use to verify that the required protocol and
  port for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is being routed between a
  PPTP client and a PPTP server.

- The Process Viewer tool (Pviewer.exe) is a tool that displays information
  about a running process and allows you to end processes.

- The Reg.exe tool is a tool to add, change, delete, search, backup, restore,
  and perform other operations on registry entries from a command prompt or a
  batch file.

- The Remote Command Line tool (Remote.exe) is a utility to run command-line
  programs on remote computers.

- The RPC Connectivity Verification tool consists of the Rpings.exe file for
  the server and the Rpingc32.exe, Rpingc16.exe, Rpingdos.exe files for the
  client. These utilities can confirm RPC connectivity between Microsoft
  Exchange Server and any of the supported Microsoft Exchange Client
  workstations on the network.

- The Service Controller Query tool (Sc.exe) provides a way to communicate with
  Service Controller (Services.exe) from the command prompt to retrieve
  information about services.

- The Remote Shutdown tool (Shutdown.exe) is a command-line utility that allows
  you to remotely shut down or restart a computer running Windows NT.

- The SNMP Troubleshooting tool (Snmputilg.exe) is a graphical utility that
  replaces the older SNMPUTIL command line SNMP browser utility which system
  administrators can use to obtain information from SNMP manageable systems on
  the network.

- The Task List Viewer tool (Tlist.exe) displays the process identifiers of all
  currently running programs.

- The Uni To Multiprocessor tool (Uptomp.exe) is a utility to upgrade a
  computer from a single processor to multiple processors.

- The File and Directory Comparison (Windiff.exe) shows the differences between
  specified ASCII text files or folders of ASCII text files.

- The Winsock Remote Console tool (Wsremote.exe) provides the ability to start
  a console program on the server and connect to it from the client using
  sockets or named pipes.

- The Winscl.exe tool is a command-line administrative tool for managing
  Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).

Note that these tools are intended for the English version of Windows NT only.
The default folder where they install is C:\Program Files\Rksupport. If you
already have the Windows NT 4.0 Resource kit installed you should choose to
install to a different directory.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbtool 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400xsearch kbWinNTW400sp4 kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTSEntSearch kbWinNTSEnt400sp4 kbWinNTS400sp4 kbWinNTS400xsearch
Version           : winnt:4.0 SP4
Issue type        : kbinfo

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