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December 11, 2021

SysInternals & PsTools: All The Tools & What They Do – The Computer Noob

ADInsight (Active Directory Insight) — GUI Only

TL;DR: Real-time LDAP monitor to troubleshoot Active Directory client applications.

This tool uses DLL injection techniques to intercept calls that applications make in the “wldap32.dll” library, which is the standard library underlying Active Directory APIs such LDAP and ADSI. This tool intercepts and interprets all client-side APIs, including those that do not result in transmission to a server.

Without administrator privileges, this tool monitors any process into which it can inject its tracing DLL. With administrative privileges, it would also monitor system processes, including Windows services.