Sysinternals: the pro tools Microsoft engineers use — via Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Learn

Trickmedium riskNeeds adminWindows 11Windows 10

Sysinternals is a free collection of advanced Windows tools by Mark Russinovich, published by Microsoft. Process Explorer is a supercharged Task Manager, Autoruns shows everything that starts with Windows, and Process Monitor logs file and registry activity live.

Takes effect right away

How to do it

  1. Download the Sysinternals Suite from Microsoft Learn (there's also a Microsoft Store version and an ARM64 build).
  2. Start with procexp (Process Explorer) and autoruns. In Autoruns, untick an entry to disable it rather than deleting it, so you can re-tick it later.
These are powerful tools. Killing the wrong process or disabling a driver in Autoruns can make Windows unstable.

Sources

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2026-11-02
Link checked
2026-11-02
Tested hands-on
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Oddbyte.Me hasn't tried this on every Windows build, so keep the undo handy.

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