Question Best Diagnistic tools

[trevorcork]

Hi All
which are the best diagnostic tools for windows 10 / 11, i have hirens etc but looking for something i might nit have come across before, [Moderator edit to delete request in violation of Forum rules. Do not repost or otherwise repeat the request.]

I have also heard Malewarebytes techbench is good any ideas?

 

[punkncat]

We cannot help with password cracks. I would consider deleting that part of the message and move back over towards white hat. Your thread can be closed for that.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

I find all of those tools completely useless. Nothing you can’t already do

 

[ohio_buckeye]

As far as passwords there can be a legit need but I didn’t get that many requests for that years ago. Now days many windows accounts are Microsoft accounts and you just go online and reset it there.

 

[Ralston18]

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[trevorcork]

ok thanks, has anybody used repair techsuite, looks good but just wondering if anybody uses it here ?

 

[Ralston18]

@trevorcork

You are asking about general PC troubleshooting and not looking for ways to recover/reveal passwords etc..

As a reminder, Forum rules do not permit assistance with such matters or any other security related work-arounds.

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Not recommending (full disclosure) any specific 3rd party tools or applications.

My recommendation is to take a closer look at everything Microsoft offers.

More available than most people realize. E.g. Windows Memory Diagnostic....

If a system has problems and is at all bootable then Reliability History/Monitor and Event Viewer may be logging error codes, warnings, and even related informational events.

System performance can be observed using Task Manager, Resource Monitor, and Process Explorer.

Even the built-in troubleshooters can be used to find or eliminate potential culprits.

"dism" and "sfc /scannow" often resolve problems.

Powershell's Get cmdlets can be used to delve into even more details. Some are simple one-liners but can grow in complexity and into scripts.

Overall, I suggest using Microsoft's tools versus 3rd party tools. Many of which simply take Microsoft results/data and dress it all up via some added User interfaces and graphics. Often for a cost.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

 

[Misgar]

Consider Microsoft Sysinternals Utilities:-
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/

Process Explorer can be useful when debugging Windows software:-
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer