Windows NT Service Pack 4.0 Tools Not Included on CD-ROM

This article describes Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools included in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.

You can find the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools at the following Web site: You can download the Sp4rk_i386.exe file for x86-based computers or the Sp4rk_axp.exe for alpha-based computers. Each of these self-extracting files contains a setup program and all of the files necessary to install the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Support Tools and documentation on your computer.

Tool Definitions

• The API Monitor tool (Apimon.exe) is a performance monitor that can help you tune your programs. You can use the data to determine which Win32 functions have the largest times and counts.
• The Browser Status tool (Browstat.exe) is a general purpose, character-based browser diagnostic tool.
• The Dependency Walker tool (Depends.exe) lists all of the .dll files used by an executable file.
• The DHCP Administrator's tool (Dhcpcmd.exe) is a command-line utility that you can use as an auxiliary tool to administer Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers.
• The DHCP Server Locator tool (Dhcploc.exe) is a command-line utility which determines what DHCP servers are available to a DHCP client and detects unauthorized DHCP servers on a subnet.
• The Disk Save tool (Disksave.exe) enables you to save the Master Boot Record and Boot Sector as binary image files.
• The DNS tool (Dnscmd.exe) is a command-line utility that enables you to manage and obtain statistics from local and remote DNS servers.
• The DiskProbe tool (Dskprobe.exe) is used to access and modify data on a disk drive at the sector level.
• The Dump Event Log tool (Dumpel.exe) is a command-line utility that dumps the event log to a file.
• The Fixacls.exe tool resets the NTFS file and folder permissions on system files to their default values.
• The Fault Tolerant Registry Information Editor tool (Ftedit.exe) enables you to create, edit, and delete fault tolerance sets for disk drives and partitions of local and remote computers.
• The Gflags.exe tool edits the NtGlobalFlag settings for Windows in the registry.
• The Task Killing Utility tool (Kill.exe) is a command-line utility, you can use to end one or more tasks or processes.
• The List.exe tool is a simple text display and search tool that lists the contents of a file.
• The Event Logging tool (Logevent.exe) is a command-line utility, you can use to log an event ID provided by a user into the Application event log.
• The Logoff.exe tool is a command-line utility that logs a user off the computer.
• The Memory Snapshot tool (Memsnap.exe) is a utility that logs system memory usage to a file.
• The Nltest.exe tool is a command-line tool that helps perform administrative tasks such as forcing a user-account database into sync, getting a list of primary domain controllers (PDCs), forcing a shutdown, and querying and checking on the status of a trust relationship.
• The Ntevntlg.mdb file is the Windows NT Event Log Database of messages and related information from the Windows NT Event Log, an administrative tool that is part of the Windows NT operating system.
• The Ntmsgs.hlp help file is the Windows NT Messages Help file for Windows NT 4.0. This file replaces the Access database file included in earlier versions of the Windows NT Resource Kit.
• The Process Resource Monitor tool (Pmon.exe) is a command-line tool that monitors and tracks resource, CPU, and memory usage.
• The Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Ping tools (Pptpclnt.exe and Pptpsrv.exe) are utilities you use to verify that the required protocol and port for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is being routed between a PPTP client and a PPTP server.
• The Process Viewer tool (Pviewer.exe) is a tool that displays information about a running process and allows you to end processes.
• The Reg.exe tool is a tool to add, change, delete, search, backup, restore, and perform other operations on registry entries from a command prompt or a batch file.
• The Remote Command Line tool (Remote.exe) is a utility to run command-line programs on remote computers.
• The RPC Connectivity Verification tool consists of the Rpings.exe file for the server and the Rpingc32.exe, Rpingc16.exe, Rpingdos.exe files for the client. These utilities can confirm RPC connectivity between Microsoft Exchange Server and any of the supported Microsoft Exchange Client workstations on the network.
• The Service Controller Query tool (Sc.exe) provides a way to communicate with Service Controller (Services.exe) from the command prompt to retrieve information about services.
• The Remote Shutdown tool (Shutdown.exe) is a command-line utility that allows you to remotely shut down or restart a computer running Windows NT.
• The SNMP Troubleshooting tool (Snmputilg.exe) is a graphical utility that replaces the older SNMPUTIL command line SNMP browser utility which system administrators can use to obtain information from SNMP manageable systems on the network.
• The Task List Viewer tool (Tlist.exe) displays the process identifiers of all currently running programs.
• The Uni To Multiprocessor tool (Uptomp.exe) is a utility to upgrade a computer from a single processor to multiple processors.
• The File and Directory Comparison (Windiff.exe) shows the differences between specified ASCII text files or folders of ASCII text files.
• The Winsock Remote Console tool (Wsremote.exe) provides the ability to start a console program on the server and connect to it from the client using sockets or named pipes.
• The Winscl.exe tool is a command-line administrative tool for managing Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).

Note that these tools are intended for the English version of Windows NT only. The default folder where they install is C:\Program Files\Rksupport. If you already have the Windows NT 4.0 Resource kit installed you should choose to install to a different directory.