Useful Programs in system32

To use these programs!


Note : name = text in green.


WinXP ---> Go to start > run > type in name > OK.
Win Vista/7 ---> Go to start > type in name > Press Enter.
Win 8 ---> Press Windows button + R > type in name > OK.


Let's begin!




1. charmap Character Map





Useful for get uncommon characters from your favorite fonts and copy it to your clipboard.


2. cmd Windows Command Processor





Useful for running some task that cannot be done in normal way.


3. eudcedit Private Character Editor





Create your own fonts!


4. eventvwr Event Viewer





View details about errors, events that happened to the computer.


5. msinfo32 System Information





Display details of your computers, everything you can imagine. From computer name to Print Jobs!


6. optionalfeatures Windows Features





Turn Windows features on or off, you have to use this when you need to perform special task with some windows features that are currently disabled such as telnet client etc, or to disable something you didn't want to use.


7. perfmon Performance Monitor





Main features of this program is to display graphs of system status such as CPU, RAM ,Disk I/O, network, etc. In this example image I use it to monitor CPU and network transfer to open BC in Firefox.


8. psr Problem Step Recorder





Use to record the actions you do to program like click, type, etc. And record all data in html file (If I can remember.)
with thorough explanation and also include pictures. But cons is the recorded file will be extremely large.


9. recdisk Create a System repair disc





Create system repair DVD to boot the system when Windows goes wrong.


10. sigverif File Signature Verification





Verify signature of drivers and files in your computer. You can view logs by click on Advanced button after scan finished.