Sysinternals#Products

Winternals Software LP was founded by Cogswell and Russinovich, who sparked the 2005 Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal in an October 2005 posting to the Sysinternals blog.{{Cite web| url=http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2005/10/31/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights-management-gone-too-far.aspx | title=Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far | author=Mark Russinovich | date=October 31, 2005 | work=Sysinternals Blog | access-date=December 18, 2006 }}

On July 18, 2006, Microsoft Corporation acquired the company and its assets. Russinovich explained that Sysinternals will remain active until Microsoft agrees on a method of distributing the tools provided there.{{Cite web| url=http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2006/07/18/on-my-way-to-microsoft.aspx | title=On My Way to Microsoft! | author=Mark Russinovich | date=July 18, 2006 | work=Sysinternals Blog | access-date=December 18, 2006 }} However, NT Locksmith, a Windows password recovery utility, was immediately removed.{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}} Most of the source that Sysinternals provided was also removed. Currently,{{when|date=April 2025}} the Sysinternals website is moved to the Windows Sysinternals website and is a part of Microsoft Docs.

In late 2010, Cogswell retired from Sysinternals."[http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/windows-azure-platform2/mark-russinovich-discusses-windows-azure-129988 Mark Russinovich Discusses Windows Azure]", Windows IT Pro. Retrieved on April 16, 2011.

Windows Sysinternals supplies users with numerous free utilities, most of which are being actively developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell,{{Cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx|title=What is new (August 5, 2009)|date=August 15, 2009|work=Windows Sysinternals|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2009}} such as Process Explorer, an advanced version of Windows Task Manager,{{Cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx|title=Process Explorer v11.33|date=February 4, 2009|work=Windows Sysinternals|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2009}} Autoruns, which Windows Sysinternals claims is the most advanced manager of startup applications,{{Cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx|title=Autoruns for Windows v9.53|date=August 12, 2009|work=Windows Sysinternals|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2009}} RootkitRevealer, a rootkit detection utility,{{Cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx|title=RootkitRevealer v1.71|date=November 1, 2006|work=Windows Sysinternals|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2009}} Contig, PageDefrag and a total of 65 other utilities.{{Cite web|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx|title=Sysinternals Utilities Index|date=August 12, 2009|work=Windows Sysinternals|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|access-date=August 15, 2009}} NTFSDOS, which allowed NTFS volumes to be read by Microsoft's MS-DOS operating system, is now discontinued and is no longer available for download. A larger number of these utilities are nowadays bundled by the publishers for the sake of simpler downloading of all, or most, current versions in the so-called Sysinternals Suite.

Previously available for download was the Winternals Administrator Pak which contained ERD Commander 2005, Remote Recover 3.0, NTFSDOS Professional 5.0, Crash Analyzer Wizard, FileRestore 1.0, Filemon Enterprise Edition 2.0, Regmon Enterprise Edition 2.0, AD Explorer Insight for Active Directory 2.0, and TCP Tools.

On May 18, 2010, Sysinternals released its first new utility since its acquisition by Microsoft. Named RAMMap, it is a diagnostic utility similar to the memory tab of Windows Resource monitor, but more advanced. RAMMap runs only on Windows Vista and later.{{Cite web|title=RAMMap v1.11|url=https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx|first1=Mark|last1=Russinovich|first2=Bryce|last2=Cogswell|publisher=Microsoft|work=Windows Sysinternals|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=June 12, 2011}} A system event monitoring tool, Sysmon, was released in 2014, which can collect and publish system events that are helpful for security analysis into the Windows Event Log.{{Cite web|title=Sysmon v10.2|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sysmon|first1=Mark|last1=Russinovich|first2=Thomas|last2=Garnier|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|work=Windows Sysinternals|date=June 28, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2019}}{{Cite web|title=Defrag Tools #108 - Sysinternals SysMon - Mark Russinovich|url=https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Defrag-Tools/Defrag-Tools-108-Sysinternals-SysMon-Mark-Russinovich|first1=Mark|last1=Russinovich|first2=Andrew|last2=Richards|first3=Thomas|last3=Garnier|publisher=Microsoft Corporation|work=Windows Sysinternals|date=September 29, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2019}}

In November 2018, Microsoft confirmed it is porting Sysinternals tools, including ProcDump and ProcMon, to Linux.{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-working-on-porting-sysinternals-to-linux/|title=Microsoft working on porting Sysinternals to Linux|last=Cimpanu|first=Catalin|date=5 November 2018|website=ZDNet|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=5 November 2018}}

In April 2006, Geek Squad, a tech support company working in cooperation with Best Buy, was accused of using unlicensed versions of the ERD Commander software. Winternals supplied Best Buy with copies of its software so that Best Buy could evaluate the software while conducting contract negotiations for using it on a permanent basis. When contract talks broke down Best Buy did not notify its Geek Squad Agents to stop using the software and discard all copies. A judge granted a restraining order on April 14, requiring that use of all unlicensed software be stopped, and forcing Best Buy to turn over all copies of Winternals software within 20 days."[https://www.foxnews.com/story/best-buys-geek-squad-accused-of-pirating-software Best Buy's Geek Squad Accused of Pirating Software]", FOX News. Retrieved on December 16, 2006. After settlement, a version of the Winternals software was released to be used by Geek Squad."[http://www.winternals.com/Company/PressRelease90.aspx Winternals & Best Buy/Geek Squad Settle Federal Lawsuit]", Winternals press release. Retrieved on December 16, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314004405/http://www.winternals.com/Company/PressRelease90.aspx |date=March 14, 2007 }}

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• [http://www.sysinternals.com/ Sysinternals page on Microsoft Docs]
• [http://live.sysinternals.com/ Sysinternals Live tools directory] – Directly accessible repository of utilities
• [http://www.winternals.com/ Winternals homepage]– Redirected to Microsoft Bing search for "winternals"
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