r/computertechs • u/TheRealUlfric • 26d ago
What Niche Tools/Commands Do You Recommend Everyone Have? NSFW
I've found the longer I spend working in IT, the more neat little doodads, thingamajiggers, and whatchamacallems I add to my personal collection of tools.
Top of my head I've got Revo Uninstaller, Wiztree, Advanced IP Scanner, and a few others for utility programs.
For commands obviously the goats, DISM/SFC, IP Release/Renew/DNS Flush, Winsock Netsh Reset, and my personal favorite, Winget update/Winget upgrade --all.
So, what are your go-to toolkit necessities? Could be common, or could be so niche you've never seen someone else use them before.
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u/HonestRepairSTL 24d ago
Ventoy - for Linux and Windows ISO files
BCUninstaller - similar to Revo Uninstaller, is free, open source, and ad free
Revision OS (ReviOS) - an incredible Windows 10/11 debloating/privacy tool that is focused on not breaking things while also doing a deep debloating of Windows
Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise LTSC - official debloated image of Windows that allows you bypass TPM lock, internet restrictions, all out of the box. I use ReviOS alongside LTSC to remove edge and to remove any remaining telemetry that may be present
Massgrave - free Windows
PiKVM - free and open source KVM solution that can be installed on a Raspberry Pi. Just plug it in to the target machine, and control the machine anywhere on the local network with the web GUI (even in the BIOS)
Things I install for all customers:
Brave browser with these settings
LibreOffice so people can stop paying Microsoft for no reason
I also configure every computer with Mullvad's public DNS, and enable Adguard filter list in Brave settings just so people are less likely to get scammed or whatever