When you fix as many computers a I do, for as long as I have, you start to build a basic tool set.
Make no mistake over the years I have come to rely on a good many tools. Below is a short list of some of
the tools I find really useful. For a while I’ve made available an archive of all these tools and more.
http://files.funkjedi.com/applications/utilities_v7.exe
http://files.funkjedi.com/applications/utilities_v7-micro.exe
Freeware Tools
apm – http://www.diamondcs.com.au/downloads/freeutilities/apm.zip
apt – http://www.diamondcs.com.au/downloads/freeutilities/apt.zip
autoruns – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/Autoruns.zip
cwshredder – http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip
ffunlock – http://www.diamondcs.com.au/downloads/freeutilities/ffunlock.zip
gmer – http://www.gmer.net/gmer.zip
hijackthis – http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/threat_analytics/hijackthis.php
injectedll – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/injecteddll.zip
loadorder – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/LoadOrder.zip
lspfix – http://cexx.org/LSPFix.exe
myuninst – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/myuninst.zip
pci32 – http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads/
procexp – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessExplorer.zip
procmon – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/ProcessMonitor.zip
produkey – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/produkey.zip
regscanner – http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/regscanner.zip
removewga – http://www.oria.ch/tools/RemoveWGA.exe
rootkitrevealer – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/RootkitRevealer.zip
startuplist – http://www.merijn.org/files/startuplist.zip
tcpview – http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/TcpView.zip
sysinspector – http://www.eset.com/download/sysinspector.php
dotnetfx_cleanup – http://astebner.sts.winisp.net/Tools/dotnetfx_cleanup_tool.zip
devicedoctor – http://www.devicedoctor.com/device-doctor-portable.php