Microsoft Corp. has launched a beta service that lets Windows users launch the Sysinternals library of free diagnostic and troubleshooting tools — including the popular Process Explorer — from a Web browser.

The service, dubbed Sysinternals Live, is in beta, Microsoft said in a brief note posted to the Sysinternals Web site yesterday. "We're excited to announce the beta of Sysinternals Live, a service that enables you to execute Sysinternals tools directly from the Web without hunting for and manually downloading them," the notice read.