Comments on: How to debug a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)- Part 2 http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/how-to-debug-a-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-part-2.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: dan http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/09/how-to-debug-a-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-part-2.html/comment-page-1#comment-9270 dan Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:18:59 +0000 http://ata.inspiritnetworks.com/2007/09/how-to-debug-a-blue-screen-of-death-bsod-part-2.html#comment-9270 DebugWizard doesn't seem to work on Vista Home Premium, tels me I need the symbols, then sends me to the MS download page [they are already installed]. Ironcally, I had downloaded the XP and Vista symbols a few weeks ago, what a pain. I don't know why they didn't just put up a DVD ISO with all the symbols on it. Once you have it all, WinDbg does help find the wayward driver. It just makes you wonder why didn't Windows just have this built-in and debug errors on its own in plain English?! DebugWizard doesn’t seem to work on Vista Home Premium, tels me I need the symbols, then sends me to the MS download page [they are already installed].

Ironcally, I had downloaded the XP and Vista symbols a few weeks ago, what a pain. I don’t know why they didn’t just put up a DVD ISO with all the symbols on it.

Once you have it all, WinDbg does help find the wayward driver. It just makes you wonder why didn’t Windows just have this built-in and debug errors on its own in plain English?!

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