Utilities Worth Distributing

The smaller the footprint across all desktops, the better. Every administrator has a toolbox that is reached into often. Like most, I've grabbed many from Sysinternals, with psexec being toward the top of the list.

But what bare essentials are worth distributing on all desktops? For me, it's a short list:

• NirCmd, from the excellent Nir Sofer. You can't lose with any of the free utilities on his site.
• BgInfo, from Sysinternals/Microsoft. Display the right information on their desktop and your users can help you help them.
  
• System Scripting Runtime from Franz Krainer. This long-time favorite ActiveX provides great utility to your logon scripts.