New and Removed Tools: General

New and Removed Tools: General

New and Removed Tools

Updated: March 28, 2003

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

New and Removed Support Tools

Windows Server 2003 Support Tools include new tools that are not available in Windows 2000 Server Support Tools, and tools have been removed from Windows Server 2003 Support Tools that were available in Windows 2000 Server Support Tools.

Installation of Windows Server 2003 SP1 Support Tools

You can install the version of Windows Support Tools that ships with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) by using Suptools.msi only on computers running Windows Server 2003 with SP1. You can install individual tool executable files on computers running Windows Server 2003 with no service pack installed and on computers running Windows XP Professional by copying the executable files to the computers. However, you cannot use Suptools.msi to install the entire tool set on any computer that is not running Windows Server 2003 with SP1.

Tools Added to Support Tools

The tools in the following table have been added to the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools.

Tool name	Descriptive name	Primary category
Addiag.exe	Application Deployment Diagnostics	Software and System Deployment
Apmstat Overview	Advanced Power Management Status	Configuration and Management
Bindiff Overview	Binary File Difference Finder	File and Folder Management
Bitsadmin Overview	BITS Administration Utility	File and Folder Management
Cabarc Overview	Cabinet Tool	File and Folder Management
Connstat Overview	FRS Connection Status Report	Disk and Data Management
Dhcploc Overview	DHCP Server Locator Utility	Network Services Management
Diruse Overview	Directory Disk Usage	File and Folder Management
Dmdiag Overview	Disk Manager Diagnostics	File and Folder Management
Efsinfo Overview	Encrypting File System Information	File and Folder Management
Exctrlst Overview	Extensible Performance Counter List	Performance Monitoring
Filever Overview	File Version	File and Folder Management
Ftonline Overview	Fault Tolerant Disk Mounter	File and Folder Management
Getsid Overview	Get Security ID	Network Services Management
Health_chk Overview	FRS Connection Status Report	Disk and Data Management
Httpcfg Overview	HTTP Configuration Utility	Internet Services Management Tools
Iasparse Overview	IAS Parse Tool	Network Services Management
Iologsum Overview	FRS Health Check	Disk and Data Management
Netcap Overview	Network Monitor Capture Utility	Network Services Management
Portqry Overview	Port Query	Network Services Management
Setspn Overview	Manipulate Service Principal Names for Accounts	Active Directory Management
Spcheck Overview	Service Pack Checker	Configuration and Management
Topchk.cmd	DFS and SYSVOL Replication Topology Analysis	Disk and Data Management

Debugging Tools

The following debugging tools have been moved from Windows Support Tools to Microsoft Debugging Tools:

Apcompat.exe
Dumpchk.exe
Kill.exe

To obtain debugging tools and documentation, and for information about debuggers, see Microsoft Debugging Tools.

Tools Removed from Support Tools

The tools in the following table have been removed from Windows Server 2003 Support Tools:

Tool name	Descriptive name	Disposition
Apcompat.exe	Application Compatibility Toolkit	Microsoft Debugging Tools.
Dommig.exe	Domain Migration Tool	See Active Directory Migration Tool (ADMT) on the Windows Server 2003 operating system CD.
Dumpchk.exe	Dump Check Utility	Obsolete. See Microsoft Debugging Tools.
Kill.exe	Process Kill Utility	Replaced by TaskKill.exe, which is in %windir%\system32.
Msinfo32.exe	Msinfo32	Moved to Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo.
Pmon.exe	Process Resource Monitor	Use Pviewer Overview instead. Pmon.exe is included in the Windows Server 2003Resource Kit Tools.
Pptpclnt.exe and Pptpsrv.exe	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Ping Utilities (PPTP Ping)	Removed.
Reg.exe	Registry Console Tool	Moved to %windir%\system32.
Tlist.exe	Task List Viewer	Replaced by Tasklist.exe, which is in %windir%\system32.
Wsremote.exe	Wsremote	Use Remote Overview instead.