Windows 2000 Kernel Debugging

by Steven McDowell

While fifteen years ago, common culture had little idea of what a computer crash was, it has now become a subject of commiseration for most people in most workplaces. This book is for anybody who has to analyze and prevent Windows 2000 crashes, especially device drive authors and debuggers. It takes readers, step-by-step, through crash dump analysis and kernel debugging, including how to interpret every element of a Windows 2000 stop screen. WinDbg, configuring options, symbol paths, and DLLs are explained, as is the debugging hardware such as ports, BIOS, PCI and SCSI buses, chipsets and more. Contains some illustrations and many code samples to allow the advanced user to diagnose, and hopefully repair, the cause of the crash. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 5, 2001