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Windows / Mac / Linux
Here is a great collection of windows tools and utilities from Mark Russinovich. My personal favorites include disk2vhd.exe, procexp.exe and tcpview.exe.
You can explore this collection directly here is raw IIS file server format:
https://live.sysinternals.com/
A single download of the near complete collection in single zip file:
https://live.sysinternals.com/files/SysinternalsSuite.zip
Many of the tools have been around for over 25 years. Now they mostly buried away on the Microsoft website after the acquisition. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/
I’ve been using Malwarebytes Browser Guard for the past year. I feel comfortable recommending this product to others. This tool blocks enough fake antivirus alerts and phishing attempts to make adding this extension to Chrome or Edge worthwhile.
Time is running out on these two operating systems from Microsoft. The end of support is slated for later this year on October 10, 2023. If you continue to use either of these operating systems after that date you are putting your business at risk. Security updates are available to those with an extended service contract from Microsoft. Another alternative is to move your server instance to the Azure cloud. If you want to continue using of your on-premise server, upgrading to Windows Server 2022 is recommended. More information from Microsoft is available here.
I’ve worn out the scroll wheel on quite a few mice. Apple’s Magic Mouse 2 lacks the wheel, but it’s touch sensitive top allows for scolling and other features that many mice have. When my current Dell wireless mouse wheel started acting up, I borrowed the Magic Mouse 2 from my Mac. After the Bluetooth pairing process, I had it connected and working. The only problem being that I couldn’t scroll. Same mouse works under Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro, so I determined it to be a driver problem. Apple doesn’t offer drivers for Windows directly, only through there Boot Camp installer. I temporarily ended up using Magic Utilities which does work well, but it requires a subscription. Also, I didn’t most of the extra functionality it offers.
My solution to this was found on GitHub using a project called Brigadier by Tim Sutton. This will allow you to download the Boot Camp software without using a Mac. I’m posting the resulting drivers here to help out those who may struggle with the command line.