Published May 2, 2026, 5:30 PM EDT Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows systems and networking, especially in mixed environments where things don't always behave the way the documentation says they should. Writing things down is how he makes sense of it all and hopefully saves someone else a few hours. Windows comes with a fair share of tools, but some of Microsoft's best apps require an extra download to install. It's not until I reinstall Windows that I realize which of these tools are missing from a fresh system. Seeing as they're released by Microsoft, it's natural to assume that Windows already comes with all the publisher's most useful utilities , but it doesn't. I'm not talking about experimental tools or niche programs, either.…