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rk-tools.md

Windows Resource Kit Tools

Advanced tool-set to streamline administrative tasks for Microsoft® Windows®.

Overview

Description

The Microsoft® Windows® Resource Kit Tools (RK-Tools) are a set of tools to help System-Administrators, Developers, and Powerusers streamline a wide range of common, administrative tasks for the Microsoft® Windows® Operating System (OS).

200+ different programs / tools are included in the software bundle.

Features

The toolkit's overall feature-set includes (but is not limited to):

  • Troubleshooting Windows® OS issues
  • Managing Windows® Active-Directory®
  • Configuring Windows® networking and security features
  • Automating software deployment

Download

Note: The RK-Tools are not officially supported on 64-bit platforms.

Windows® Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools

The Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 version of the RK-Tools software bundle can be freely downloaded from the permanent mirror links below.

Downloads

Update Sep 2021 The download links from Microsoft are not available anymore. However you can find / download a copy of rktools.exe from the Waybackmachine's capture, here: rktools.exe direct download link via web.archive.org

Version-Info
File name Version Date published File size
rktools.exe 1.0 4/28/2003 11.8 MB
System-Requirements
  • Have ~30 MB of free disk space
  • Have an officially supported OS installed:
    • Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 family
    • Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP1)
  • Alternativly, have an unonofficially & partially supported OS installed:
    • Microsoft® Windows® Vista family
    • Microsoft® Windows® 7 family
    • Microsoft® Windows® 10 family

Install

Note: If the Beta version of RK-Tools is installed, it needs to be removed first.

(Official) Install Instructions

Download
  1. Choose a download mirror in the download section above, follow the link to the (external) download page and click the Download link to start the download.
  2. Do one of the following:
    1. To start the installation immediately,
      click Open (or Run this program from its current location).
    2. To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time,
      click Save (or Save this program to disk).
Install
  1. To install the Resource Kit tools, run the rktools.exe file.
  2. After you accept the License Agreement (EULA), all necessary files are installed, by default, to the directory:
    %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools (or
    %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools)
Documentation

Prior to starting and using any RK-Tools, and for help, find the release notes and read the documentation, located in the readme.htm file in the installation directory.

One of the following direct-links should work when RK-Tools was installed to the default path and on drive C.

  • Open documentation in browser (on 32-bit platforms)
  • Open documentation in browser (on 64-bit platforms)

Additional Information

Though the available RK-Tools package is named "Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 RK-Tools" and it was specifically released for Server 2003, all tools have official and full Windows® XP support, too.

Unsupported OS Versions

Though not officially supported, you can also install the RK-Tools Server 2003 bundle on Windows® Vista, Windows® 7 and Windows® 10, but note that some of the tools will not work as intended or not work at all (e.g. some tools generate errors like Dll missing).

Notes for Windows® 7

In Windows® 7, when you launch the installer, you will get an error saying This program has known compatibility issues. Just ignore the warning and click Run program and continue with installation.

Toolset

The following table shows a complete list of all programs / tools (incl. a short description), which are provided by the Resource Kit.

File name Description Server 2003 XP Vista 7 10
Adlb.exe Active Directory Load Balancing Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Admx.msi ADM File Parser ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Atmarp.exe Windows ATM ARP Server Information Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Atmlane.exe Windows ATM LAN Emulation Client Information ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Autoexnt.exe AutoExNT Service ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Cdburn.exe ISO CD-ROM Burner Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Checkrepl.vbs Check Replication ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Chklnks.exe Link Check Wizard ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Chknic.exe Network Interface Card Compliance Tool for Network Load Balancing ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Cleanspl.exe Spooler Cleaner ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Clearmem.exe Clear Memory ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Clusdiag.msi Cluster Diagnostics and Verification Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Clusfileport.dll Cluster Print File Port ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Clusterrecovery.exe Server Cluster Recovery Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Cmdhere.inf Command Here ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Cmgetcer.dll Connection Manager Certificate Deployment Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Compress.exe Compress Files ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Confdisk.exe Disk Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Consume.exe Memory Consumers Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Creatfil.exe Create File ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Csccmd.exe Client-Side Caching Command-Line Options ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Custreasonedit.exe Custom Reason Editor See RK-Tools documentation (readme.htm) ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Delprof.exe User Profile Deletion Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Dh.exe Display Heap ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Diskraid.exe RAID Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Diskuse.exe User Disk Usage Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Dnsdiag.exe SMTP DNS Diagnostic Tool See RK-Tools documentation (readme.htm) ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Dumpfsmos.cmd Dump FSMO Roles ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Dvdburn.exe ISO DVD Burner Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Empty.exe Free Working Set Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Eventcombmt.exe Check Replication ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Fcopy.exe File Copy Utility for Message Queuing ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Frsflags.vbs n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Getcm.exe Connection Manager Profile Update ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Gpmonitor.exe Group Policy Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Gpotool.exe Group Policy Objects ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Hlscan.exe Hard Link Display Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Ifilttst.exe IFilter Test Suite ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Ifmember.exe User Membership Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Inetesc.adm Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Iniman.exe Initialization Files Manipulation Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Instcm.exe Install Connection Manager Profile ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Instsrv.exe Service Installer ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Intfiltr.exe Interrupt Affinity Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Kerbtray.exe Kerberos Tray ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Kernrate.exe Kernel Profiling Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Klist.exe Kerberos List ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Krt.exe Certification Authority Key Recovery ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Lbridge.cmd L-Bridge ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Linkd.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Linkspeed.exe Link Speed ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
List.exe List Text File Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Lockoutstatus.exe Account Lockout Status See RK-Tools documentation (readme.htm) ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Logtime.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Lsreport.exe Terminal Services Licensing Reporter ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Lsview.exe Terminal Services License Server Viewer ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Mcast.exe Multicast Packet Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Memmonitor.exe Memory Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Memtriage.exe Resource Leak Triage Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Mibcc.exe SNMP MIB Compiler ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Moveuser.exe Move Users ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Mscep.dll Certificate Services Add-on for Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Nlsinfo.exe Locale Information Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Now.exe STDOUT Current Date and Time ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Ntimer.exe Windows Program Timer ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Ntrights.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Oh.exe Open Handles ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Oleview.exe OLE/COM Object Viewer ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Pathman.exe Path Manager ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Permcopy.exe Share Permissions Copy ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Perms.exe User File Permissions Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Pfmon.exe Page Fault Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Pkiview.msc PKI Health Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Pmon.exe Process Resource Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Printdriverinfo.exe Drivers Source ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Prnadmin.dll Printer Administration Objects ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Qgrep.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Qtcp.exe QoS Time Stamp ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Queryad.vbs Query Active Directory ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rassrvmon.exe RAS Server Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rcontrolad.exe Active Directory Remote Control Add-On ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Regini.exe Registry Change by Script ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Regview.exe See RK-Tools documentation (readme.htm) ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Remapkey.exe Remap Windows Keyboard Layout ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Robocopy.exe Robust File Copy Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rpccfg.exe RPC Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rpcdump.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rpcping.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
RPing RPC Connectivity Verification Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rqc.exe Remote Access Quarantine Client ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Rqs.exe Remote Access Quarantine Agent ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Setprinter.exe Spooler Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Showacls.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Showperf.exe Performance Data Block Dump Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Showpriv.exe Show Privilege ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Sleep.exe Batch File Wait ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Sonar.exe FRS Status Viewer ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Splinfo.exe Print Spooler Information ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Srvany.exe Applications as Services Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Srvcheck.exe Server Share Check ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Srvinfo.exe Remote Server Information ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Srvmgr.exe Server Manager ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Ssdformat.exe System State Data Formatter ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Subinacl.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Tail.exe n.a. ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Tcmon.exe Traffic Control Monitor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Timeit.exe See RK-Tools documentation (readme.htm) ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Timezone.exe Daylight Saving Time Update Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Tsctst.exe Terminal Server Client License Dump Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Tsscalling.exe Terminal Services Scalability Planning Tools ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Uddicatschemeeditor.exe UDDI Services Categorization Scheme Editor ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Uddiconfig.exe UDDI Services Command-line Configuration Utility ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Uddidataexport.exe UDDI Data Export Wizard ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Usrmgr.exe User Manager for Domains ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Vadump.exe Virtual Address Dump ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Vfi.exe Visual File Information ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Volperf.exe Shadow Copy Performance Counters ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Volrest.exe Shadow Copies for Shared Folders Restore Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Vrfydsk.exe Verify Disk ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Winexit.scr Windows Exit Screen Saver ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Winhttpcertcfg.exe WinHTTP Certificate Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Winhttptracecfg.exe WinHTTP Tracing Facility Configuration Tool ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Winpolicies.exe Policy Spy ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Wins.dll WINS Replication Network Monitor Parser ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
Wlbs_hb.dll & Wlbs_rc.dll Windows Load Balancing Server Network Monitor Parsers ✔ ✔ ? ? ?
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ClaireCJS commented Nov 26, 2024

how do we install this?

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