Windows System State Analyzer Tool

A real cool tool I stumbled on this holiday weekend is the Windows System State Analyzer tool used to validate system configurations and verify server application/driver compliance for the Windows Server 2008 logo and certification program.

The tool takes a snapshot of a system which includes fixed drives, services, drivers and the registry. Users can create two snapshots at different points in time and compare them to view differences.

The tool requires version 2 of the .Net Framework and Windows Installer 3.0

I used it to Identify how an application modified a Windows 2000 Terminal Server and the files and services added. The detailed difference report is generated and exported as a HTML file:

This tool can also be used to determine the variance of Servers from a known baseline where it is necessary to ensure they are all identical and it will show where the deltas are.

Neat!!