Question

What is PSTools and what does it show?

Answer 1

PSTools :- its a cmd tool suite which contains verious cmd utility like psexec,pslist,pskill,pslist and many more. Which mainly helps in remote administration works for Windows NT/2K systems. these can be used locally as well but the perform much better when used for a remote system.

Detailed list : -

• PsExec - execute process
• PsFile - shows files opened on remote system
• PsGetSid - for getting windows security identifier of a system
• PsInfo - list info of system
• PsPing- ping equivalent for windows mainly for networking
• PsKill- for killing a process
• PsList - list all info regarding a process
• PsLoggedOn - lisitng logged in user on system
• PsLogList - getting info of log files
• PsPasswd - changing password for a user on system
• PsService - access services info on system
• PsShutdown - shoutdown system
• PsSuspend - suspend system
• PsUptime - it shows how long a system is up (running) from last reboot.

As each command name is more then enough to explain what it does.