The Sysinternals Video Library (published by David Solomon Expert Seminars) is set of six DVDs that cover essential Windows troubleshooting topics (note: these are DVD videos – they can be played on any DVD player; to play them on XP, you must have additional DVD playback software installed).
Each video is personally presented by Mark Russinovich (Technical Fellow at Microsoft) and David Solomon (noted Windows internals expert and trainer), authors of the official Microsoft Press book on the Windows operating system, Windows Internals. They are known from past Microsoft conferences to be especially informative and entertaining when presenting together. One customer wrote after viewing the set:
The DVDs are high quality clear video and audio. Each video is presented by both Mark Russinovich and David Solomon sitting side by side each with a laptop in front of them. The audio is in stereo with one of them on the left speaker and the other on the right (a nice touch). The videos are very hands on with David and Mark using VMWare to demonstrate each of the tools and problems. The presenters do a great job at zooming into the video at the appropriate moments so that you can see the commands being typed, or the output of a command.
The entire Tour of the Sysinternals Tools video as well as samples of the other titles are available for free download. For more information on each title, or to view or download a sample, click on the links below or scroll down.
Tour of the Sysinternals Tools
Get a personal tour of the tools from Sysinternals.com from Sysinternals cofounder Mark Russinovich and Windows internals expert David Solomon. After a brief introduction to the site that includes its history you’ll learn the key features of tools for troubleshooting processes & threads, file, registry, security, and networking problems.
This 49 minute video is available for free download as a WMV file (105 MB). The DVD version is only available when you order the complete set.
This video is divided into the following modules:
1. Introduction & Licensing
2. Process & Thread Tools
3. System Information Tools
4. File & Disk Tools
5. Registry Tools
6. Security Tools
7. Networking Tools
8. Blue Screen Screen Saver
Troubleshooting with Process Explorer
Get an in-depth look at troubleshooting process and thread problems with Process Explorer. Learn how to identify malware, account for all CPU usage, solve hung and runaway processes, and identify locked files.
This 171 minute (2 hours 51 minutes) video is divided into the following modules:
1. Process & Thread Basics
2. Process Explorer Basics
3. Advanced Process Properties
4. Accounting for CPU Usage
5. Multi-Component Processes
6. Hung Processes
7. Open Files & Handles
8. DLL View
9. Identifying Malicious Processes
10. System Information & Control
11. Personalize Process Explorer
Troubleshooting with Filemon and Regmon
Learn how to determine the root cause of a wide range of application failures including hangs, corrupt files, missing registry data, and permissions problems. Real world examples demonstrate troubleshooting techniques.
This 115 minute (1 hour 55 minutes) video is divided into the following modules:
1. Introduction
2. Using Filemon
3. Filemon Case Studies
4. Using Regmon
5. Regmon Case Studies
6. Using Filemon and Regmon Together
7. Starting Filemon/Regmon Before Logon
Troubleshooting Memory Problems
Discover the real meaning behind the key memory performance counters to understand process and system memory usage, solve user and kernel memory leaks, and properly size your paging file.
This 120 minute (2 hour) video is divided into the following modules:
1. Overview of Memory Management
2. Process Memory Usage
3. Paging Lists
4. Paging Files
5. Memory Leaks
Windows Crash Dump & Hang Analysis
Learn how to use the Kernel Debugger to analyze crash dumps, how to transform unanalyzable crashes into easily analyzable crashes with Driver Verifier, and manual analysis techniques including troubleshooting hung systems
This 169 minute (2 hour 49 minute) video is divided into the following modules:
1. Introduction
2. Crash Dump Types & Mechanisms
3. Analysis Basics
4. Analyzing A Simple Crash
5. Un-Analyzable Crashes
6. Manual Analysis
7. Fun With Blue Screens
Troubleshooting Boot & Startup Problems
After an inside look at the boot process, this video explains how to employ the key recovery mechanisms including Last Known Good, Recovery Console, Safe Mode, and System Restore, to repair system file and registry corruptions as well as analyze crashes and solve errors during logon.
This 129 minute (2 hour 9 minutes) video is divided into the following modules:
1. Introduction
2. The Boot Process
3. The Recovery Console
4. Last Known Good
5. Safe Mode
6. System Restore
7. MBR/Boot Sector Corruption
8. Boot.ini Corruption
9. Registry Corruption
10. System File Corruption
11. Crashes or Hangs
12. Problems During Logon
