Searching for srvany.exe from Windows 7 Resource Kit: is this actual software or just a book?

Question

I'm looking for a version of the Windows Resource Kit supported on Windows 7. But I'm having a hard time finding a download location or any information on where to get that software from (e.g. installation CDs for the OS or IDE).

When searching for "windows 7 resource kit" on Google, I get a lot of results for this book from Microsoft Press:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/book.aspx?id=13811

Do I need to buy this book to get access to the software or is there another way? I just need one executable, srvany.exe, from the resource kit. I'm wondering, does this software actually exist?

Answer 1

srvany.exe is in Windows 2003 Resource kit tools. This page says that it will work on Windows 7.

http://www.technlg.net/windows/download-windows-resource-kit-tools/

You may also want to add ";C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools" or ";C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits (x84)\Tools" to you path in the Environment Variables options to use it with Command Prompt.

Answer 2

As long as you are pretending to use an old and outdated program like srvany on Windows 7, you must know about the possible disadvantages of it:

SrvAny disadvantages in modern Windows (extracted from AlwaysUp FAQ, so they are trying to sell you their product ;-) ).

I think there are better options:

1.- The SC command (sc create MyService).
2.- The (not free, but makes things a lot easier) AlwaysUp tool, that add multiple features (like log, statistics, checking&restarting your service, email alerts... etc). As long as it has command-line management, I think it is appropriate to refer it here.

EDIT-1: The AlwaysUp FAQ is supposed to have some outdatings, i.e: it reports SrvAny as non working for Windows7/8 (thanks, @shelleybutterfly).

Answer 3

You can find the "Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)" here http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7887