Wish there was a simple source downloading for SysInternals utilities that you could get to without having to go through the typical web site? Actually there is at http://live.sysinternals.com, and the utilities are ready to download or use live. If you don’t want to download the utility before using it, just open a command prompt and run the command to the remote server. That’s right, run it from the remote internet server. For example, to run Process Monitor from the remote server:

  • Open a Command Prompt as administrator.
  • Switch to: “C:\windows\system32>”
  • Type (without quotes) “\\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procmon.exe”.

It will take a minute or so for the utility to load into memory on the local machine before it executes. The nice thing is that when you close the application, it’s gone.

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