Useful Programs

Autoruns - Used to tell what programs are starting with Windows.

Whois - Used to do a whois lookup.

Everest - Used to find information about hardware/software on a computer.

Fport - Used to tell what programs are connecting to the Internet and their filepath.

Kill - Used to kill processes via the command line.

Msconfig - System configuration utility.

XP Power Tools - Various tools to enhance Windows XP

TCPOptimizer - Used to optimize Windows for your internet connection.

Mirc631 - Internet relay chat

PS - View open process via the command prompt.

Fpipe - Port redirector

Ethereal - Network Sniffer

SuperScan - Port scanner.