WinDbg.org has been updated to include a sorted command check list, a link to MSDN help and a link to yet another book related to WinDbg. All changes are highlighted in red on the following page screenshot:
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Following the release of WinDbg: A Reference Poster and Learning Cards the following book is planned for Windows (GDB), Linux and FreeBSD users:
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Due to some technical difficulties the release of WinDbg: A Reference Poster and Learning Cards has been delayed by 2 weeks. Now I got a proof copy and approved the book distribution on Amazon, B&N and other bookshops worldwide. Hope you will enjoy it and find it useful.
The similar book for GDB will be announced soon.
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I’ve been thinking through the so called First Faults after Dan Skwire, a veteran in mission-critical computer system problem resolution, problem prevention, and system recovery, organized a group on LinkedIn for first fault problem solving activity. He also has a website:
http://www.firstfaultproblemresolution.com/
From my software technical support experience first fault problem resolution is very important on Windows platforms, especially in enterprise terminal service and virtualized environments where hundreds of users can be hosted on just one server. Therefore, proper tools, processes and checklists need to be set up and established for effective and efficient troubleshooting and problem resolution from both engineering and customer relationship managing perspectives. Here crash and hang dump analysis helps immensely, especially memory analysis patterns and fault databases. More on this later with specific examples. I’m also working currently on incorporating first fault problem resolution into VERSION troubleshooting steps and PARTS troubleshooting methodology.
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As one of the new initiatives for the Year of Debugging DumpAnalysis Portal will publish bimonthly full color 16 page publication called:
Debugged! MZ/PE: MagaZine for/from Practicing Engineers
The only serial publication dedicated entirely to Windows® debugging
The first issue is planned for March, 2009 and will have ISBN-13: 978-1-906717-38-4. If it goes well I’m planning to have ISSN number assigned to it too. More details will be announced soon.
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Thanks to shellexecute I got the news of this release. Remember, you can always access quick download links from www.windbg.org.
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“… the” debugger “(my almighty” application ”) …”
Thomas Jefferson, TO JAMES MONROE, Paris Mar. 18. 1785
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Suddenly the course of my publishing activities bended a little to produce a DIY poster and learning cards to be published soon. Here are the product details:
Annotation:
WinDbg is a powerful debugger from Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows. It has more than 350 commands that can be used in different debugging scenarios. The cover of this book is a poster featuring crash dump analysis checklist and common patterns seen in memory dumps and live debugging sessions. Inside the book you can find ready to cut learning cards with commands and their descriptions coloured according to their use for crash dump or live debugging sessions and user, kernel or complete memory dumps. Tossing cards can create unexpected connections between commands and help to learn them more quickly. Uncut pages can also serve as birds eye view to WinDbg debugging capabilities. More than 350 WinDbg commands including meta-commands and extensions are included.
Front cover:
Back cover:
After you take inside pages out you are left with a cover that you can use as a crash dump analysis checklist and patterns poster:
I also plan to update this book on a yearly basis.
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Matthieu Suiche has released the new version of win32dd tool with the ability to save physical memory in a WinDbg-compliant memory dump file including pages that normally are not saved in a complete memory dump.
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Previously announced book Crash Dump Analysis for System Administrators has got its draft cover featuring WinDbg output from a kernel memory dump forced by Citrix SystemDump tool.
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Back:
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