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If you need to install or reinstall Windows 8.1, you can use the tools on this page to create your own installation media using either a USB flash drive or a DVD. Use the media creation tool (aprx. 1.41MB) to download Windows. This tool provides the best download experience for customers running. Get the latest developer downloads and tools for Windows 10 and start building a Universal Windows Platform app for tablet, PC, mixed reality, Windows IoT or Xbox.

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The Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK) has the tools you need to customize Windows images for large-scale deployment, and to test the quality and performance of your system, its added components, and the applications running on it. The Windows ADK includes:

  • The Windows Assessment Toolkit and the Windows Performance Toolkit to assess the quality and performance of systems or components.

  • Deployment tools such as WinPE, Sysprep, and other tools that you can use to customize and deploy Windows 10 images.

  • Starting with Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) is released separately from the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). To add Windows PE to your ADK installation, download the Windows PE Addon and run the included installer after installing the ADK. This change enables post-RTM updates to tools in the ADK. After you run the installer, the WinPE files will be in the same location as they were in previous ADK installs.

  • If you're installing the ADK on a device running a 64-bit version of Windows and plan to use the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM), see What's new in kits and tools.

  • What's new in ADK tools for Windows 10, version 1903.

  • For Windows 10 IoT Core, also download the IoT Core Add-Ins.

Other ADK downloads

ADK version and download linkDescription
ADK for Windows 10 Insider PreviewWindows Insiders can download preview versions of the ADK. See what's new for Windows Insiders for Business.
ADK for Windows 10, version 1809What's new in ADK for Windows 10, version 1809
Windows PE add-on for ADK, version 1809New as of Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) is avalable seperatly form the Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK)
ADK for Windows 10, version 1803What's new in ADK for Windows 10, version 1803
ADK for Windows 10, version 1709What's new in ADK for Windows 10, version 1709.
For IoT Core for Windows 10, version 1709, also download the IoT Core Add-Ins v4.4.
ADK for Windows 10, version 1703What's new in ADK for Windows 10, version 1703.
For IoT Core for Windows 10, version 1703, also download the IoT Core Add-Ins v3.2.
ADK for Windows 10, version 1607What's new in ADK for Windows 10, version 1607.
For IoT Core for Windows 10, version 1607, also download the IoT Core Add-Ins v2.0 (14393_v1).
ADK for Windows 8What's new in ADK for Windows 8
AIK for Windows 7WAIK for Windows 7 Readme
Windows OEM HAL Extension Test Cert 2017To use the Windows ADK to work with HAL Extensions, download and install the updated Windows OEM HAL Extension Test Cert 2017 (TEST ONLY) certificate. Learn more.

Install the ADK

Install the ADK based on what works best for your environment.

  • For computers that are connected to the internet, you can use any of the download links above.
  • For secure manufacturing environments, you can install the Windows ADK offline.
  • For automated installs, you can silently install the Windows ADK.

Windows ADK tools for IT pros

Windows ADK contains core assessment and deployment tools that IT Pros can use to deploy Windows 10 company-wide, including the User State Migration Tool (USMT) and Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT).

Related downloads

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By Mark Russinovich

Published: July 4, 2016

Download PsTools Suite(2.7 MB)

Introduction

The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Resource Kits come with a number ofcommand-line tools that help you administer your Windows NT/2K systems.Over time, I've grown a collection of similar tools, including some notincluded in the Resource Kits. What sets these tools apart is that theyall allow you to manage remote systems as well as the local one. Thefirst tool in the suite was PsList, a tool that lets you view detailedinformation about processes, and the suite is continually growing. The'Ps' prefix in PsList relates to the fact that the standard UNIX processlisting command-line tool is named 'ps', so I've adopted this prefix forall the tools in order to tie them together into a suite of tools namedPsTools.

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Some anti-virus scanners report that one or more of the tools are infected with a 'remote admin' virus. None of the PsTools contain viruses, but they have been used by viruses, which is why they trigger virus notifications.*

The tools included in the PsTools suite, which are downloadable as apackage, are:

  • PsExec -execute processes remotely
  • PsFile -shows files opened remotely
  • PsGetSid -display the SID of a computer or a user
  • PsInfo -list information about a system
  • PsPing -measure network performance
  • PsKill -kill processes by name or process ID
  • PsList -list detailed information about processes
  • PsLoggedOn -see who's logged on locally and via resource sharing (full source isincluded)
  • PsLogList -dump event log records
  • PsPasswd -changes account passwords
  • PsService -view and control services
  • PsShutdown -shuts down and optionally reboots a computer
  • PsSuspend -suspends processes
  • PsUptime - shows you how long a system has been running since itslast reboot (PsUptime's functionality has been incorporated intoPsInfo

The PsTools download package includes an HTML help file with completeusage information for all the tools.

Download PsTools Suite(2.7 MB)

Runs on:

  • Client: Windows Vista and higher
  • Server: Windows Server 2008 and higher
  • Nano Server: 2016 and higher
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Installation

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None of the tools requires any special installation. You don't even need to install any client software on the remote computers at which you target them. Run them by typing their name and any command-line options you want. To show complete usage information, specify the '-? ' command-line option.If you have questions or problems, please visit the Sysinternals PsTools Forum.

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Introduction to the PsTools: Wes Miller gives a high-level overview of the Sysinternals PsTools in the March column of his TechNet Magazine column.