Category Archives: Utility Software

Utility Software

Microsoft PowerToys

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Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. For more info on PowerToys overviews and how to use the utilities, or any other tools and resources for Windows development environments, head over to learn.microsoft.com!

Tips & Tricks Utility Software Windows Commands

Using OpenSSH and SSH on Windows

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Secure Shell software allowing connections between clients and servers for remote administration.

Related Powershell Commands:
Check the installation status
Get-WindowsCapability -Online | Where-Object Name -like 'OpenSSH*'

Start the service
Start-Service sshd

Change the service startup behaviour
Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'

Add/Install the service
Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0
Local Tunneling allows a port on your local client machine to act as a port on the remote server.
Jump to remote tunnel at 7m 43 secs
Useful Commands to show the logged in user account etc:

tasklist /s <pcname> /fi "imagename eq explorer.exe" /v

wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get username

wmic /node: <pcname> computersystem get manufacturer, model, username

Or locally:
wmic computersystem get manufacturer, model, username

Change the Network Hostname (Requires Admin account)
Using CMD
wmic computersystem where name="%COMPUTERNAME%" rename "NewName"

Use Powershell and CMD to switch between sessions on either command line  

Using Powershell
Rename-Computer "NewName" -Restart
Third Party Products & Services Utility Software

LAN Device Analyser

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O&O Lanytix is ​​a portable application that enables quick and easy analysis of the local network (LAN = Local Area Network) at the push of a button. This not only enables devices in the network to be recognized, but also their properties such as IP address, MAC or the manufacturer of the network card.

Features

  • Search and detection of devices in the local network (LAN)
  • Determination of name, IP address, MAC, operating system, manufacturer of the network card, response times
  • Logging of search results
  • Possibility to export search results
  • Free

System requirements

  • Windows 8 or higher
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher
  • Portable, therefore no installation necessary
  • Available in German, English and French
Third Party Products & Services Utility Software

AnyBurn Software

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  • Burn all CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc image files.
  • Backup or add files and folders to CD, DVD, or Bluray disc
  • Burn Audio CD which can be played in regular CD player from mp3, m4a, ape, flac, wma files…
  • Rip Audio CD to MP3, FLAC, APE, WMA, WAV files. 
  • Copy disc using sector by sector method. 
  • Create image files from hard disk files or CD / DVD / BD discs. 
  • Convert disc image files between various formats.
  • Create bootable USB drive for Windows 7, 8, 10, or Linux.
  • Test disc sectors.
  • Support both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
  • Link to Website