links and tools
This is a carefully curated collection of useful IT tools and software for daily use by system administrators, IT professionals, and advanced users. The list covers a wide range of applications: from Windows and hardware utilities to partitioning and backup software, security and network tools, office applications, synchronization and storage services, as well as recovery, PDF, and multimedia solutions. The goal is to provide a practical overview of reliable and widely used tools that make managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting computer systems faster and more efficient.
For more tools see HUB
1. Windows Updates & INSTALLATION
- Monthly updates (all versions) – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/913086
- WSUS Offline Updater – http://www.wsusoffline.net
- AutoStreamer (slipstream SP) – https://www.majorgeeks.com/download4444.html
- Microsoft PC Health Check – https://aka.ms/GetPCHealthCheckApp
- Windows 11 Media Creation Tool – https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows11
- Heidoc.net Windows ISO Downloader – https://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/67-microsoft-windows-and-office-iso-download-tool
2. Hardware & SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
- Windows 11 Requirements Check Tool – https://www.bytejams.com/win11rct/
- GPU-Z – https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz
- CPU-Z – https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
- Winaero WEI Tool – https://www.winaero.com/download-winaero-wei-tool/
3. Partitions, Back-up & Multiboot
- Partition Saving – http://www.partition-saving.com
- Macrium Reflect – https://www.macrium.com/reflectfree/
- GParted Live CD – https://gparted.org/livecd.php
- MiniTool Partition Wizard Free – https://www.partitionwizard.com
- EasyBCD – https://www.neosmart.net/EasyBCD/
- GNU GRUB boot loader – https://www.gnu.org/software/grub
- Acronis True Image WD Edition – https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?p=119
- EaseUS – https://nl.easeus.com/
4. bootable Media & recovery
- ISO to USB – https://www.isotousb.com
- Rufus – https://rufus.ie
- MS-DOS Boot CD Creator – https://www.allbootdisks.com/download/me.html
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk – https://support.kaspersky.com/us/krd18
- Knoppix-Based Runtime Live CD – https://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-live-cd.htm
- Hiren’s BootCD – https://www.hirensbootcd.org/download
- SystemRescueCD – https://www.system-rescue-cd.org
- Memtest86+ – https://www.memtest.org
- HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool – http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=197
5. Tweaks & Customization
- Classic Shell – http://www.classicshell.net (→ opgevolgd door Open-Shell)
- Custom Tiles Maker – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/custom-tiles-maker/9wzdncrfj1n0
- OblyTile – https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1899865
- Winaero Tweaker – https://www.winaero.com/winaero-tweaker/
6. System tools
- Microsoft PowerToys – https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases
- UninstallView – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/uninstall_view.html
- PatchCleaner – https://www.homedev.com.au/free/patchcleaner
- Malwarebytes Free – https://www.malwarebytes.com/premium/
- FileLocator Lite – https://www.mythicsoft.com/filelocatorlite/download/
- TreeSize Free – https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/
- SpaceSniffer – http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/
- Duplicate Cleaner Free – https://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/dcdownload_versions.html
- AllDup – https://www.alldup.de/en_download_alldup.php
- Process Library – https://www.processlibrary.com/en/
- Auslogics Disk Defrag – https://www.auslogics.com/en/software/disk-defrag/download
- ShellExView – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html
- FixWin 10 – https://www.thewindowsclub.com/fixwin-for-windows-10
- Sysinternals Utilities – https://docs.microsoft.com/nl-nl/sysinternals
- WSCC – https://www.kls-soft.com/wscc/
- NoDrives Manager – http://nodrvman.sourceforge.net
- Long Path Fixer – http://corz.org/windows/software/accessories/
- Resource Hacker – http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
- BlueScreenView – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
- UnLock IT – https://www.emcosoftware.com/unlock-it
- MoveOnBoot – https://www.emcosoftware.com/move-on-boot
- KeyBoard-LEDs – https://www.keyboard-leds.com
- Thumbnail & Icon Cache Rebuilder – https://www.thewindowsclub.com/icon-cache-rebuilder-for-windows-10
- Internet Speed Test – https://www.speedtest.nl
- VirtualBox – https://www.virtualbox.org
- Automation N8N – https://n8n.io/
- network Ad blocker – https://pi-hole.net/
- CCleaner – https://www.ccleaner.com/
- Hyena Active Directory Management Software – https://www.systemtools.com/hyena/
7. SYNCHRONIZATION & Cloud
- SyncBack Freeware – https://www.2brightsparks.com/download-syncbackfree.html
- Free File Sync – https://freefilesync.org/
- Syncthing – https://syncthing.net/
- Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com
- Microsoft OneDrive – https://www.onedrive.com
- Google Drive – https://drive.google.com
- Syncplicity – https://www.syncplicity.com
- TrueNAS – https://www.truenas.com/
8. Office & productivity
- Microsoft Office installation files – https://products.office.com/nl-nl/download-back-up-restore-microsoft-office-products
- LibreOffice – https://nl.libreoffice.org/
- OpenOffice – https://www.openoffice.org/nl/
- eM Client – https://www.emclient.com
- EssentialPIM – https://www.essentialpim.com/pc-version
- MyPhoneExplorer – https://www.fjsoft.at/en/
- Attachment Options for Outlook – https://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm
- OutlookTools – https://www.robert365.com/app/outlooktools
- GO Contact Sync Mod – https://googlesyncmod.sourceforge.io
- Outlook4Gmail – https://outlook4gmail.scand.com
- gSyncit – https://www.fieldstonsoftware.com/software/gsyncit5/
- Microsoft Office Support and Recovery Assistant – https://diagnostics.office.com/#/
- Outlook Duplicates Remover – https://www.slipstick.com/files/ODR5.EXE
- Outlook Freeware Duplicate Items – https://www.outlookfreeware.com
- ClipboardFusion – https://www.clipboardfusion.com
- WordWeb – https://www.wordweb.info
- WhatsApp for Windows – https://www.whatsapp.com/download
- Notepad++ – https://notepad-plus-plus.org
- MBX2EML – https://luethje.eu/prog/
9. Internet & networktools
- Vistumbler – https://www.vistumbler.net
- Aircrack-ng – https://www.aircrack-ng.org
- AM-DeadLink – https://www.aignes.com/deadlink.htm
- Ninite – https://ninite.com
- SwissTransfer – https://www.swisstransfer.com
- YouTube Downloader – https://en.loader.to/4/
- Torrent Searcher AIO – https://www.aiosearch.com/
- Torrent Search 1337x – https://1337x.to/home/
- HuggingFace AI Tools – https://huggingface.co/
- NMAP network scanner – https://nmap.org/
- Advanced IP scanner – https://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/
- Advanced port scanner – https://www.advanced-port-scanner.com/
- Fing Network Discovery – https://www.fing.com/
- Xenu Web Scraping – https://xenus-link-sleuth.en.softonic.com/?ex=RAMP-3406.1&rex=true
- IP Data – https://ipinfo.io/
- Glasswire Firewall – https://www.glasswire.com/
- WireShark network protocol analyzer – https://www.wireshark.org/
10. security & Monitoring
- VirusTotal – https://www.virustotal.com
- PortForward – https://www.portforward.com
- HostsMan – http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/HostsMan_4.7.105.zip
- HOSTS file – http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
- Ghostery Ad Blocker – https://www.ghostery.com/ghostery-ad-blocker
- OpenDNS – https://www.opendns.com
- EncryptOnClick – https://www.2brightsparks.com/onclick/help/welcomeencryptonclick.htm
- Encrypto – https://macpaw.com/encrypto
- ShutUp10 – https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
- Zabbix – https://www.zabbix.com/
- CheckMK – https://checkmk.com/
- Wazuh – https://wazuh.com/
- Trace My IP – https://www.tracemyip.org/
- Phantom Helix – https://phantomhelix.com/
- Home Assistant – https://www.home-assistant.io
- OSINT Tools – https://www.osintcombine.com/tools
- Kali Linux Pentesting – https://www.kali.org/
- Autopsy Forensic – https://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/
- Elastic Stack – https://www.elastic.co/elastic-stack
- Process hacker / System Informer – https://systeminformer.sourceforge.io/
11. password & Keys
- NirSoft Password Recovery – https://www.nirsoft.net
- SniffPass – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/password_sniffer.html
- Free Word/Excel Password Recovery – https://www.freewordexcelpassword.com
- Excel Password Remover 2010 – https://www.straxx.com/excel/password.html
- NT Password & Registry Editor – http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd
- Ophcrack – https://ophcrack.sourceforge.net
- CmosPwd – https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
- ProduKey – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html
- LicenseCrawler – https://www.klinzmann.name/licensecrawler.htm
- Keepass Password Manager – https://keepass.info/
12. Imaging, Backup & Recovery
- Macrium Reflect Free – https://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v8/ReflectDLHF.exe
- DriveImage XML – https://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
- DrvImagerXP – https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/DrvImagerXP.shtml
- Puran File Recovery – https://www.puransoftware.com/File-Recovery.html
- DiskGenius – https://www.diskgenius.com
- TestDisk – https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
- IsoBuster – https://www.isobuster.com/nl/
- Virtual CloneDrive – https://www.elby.ch/nl/products/vcd.html
13. FTP Software
- Core FTP LE – https://www.coreftp.com
- FileZilla – https://filezilla-project.org
- WinSCP – https://www.winscp.net
14. PDF Tools
- Adobe Reader – https://get.adobe.com/nl/reader/
- Foxit Reader – https://www.foxit.com/nl/pdf-reader/
- PrimoPDF – https://www.primopdf.com
- PDFCreator – https://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator
- CutePDF Writer – https://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp
- NAPS2 – https://www.naps2.com
- PDFill Editor – https://www.pdfill.com/download.html
- PDF24 Creator Toolbox – https://tools.pdf24.org/nl/creator
15. picture, Video & Multimedia
- OpenShot – https://www.openshot.org/nl/
- VLC Media Player – https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
- K-Lite Codec Pack – https://www.free-codecs.com/k_lite_codec_pack_download.htm
- John’s Background Switcher – https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/
- Any Wallpaper – https://www.anyutils.com/anywall.php
- HandBrake – https://www.handbrake.fr
- Jellyfin Media Server – https://jellyfin.org/
- KODI – https://kodi.tv/
- Davinci Resolve – https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
- Sony Vegas Pro – https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/nl/vegas-pro/
- 4k video downloader – https://www.4kdownload.com/-54
- OBS Studio Streaming – https://obsproject.com/
- Audacity – https://www.audacityteam.org/
16. Network management
- InternetOff – https://www.crystalrich.com/internetoff
- WiFi Profile Manager – https://www.thewindowsclub.com/wifi-profile-manager-windows-8
- Wifi Analyzer – https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh33n0n?hl=nl-NL&gl=NL
- NetSetMan – https://www.netsetman.com
- NetLimiter – https://www.netlimiter.com
- Wireless Network Watcher – https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_network_watcher.html
- Net Profiles – https://code.google.com/p/netprofiles/
- Technitium DNS Server – https://technitium.com/dns
17. other Tools
- UniGetUI – https://www.marticliment.com/unigetui/
- Patch My PC – https://www.patchmypc.com/product/home-updater
- 7-Zip – https://www.7-zip.org
- HxD – https://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/
- Input Director – https://www.inputdirector.com
- Total Commander – https://www.ghisler.com
- MultiMon – https://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm
- DesktopOK – https://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/DesktopOK
- SmartTube YT Ad blocker – https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
- XAMPP Hosting- https://www.apachefriends.org/
- Auto HotKey – https://www.autohotkey.com/
18. Games & tools
- Steam Info – https://steamdb.info/
- Fitgirl – https://fitgirl-repacks.site/
- IGG Games – https://igg-games.com/
- Skidrow & Reloaded – https://www.skidrowreloaded.com/
- AllkeyShop – https://www.allkeyshop.com/blog/
- Steam Workshop Downloader – http://steamworkshop.download/
- Windows 7 Games for Windows 11 – https://www.win7games.com/#games
- 24/7 Web Games – https://www.247games.com/