Tech Tools & Utils
Some of the tools can be irreversible and result in permanent data loss. It is your responsibility to read all instructions and run programs only after have you a full understanding of how they work. Enjoy!
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RGHD Technician Common Tools
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Genuity Discovery Agent |
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Keep your device info up-to-date, hassle-free. The Discovery Agent is a password-protected application that runs in the background and scans your device for up-to-date information to update the system. The Agent can be deployed on a stand-alone basis or it can be deployed silently via GPO, Intune, or Command Prompt. |
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Tactical RMM Agent |
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The generated exe is simply a wrapper around the Manual install method, using a single exe / command without the need to pass any command line flags to the installer. All it does is download the generic installer from the agent's github release page and call it using predefined command line args that you choose from the web UI. It "bakes" the command line args into the executable. |
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Wazuh Agent |
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The Wazuh agent is multi-platform and runs on the endpoints that the user wants to monitor. It communicates with the Wazuh server, sending data in near real-time through an encrypted and authenticated channel. The agent was developed considering the need to monitor a wide variety of different endpoints without impacting their performance. It is supported on the most popular operating systems, and it requires 35 MB of RAM on average. |
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Angry IP Scanner |
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Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features. |
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BACKUP SOLUTIONS (Cloud Technologies)
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Carbonite |
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Online backup service, available to Windows and Mac users, that backs up documents, e-mails, music, photos, and settings. (Local Backup Capable) |
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Backblaze |
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Online backup tool that allows Windows and Mac OS X users to back up their data to an offsite data center. The service is designed for end-users, providing unlimited storage space and supporting unlimited file sizes. (Local Backup Capable) |
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Crash Plan |
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Backup software offers the best way to back up and store personal, business and enterprise data securely - offsite, onsite and online in the Cloud. (Local Backup Capable) |
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Glacier AWS |
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Secure, durable, and extremely low-cost storage service for data archiving and online backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.01 per gigabyte per month |
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BACKUP SOLUTIONS (Local Network and External Hard Drive Technologies)
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Synology |
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Hybrid RAID (SHR) is an automated RAID management system fromSynology, designed to make storage volume deployment quick and easy. |
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FreeNAS |
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A free and open-source software network-attached storage (NAS) system based on FreeBSD and the OpenZFS file system. It is licensed under the terms of the BSD License and runs on commodity x86-64 hardware. |
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Seagate NAS |
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Centralize, back up and access your business-critical files from anywhere with a range of complete network storage solutions from compact, affordable desktop models to enterprise-class rackmounts. |
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List of file copy / backup softwares |
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This article provides a list of inbuilt and third party file copying and moving software - utilities and other software used, as part of computer file management, to explicitly move and copy files and other data on demand from one location to another on a storage device. |
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Airport Extreme |
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Residential gateway product from Apple Inc. combining the functionality of a router, network switch, wireless access point and NAS as well as varied other functions. |
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Allway Sync |
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Uses innovative synchronization algorithms to synchronize your data between desktop PCs, laptops, USB drives, remote FTP/SFTP servers, different online data storages, and more. Encrypted archives are supported. |
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REMOVAL & CLEANUP TOOLS (Malware, Toolbars, Virus, Junk)
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CCleaner |
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A small, effective utility for computers running Microsoft Windows that cleans out the 'junk' that accumulates over time: temporary files, broken shortcuts, and other problems. |
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EaseUS CleanGenius |
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Provides all-around and easy-to-use solution for Windows users to speed up PC, optimize & repair OS, free up disk space etc with only 1 click. |
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MalwareBytes |
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(MBAM) is an application for computers running under the Microsoft Windows operating system that finds and removes malware. |
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MalwareBytes |
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(MBAR) is a standalone product designed specifically for the detection and removal of rootkits. Performs deep scans on system drivers, hard drive sectors including the Master Boot Record (MBR) and the Volume Boot Record (VBR) to seek out rootkit activity and remove it. |
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combofix |
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A powerful anti-malware and anti-spyware program that can eliminate the type of combination programs that other apps often miss. |
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Hitman Pro (v3) |
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A second opinion scanner, designed to rescue your computer from malware (viruses, spyware, and rootkits.) that have infected your computer despite all the security measures you have taken (such as anti virus software and firewalls.) |
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RKill |
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Attempts to terminate known malware processes so that your normal security software can then run and clean your computer of infections. |
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SUPERAntiSpyware |
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Can detect and remove spyware, adware, trojan horses, rogue security software, computer worms, rootkits, parasites and other potentially harmful software applications. |
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Kaspersky |
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Kaspersky Lab is named a ‘Leader’ in endpoint protection by the Big Three analytic agencies (Gartner[ii], IDC[iii] and Forrester[iv]). Firmly positioned as one of the top four leading vendors of security solutions for endpoint users... |
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Kaspersky |
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Developed by Kaspersky Lab, TDSSKiller is a FREE handy tool that can quickly detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits |
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MicrosoftInstall and Uninstall Troubleshooter |
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Microsoft Program Install and Uninstall Troubleshooter will fix problems that block programs from being installed or removed including corrupted registry keys that prevent you from installing or removing programs. "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2753." |
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HARD DRIVE TOOLS (Cloning, P2V Conversion, Partition Tools...)
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Clonezilla |
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A free open source disk cloning application based on Debian. Like other disk cloning applications, Clonezilla copies the contents of a hard drive for transfer to another storage medium. |
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EaseUS Disk Copy |
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A free hard drive copy/clone software for PC and Server. Hard drive disk copy, disk image, disk clone, disk backup and recovery ... |
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Carbon Copy |
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With its quick performance and extensive features, Carbon Copy Cloner for Mac stands out as a top drive copy or backup program. |
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Acronis True Image |
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Keep your information safe with Acronis' backup & recovery software. Easily protect data, restore servers, migrate disk images & recover data and more... |
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FOG |
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A free imaging solution to make a disk image for a computer by copying it's hard drive while it is in a working state. If the computer should fail, you can restore the operating system to a previously working version. |
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DriveImage XML |
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An easy to use and reliable program for imaging and backing up partitions and logical drives. Image creation uses Microsoft's Volume Shadow Services (VSS). Visit Runtime Software's website for more! |
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GParted |
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A free partition editor for graphically managing your disk partitions. Resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, enabling you to: Grow or shrink your C: drive. Create space for new operating systems. |
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Partition Magic |
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Program for hard disk drive partitioning now owned by Symantec. As of December 8, 2009, the Symantec website stated that they no longer offer Partition Magic. |
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EaseUS |
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As Partition Magic alternative, EaseUS Partition Master Free is an ALL-IN-ONE FREE disk partition management tool brought together with three main functions including: Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery Wizard. |
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Hiren's Disc |
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(HBCD) is a bootable software CD containing a number of diagnostic programs such as partitioning agents, system performance benchmarks, disk cloning and imaging tools, data recovery tools, MBR tools, BIOS tools, and many others. Recommended reading: Hiren via USB boot |
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Bart PE |
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A lightweight variant of the 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, similar to Windows Preinstallation Environment, which can be run from a Live CD or Live USB drive. |
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SSDLife |
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SSDLife allows you to control how worn your SSDs are in an easy and convenient way, which means you can control how safely and securely your data is stored on them. |
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Parted Magic |
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Powerful Tools for Home or Office! Parted Magic is a complete hard disk management solution. |
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Darik's Boot and Nuke |
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DBAN is free erasure software designed for the home user. It automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk that it can detect. Please be carefull with this tool! |
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HD Tune |
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Utility which has the following functions: Benchmark: measures the performance. Info: shows detailed information. Health: checks the health status by using SMART. Error Scan: scans the surface for errors. |
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Crystal Disk Info |
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A HDD health monitoring utility. It displays basic HDD information, monitors S.M.A.R.T. values and disk temperature. Features: Show S.M.A.R.T Information. |
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Disk2vhd |
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A utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) |
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VMware vCenter Converter |
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Automate and simplify physical to virtual machine conversions as well as conversions between virtual machine formats with VMware vCenter Converter. |
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MISCELLANEOUS TOOLS (Discovery, Analyzers, Information)
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Sysinternals Suite |
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The Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains the individual troubleshooting tools and help files |
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HWiNFO |
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From a quick overview unfolding into the depth of all hardware components. Always up-to date supporting latest technologies and standards. |
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Recuva |
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Accidentally deleted an important file? Lost something important when your computer crashed? No problem! Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player. And it's free! |
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FileZilla |
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Free FTP solution. Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License |
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SlySoft |
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Software to back up and convert digital media, including CDs, DVDs, HD DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs, as well as copy and back up optical media and render PC-based games playable without the disc. |
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Defraggler |
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Use Defraggler to defrag your entire hard drive, or individual files - unique in the industry. This compact and portable Windows application supports NTFS and FAT32 file systems. |
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Virtual Box |
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A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use |
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7-Zip |
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Open source file archiver, or an application used to compress files. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, but can read and write several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command |
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Belarc |
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Builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, network inventory, missing Microsoft hotfixes, anti-virus status, security benchmarks, and displays the results in your Web browser |
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WinDirStat |
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Open-source graphical disk usage analyzer for Microsoft Windows. It is notable for presenting a sub-tree view with disk use percentage alongside a usage-sorted list of file extensions that is interactively integrated with a colorful graphical display (a treemap). |
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Disk Inventory X |
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A disk usage utility for Mac OS X 10.3 (and later). It shows the sizes of files and folders in a special graphical way called "treemaps". If you've ever wondered where all your disk space has gone, Disk Inventory X will help you to answer this question. |
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KDirStat |
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A graphical disk usage utility, very much like the Unix "du" command. In addition to that, it comes with some cleanup facilities to reclaim disk space. While KDirStat is a KDE program, it runs fine on every X11 desktop, i.e., it runs on Linux, BSD, and lots of other Unix-type systems. |
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Totu Soft |
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Designed from the ground up to be a simple but powerful tool for measuring file transfer, hard drive, USB Drive, and Local Area Network (LAN) speeds (wired & wireless). It does this by building a file in memory, then transfers it both ways |
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SpeakEasy |
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There are many factors that impact your speed test results. Throughput problems in your local area network, IP or access overhead, and network design all play a role. Please read the definitions and examples below to learn more about these factors. |
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OOKLA |
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Use our service to view your service's performance history, then share and compare with others near you - or around the globe. Performing over 50 million tests every month, Ookla Speedtest is the global standard in Internet connection testing. |
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NetworkVIEW |
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Quickly discover a new network, you print a nice map in a few seconds (and give a copy to your customer), and finally, you check for node availability when installing new servers, routers or any network devices. |
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ForensIT |
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A scalable, enterprise-grade, workstation migration tool that can automatically migrate workstations to a new domain from an existing Windows network, from a Novell NDS network or join standalone computers to a domain for the first time – and maintain user profile data and settings. |
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