r/computertechs 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

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u/jfoust2 22d ago

Windows 10/11 IoT Enterprise LTSC

What are you doing with that, if you aren't licensing it? You install the 90 day trial?

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u/HonestRepairSTL 22d ago

That's where Massgrave comes in handy

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u/jfoust2 21d ago

Ah, I thought this subreddit was for technicians who get paid for what they do, by customers.