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by buckymarino Accepted solution
by rob miners Accepted solution
1. Press the WinKey + Pause
2. Click Advanced and under Startup and Recovery select Settings.
3. Uncheck Automatically restart.
4. Click on the dropdown arrow under Write debugging information.
5. Select Small memory dump (64 KB) and the output is %SystemRoot%\Minidump.
6. Restart the PC normally as this will allow the System to Blue Screen and create the Minidump.
Minidump Files can be found here. C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini122707-02.dmp
How to read the small memory dump files that Windows creates for debugging
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263
To download and install the Windows debugging tools, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
Instructions on using Windbg.
Open Windbg and select file, Symbol file path and browse to the Symbol folder that you have downloaded and installed Symbols to, select OK.
Close the workpage and save the Workspace information. This should lock in the Symbol path.
Open Windbg and select file and select Open Crash Dump then navigate to the minidump, highlight it and select Open.
There are two ways to use !analyze -v the easiest is to click on !analyze -v under Bugcheck Analysis.
When you have ran the initial dump if you look to the bottom of the screen you will see kd> to the right of that type in !analyze -v and press the Enter key.
Ctrl + a will let you copy the information and paste it into notepad.
Check your Video drivers if they have been updated try rolling them back.
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