rk-tools.md

Windows Resource Kit Tools

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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

• (Official) Download via microsoft.com
• Update
• Download (Mirror) via github.com

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)

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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	✔	✔	?	?	?

None of the download links is working..

None of the download links is working..

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