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Sysinternals Learning Resources

Books

Windows Internals Book
The official updates and errata page for the definitive book on Windows internals, by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon.

Windows Sysinternals Administrator's Reference
The official guide to the Sysinternals utilities by Mark Russinovich and Aaron Margosis, including descriptions of all the tools, their features, how to use them for troubleshooting, and example real-world cases of their use.

Mark's Blog Articles

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Announcing Trojan Horse, the Novel!
Many of you have read Zero Day , my first novel. It’s a cyberthriller that features Jeff Aiken and the beautiful Daryl Haugen, computer security experts that save the world from a devastating cyberattack. Its reviews and sales exceeded my expectations...(read more)
martes, may 8
The Case of My Mom’s Broken Microsoft Security Essentials Installation
As a reader of this blog I suspect that you, like me, are the IT support staff for your family and friends. And I bet many of you performed system maintenance duties when you visited your family and friends during the recent holidays. Every time I’m visiting...(read more)
miércoles, ene 4
The Case of the Installer Service Error
This case unfolds with a network administrator charged with the rollout of the Microsoft Windows Intune client software on their network. Windows Intune is a cloud service that manages systems on a corporate network, keeping their software up to date...(read more)
lunes, nov 28
Fixing Disk Signature Collisions
Disk cloning has become common as IT professionals virtualize physical servers using tools like Sysinternals Disk2vhd and use a master virtual hard disk image as the base for copies created for virtual machine clones. In most cases, you can operate with...(read more)
martes, nov 8

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Videos and Webcasts

Mark's Webcasts
Two dozen of Mark’s top-rated presentations on Sysinternals, Windows internals, and Windows Azure are available for on-demand viewing. Get tips and techniques on using the Sysinternals tools to troubleshoot directly from their author.

Sysinternals Primer: Autoruns, Disk2Vhd, ProcDump, BgInfo and AccessChk
The Sysinternals utilities are vital tools for any computer professional on the Windows platform. Mark Russinovich's popular "Case Of The Unexplained" demonstrates some of their capabilities in advanced troubleshooting scenarios. This complementary tutorial session focuses primarily on the utilities themselves, giving you tips and techniques for using their full functionality for troubleshooting and systems management. This session follows the same format as last year’s highly-rated delivery, and covers a different set of the most useful Sysinternals tools.

Unintended Consequences of Security Lockdowns (uses Sysinternals utilities a lot)
Security-conscious organizations often lock down their systems based on prescriptive guidance from Microsoft, US Federal government agencies or other security organizations. Sometimes these settings can lead to unpleasant surprises and unexpected side effects. This session describes and demonstrates some of the common issues that can arise, and whether and how those settings actually help or hurt. Is there benefit to not granting Administrators the “Debug” privilege? Does “Hide mechanisms to remove zone information” break anything? Is the “Require trusted path for credential entry” setting worth the inconvenience? Come see!

Windows Sysinternals Primer: Process Explorer, Process Monitor and More
The Sysinternals utilities are vital tools for any computer professional on the Windows platform. Mark Russinovich's popular "Case Of The Unexplained" demonstrates some of their capabilities in advanced troubleshooting scenarios. This complementary tutorial session by Aaron Margosis and Tim Reckmeyer focuses primarily on the utilities, deep-diving into as many features as time will allow. Learn tips and tricks that will make you more effective with the Sysinternals utilities.

Sysinternals Video Library
The Sysinternals Video Library
is a set of six DVDs that cover essential Windows troubleshooting topics. Each video is personally presented by Mark Russinovich and David Solomon. The complete set is available for order at a discounted price and the first video, Tour of the Sysinternals Tools, is free for download.

Events

Mark's Events
Find out about recent and upcoming Sysinternals-related events and appearances by Mark Russinovich. If you have a question about any of these events, please visit the Sysinternals Forum for answers and help from other users and our moderators.

Training

Windows OS Internals and Sysinternals Training
(San Francisco June 18-21, 2012)
Dig into Windows Internals with David Solomon and learn how to apply the Sysinternals tools to troubleshoot difficult system problems as well as understand the true meaning behind key system performance counters. Register Today.

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