Windows

Geneal

• http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows

• Vistualisation: WebDev#Windows

• https://medium.com/@networksecurity/oleoutlook-bypass-almost-every-corporate-security-control-with-a-point-n-click-gui-37f4cbc107d0 [1]

News and articles

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/

• WSUS Offline Update

Command-line

• http://commandwindows.com/
• http://ss64.com/nt/

• http://www.cygwin.com/
• https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow

• http://x.cygwin.com/
• http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/

• https://github.com/bmatzelle/gow/wiki [2]

• http://www.mingw.org/wiki/MSYS

• http://code.google.com/p/clink/

• http://ask.metafilter.com/65101/How-to-SSHtelnet-into-Windows-command-line

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

• http://bliker.github.io/cmder/

• http://batsh.org/

• http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html?2

• http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/looking_forward_microsoft__support_for_secure_shell_ssh1/archive/2015/06/02/managing-looking-forward-microsoft-support-for-secure-shell-ssh.aspx

Terminal

• https://code.google.com/p/mintty/

Powershell

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_PowerShell
• Windows PowerShell - MS Library: Scripting
  • Scripting with Windows PowerShell

• https://msconfiggallery.cloudapp.net/
• http://psget.net/

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/573623/powershell-vs-unix-shells
• http://jbeckwith.com/2012/11/28/5-steps-to-a-better-windows-command-line/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-cool-things-you-can-do-with-windows-powershell/302

• https://github.com/drmohundro/Find-String

Babun

• https://babun.github.io/ [3]

Apps

• http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ScottHanselmans2014UltimateDeveloperAndPowerUsersToolListForWindows.aspx

• http://www.howtogeek.com/198622/heres-what-happens-when-you-install-the-top-10-download.com-apps/ [4]

• https://www.getwox.com/ [5]

Installing / updates

• Chocolatey NuGet - a Machine Package Manager, somewhat like apt-get, but built with Windows in mind. To install chocolatey now, open an administrative cmd.exe command prompt and paste the text from the box below and press enter (or click ). For administrative PowerShell copy the second box () (Ensure Get-ExecutionPolicy is at least Bypass).

• Boxstarter - Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages. When its time to repave either bare metal or virtualized instances, locally or on a remote machine, Boxstarter can automate both trivial and highly complex installations. Compatible with all Windows versions from Windows 7/2008 R2 forward.

• https://ninite.com/

Repos

• http://www.filehippo.com/
• http://portableapps.com/
• http://tinyapps.org/
• http://www.oldversion.com/

• http://finalbuilds.com/

• http://software.informer.com/

to sort

• http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf

• http://dropit.sourceforge.net/

• http://wiki.wincustomize.com/wiki/Winamp

• http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

• http://www.piriform.com/

• http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

• http://windirstat.info/

File manager

• http://www.ghisler.com/

• http://freecommander.com/

Clean-up

• https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

• http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/

• http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/

• http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

System

• Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

• Autoruns - Manage software that runs on startup

Anti-virus

• http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security/pc-security/malware-removal.aspx

• http://www.clamwin.com/ - adware atm

• https://github.com/vocatus/tron
  • /r/sysadmin In honor the 4th of July, I present Tron, who "fights for the User" (automated disinfect/cleanup package)

Media

• http://www.cdburnerxp.se/en/home

• ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit! ImgBurn supports a wide range of image file formats - including BIN, CCD, CDI, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, ISO, MDS, NRG and PDI.

Graphics

• http://www.irfanview.com/

• http://www.getpaint.net/

Video

• http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

• http://www.mediacoderhq.com/

• http://camstudio.org/

Security

• http://www.gpg4win.org/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetico_Personal_Firewall

• http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

• http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/

• http://hak5.org/usb-switchblade

• http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

• http://www.piotrbania.com/all/kon-boot/

• http://hak5.org/usb-switchblade

• https://www.glasswire.com/ [6]

Input

• http://www.autohotkey.com/
  • http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/44064-copy-on-select-implementation/

• http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/nt/TXMouse/XMouse/

Joke

• Bluescreen is a screen saver that not only authentically mimics a BSOD, but will simulate startup screens seen during a system boot.

Shell

LiteStep

• http://litestep.net/
• http://lsdev.org/
• http://lsdev.org/bugs/view_all_bug_page.php
• http://lsp.litestep.info/

Classic Shell

• Classic Shell - free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it. The main features are: Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins, Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs, Find programs, settings, files and documents, Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer, Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer

BB

• http://blackbox4windows.com/

• http://blackbox4windows.com/index.php?/topic/123-mojmirs-build/

Drivers

• http://phyxion.net/item/driver-sweeper.html

• http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/

• http://www.codecguide.com/
• http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

USB

• SMBus controller not recognized by Windows

Network

Configuration

%systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\
  hosts file

• http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-hosts-file/

• http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ - wifi channels

SSH/SCP

• http://winscp.net/eng/index.php

• http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

• http://kitty.9bis.net/ - putty fork [7]
  • http://www.fosshub.com/KiTTY.html

Internet Explorer

• Utilu IE Collection contains multiple standalone versions of the browser Internet Explorer, which can be used at the same time.

Utilu IE Collection contains the following versions of IE: Internet Explorer 1.0 (4.40.308) Internet Explorer 1.5 (0.1.0.10) Internet Explorer 2.01 (2.01.046) Internet Explorer 3.0 (3.0.1152) Internet Explorer 3.01 (3.01.2723) Internet Explorer 3.03 (3.03.2925) Internet Explorer 4.01 (4.72.3110.0) Internet Explorer 5.01 (5.00.3314.2100) Internet Explorer 5.5 (5.51.4807.2300) Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2800.1106) Internet Explorer 6.0 (6.00.2900.2180) Internet Explorer 7.0 (7.00.5730.13) Internet Explorer 8.0 (8.00.6001.18702)

Server

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_Essentials

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SharePoint

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Lync_Server

Graphics

• http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/extremewindows/archive/2013/07/15/windows-8-1-dpi-scaling-enhancements.aspx

Remote access

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol

Port 3389

• How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop

Alternative

• http://www.reactos.org/

Linux

• http://linux.die.net/man/8/ntfsfix

• http://www.ext2fsd.com/

• http://www.colinux.org/
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/lbw/

• Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Scripts

• http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/wf0as/am_i_wrong_in_doing_this_lol/

Troubleshooting

• http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 - msvcr100.dll missing, reboot?

win7+

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