Debugging Tools
25 February 2006 by Snakefoot | Comment » | Trackback OffMicrosoft Debugging Tools can be used for tracking down the cause of a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). Windows NT treats installed drivers as trusted code, so if having installed a poorly written driver, then it might cause Windows NT to crash with a BSOD. When Windows NT crashes it also attempts to create a memory dump, which can be used for tracking down the cause of the BSOD.
More Info MS KB Q315263
- Start WinDbg and in the File-menu select "Open Crash Dump..."
- Point it to the memory dump created during the BSOD and press Ok
- It will open a Command window and begin to read the memory dump
- When it is done look for the following line, and you will find the filename of the driver:
Probably caused by : ....
- Use your favorite search engine to find out what device uses the driver, or do a file search on your computer for the filename and view the file properties.
More Info MS KB Q315263
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