A Professional Guide For Responding to a Network Breach, System Breach, or Hack

Digital First Aid:

A Professional Guide For Responding to a Network or System Breach, and/or Hack

Discovering a security breach is a high-stakes race against time. Whether you are a home user or a business owner, your response in the first few hours determines whether the attacker is evicted or stays for the long haul.

Portable Sysinternals Windows System Tester Utility

 

Portable Sysinternals System Tester Utility v2.2

The USB Toolkit Every IT Professional Needs in Their Kit!

For years, I've been carrying USB drives to client sites loaded with various diagnostic tools - Sysinternals utilities scattered across folders, batch files I'd written years ago, and a mental checklist of tests to run. It worked, but it was messy, inconsistent, and time-consuming. Every diagnostic session meant running tools manually, copying outputs, and cobbling together reports.

I thought: "There has to be a better way."

That frustration led to the creation of the Portable Sysinternals System Tester. A zero-dependency PowerShell solution that transformed my thumb drive into a comprehensive, professional diagnostic toolkit. What started as a personal automation project has evolved into a production-ready tool that IT professionals across the region now rely on for field diagnostics, baseline health checks, and client handoff reports.

Version 2.2 is OUT NOW!

https://github.com/Pnwcomputers/SystemTester/tree/Version2.2

Portable Sysinternals Suite System Tester

As IT professionals, we've all been there: you're troubleshooting a client's computer, performing routine maintenance, or trying to quickly assess a system's health before handing it back to a customer. Traditional diagnostic tools often require installation, leave traces on the system, or produce verbose outputs filled with technical jargon that clients don't need to see.

Enter the Portable Sysinternals Suite System Tester! A game-changing PowerShell toolkit that transforms how we approach Windows system diagnostics. This thumb-drive friendly solution combines the power of Microsoft's renowned Sysinternals Suite with built-in Windows tools to deliver comprehensive system health reports without leaving a footprint on the target machine.

https://github.com/Pnwcomputers/SystemTester

Misc Software Tools, Apps, Sites/Services & Utilities

🛠️ Misc Tools

• msconfig
  System configuration Wikipedia Overview
• Task Manager
  System performance and process viewer Task Manager Info
• schtasks /query
  View scheduled tasks Microsoft Docs
• Services Manager
  Manage system services Windows Services Info
• Event Viewer
  View system logs Event Viewer Docs
• LogParser
  Microsoft tool that lets you query Event Logs, IIS logs, etc. LogParser