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Even the most strict Linux opponent would recognize that all Linux flavors and versions have abundant utilities and tools that help users to detect and fix any operating system problems. In Windows, on the other hand, Microsoft believes that users have nothing to do with messing around with the operating system. This Microsoft philosophy is further supported by the fact that windows by default do not contain any power tools or utilities that will be helpful for the advanced user in order to fix and administer the windows system.

Fortunately there are some non-commercial but powerful windows utilities that must be included in the software toolbox of any serious windows power user. Two companies have created such utilities: Sysinternals and NirSoft. The tools from Sysinternals were so useful and powerful that draw the attention of Microsoft which took over the company in 2006.

The Windows System Control Center (WSCC) and the Computer Repair Utility Kit (CRUK) are two very useful utility suites which work as a front end for the SysInternals and NirSoft utilities. Both WSCC and CRUK are portable applications which can be easily carried on a USB stick to help you repair and manage any windows box.

WSCC

WSCC is a freeware front end which gives you access to the 150 or so collection of the different free windows utilities from Sysinternals and NirSoft. WSCC categorizes the utilities according to their functionality and also provides a brief description for each utility tool. WSCC resembles the windows control panel and offers a nice graphical interface for running the windows utilities. If you don’t have all windows tools downloaded locally, you can download them on demand upon usage.

First you need to download and uncompress the WSCC front end program from HERE. Then, I recommend you to download all the SysInternals utilities from Microsoft at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062.aspx and uncompress them in a local directory. Regarding the NirSoft utilities, you need to download them one by one from http://www.nirsoft.net/panel. Store them also in a local directory. Then you will need to configure WSCC and specify the folders of Sysinternals and Nirsoft tools.

CRUK

The Computer Repair Utility Kit consists mainly from tools that have to do with fixing windows. This software utility suite is distributed by Technibble at http://www.technibble.com/computer-repair-utility-kit-v1/. CRUK contains around 50 tools for windows repair. Some examples include CCleaner, Rootkit Revealer, Hijack This, Recuva, Process Explorer, DeepBurner, 7zip, PuTTY etc.Like WSCC, CRUK is also portable so you can carry the software toolbox on a USB or CD media. Unlike WSCC, CRUK contains all the utilities and tools inside a compressed file of around 90 Mbytes.

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