You\u2019re only as good as the tools you work with. I\u2019ve spent years refining the set of tools I work with, and these are among the best. From the basics of virus and forgotten password recoveries to the real issues like figuring out how to make a silent installer for critical applications during deployment, these are the tool you\u2019ll need. Well these and a thousand others that I\u2019ll try to add as I have time.<\/p>\n
First, NirSoft<\/a> offers insane set of utilities to do basically anything you can imagine related to windows as it relates to passwords, viruses, data recover, networking, and all other things sysadmin.<\/p>\n When you need details on a single system, from chipset to windows key, update and antivirus status, etc, you can\u2019t beat Belarc System Advisor<\/a> for a quick scan. <\/p>\n For larger or ongoing network based software asset management and system administration, SpiceWorks<\/a> offers a fantastically comprehensive set of services to be configured at your discretion to monitor network traffic and connectivity, antivirus and windows patch application, and help desk ticketing. It\u2019s awesome, and it\u2019s FREE.<\/p>\n If you make webz, the W3Schools<\/a> might just be your biggest asset. The W3C<\/a> is the group that determines and publishes standards for all kinds of programming languages, and most of the open web including HTML5, CSS3, and most of the languages that matter. They also offer a SWEET web browser\/hypertext editor called Amaya<\/a>, as well as tons of other tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n Need to figure out why you\u2019re offline? Here\u2019s the definitive article on windows network troubleshooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n Use the Windows Installer XML toolset<\/a> to generate Windows Installer Packages. Crucial on deployments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You\u2019re only as good as the tools you work with. I\u2019ve spent years refining the set of tools I work with, and these are among the best. From the basics of virus and forgotten password recoveries to the real issues like figuring out how to make a silent installer for critical applications during deployment, these … Continue reading My favorite IT tools<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-and-internet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloudagnost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}