Microsoft Acquires Winternals (July 17, 2006)

Published: April 24, 2007
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Microsoft Acquires Winternals Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Winternals Acquisition FAQ

Winternals offerings are no longer available for purchase. However, Microsoft is exploring integrating these technologies into future offerings. Technical support for Winternals’ offerings will continue to be available according to the terms of customer agreements that have not been terminated or modified, or on a paid per incident basis. Online and phone support is available through one of the following:

Email support - winsup@microsoft.com

Knowledge Base

Phone Contact

Customers with Premier support agreements: (800) 936-3100

Customers with Professional support agreements: (800) 936-4900

All other customers: (800) Microsoft

Administrator's Pak

Customers looking for desktop diagnostic and recovery tools similar to Administrator's Pak should refer to the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance. Please see http://www.windowsvista.com/optimizeddesktop to learn more.

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Recovery Manager, Defrag Manager, Protection Manager

The functionality and usage scenarios of many of these products may be addressed by Microsoft offerings. Current Microsoft offerings can be seen at http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter.

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Sysinternals

The Sysinternals utilities and forum can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/sysinternals.


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