Part I Getting started Chapter 1 Getting started with the Sysinternals utilities Overview of the utilities The Windows Sysinternals website Sysinternals license information Chapter 2 Windows core concepts Administrative rights Processes, threads, and jobs User mode and kernel mode Handles Application isolation Call stacks and symbols Sessions, window stations, desktops, and window messages Chapter 3 Process Explorer Procexp overview Main window DLLs and handles Process details Thread details Verifying image signatures VirusTotal analysis System information Display options Procexp as a Task Manager replacement Miscellaneous features Keyboard shortcut reference Chapter 4 Autoruns Autoruns fundamentals Autostart categories Saving and comparing results AutorunsC Autoruns and malware Part II Usage guide Chapter 5 Process Monitor Getting started with Procmon Events Filtering, highlighting, and bookmarking Process Tree Saving and opening Procmon traces Logging boot, post-logoff, and shutdown activity Long-running traces and controlling log sizes Importing and exporting configuration settings Automating Procmon: command-line options Analysis tools Injecting custom debug output into Procmon traces Toolbar reference Chapter 6 ProcDump Command-line syntax Specifying which process to monitor Specifying the dump file path Specifying criteria for a dump Monitoring exceptions Dump file options Miniplus dumps ProcDump and Procmon: Better together Running ProcDump noninteractively Viewing the dump in the debugger Chapter 7 PsTools Common features PsExec PsFile PsGetSid PsInfo PsKill PsList PsLoggedOn PsLogList PsPasswd PsService PsShutdown PsSuspend PsTools command-line syntax PsTools system requirements Chapter 8 Process and diagnostic utilities VMMap DebugView LiveKd ListDLLs Handle Chapter 9 Security utilities SigCheck AccessChk Sysmon AccessEnum ShareEnum ShellRunAs Autologon LogonSessions SDelete Chapter 10 Active Directory utilities AdExplorer AdInsight AdRestore Chapter 11 Desktop utilities BgInfo Desktops. ZoomIt Chapter 12 File utilities Strings Streams NTFS link utilities Disk Usage (DU) Post-reboot file operation utilities Chapter 13 Disk utilities Disk2Vhd Sync DiskView Contig DiskExt LDMDump VolumeID Chapter 14 Network and communication utilities PsPing TCPView Whois Chapter 15 System information utilities RAMMap Registry Usage (RU) CoreInfo WinObj LoadOrder PipeList ClockRes Chapter 16 Miscellaneous utilities RegJump Hex2Dec RegDelNull Bluescreen Screen Saver Ctrl2Cap Part III Troubleshooting--"The Case of the Unexplained." Chapter 17 Error messages Troubleshooting error messages The Case of the Locked Folder The Case of the File In Use Error The Case of the Unknown Photo Viewer Error The Case of the Failing ActiveX Registration The Case of the Failed Play-To The Case of the Installation Failure The Case of the Unreadable Text Files The Case of the Missing Folder Association The Case of the Temporary Registry Profiles The Case of the Office RMS Error The Case of the Failed Forest Functional Level Raise Chapter 18 Crashes Troubleshooting crashes The Case of the Failed AV Update The Case of the Crashing Proksi Utility The Case of the Failed Network Location Awareness Service The Case of the Failed EMET Upgrade The Case of the Missing Crash Dump The Case of the Random Sluggishness Chapter 19 Hangs and sluggish performance Troubleshooting hangs and sluggish performance The Case of the IExplore-Pegged CPU The Case of the Runaway Website The Case of the Excessive ReadyBoost The Case of the Stuttering Laptop Blu-ray Player The Case of the Company 15-Minute Logons The Case of the Hanging PayPal Emails The Case of the Hanging Accounting Software The Case of the Slow Keynote Demo The Case of the Slow Project File Opens The Compound Case of the Outlook Hangs Chapter 20 Malware Troubleshooting malware Stuxnet The Case of the Strange Reboots The Case of the Fake Java Updater The Case of the Winwebsec Scareware The Case of the Runaway GPU The Case of the Unexplained FTP Connections The Case of the Misconfigured Service The Case of the Sysinternals-Blocking Malware The Case of the Process-Killing Malware The Case of the Fake System Component The Case of the Mysterious ASEP Chapter 21 Understanding system behavior The Case of the Q: Drive The Case of the Unexplained Network Connections The Case of the Short-Lived Processes The Case of the App Install Recorder The Case of the Unknown NTLM Communications Chapter 22 Developer troubleshooting The Case of the Broken Kerberos Delegation The Case of the ProcDump Memory Leak.