Windows Sysinternals Administrator Reference.pdf

Windows ® Sysinternals

Administrator’s Reference

Mark Russinovich

Aaron Margosis

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To my fellow Windows troubleshooters: Never give up! Never surrender!

— Mark Russinovich

To Elise, who makes great things possible and then makes sure they happen.

(And who is much cooler than I am.)

— Aaron Margosis