WinDbg

Why should i use/learn windbg ???

• You don't have to pay for WindDbg like Visual Studio
• You can extend Windbg 
• Do Post-Mortem analsysis 
• Capable of both user-mode and kernel-mode debugging
• Full source-level debugging for the Windows kernel, kernel-mode drivers, and system services, as well as user-mode applications and drivers.
• WinDbg also supports various remote debugging options for both user-mode and kernel-mode targets
  

Get & Installing Debugger : Microsoft gives all info here

You installed debugger ? 

 cool , You are genius.Lets do some configuration .You have internet connection ? Yes ..Then set sybmol server for windows

 _NT_SYMBOL_PATH = symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\localsymbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbol

  

  Read this for details.

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Starting Debugger 
cool  , Still reading , Lets start put hand on debugger:

You can do a lot :

1. Start new process (Open Executable )
2. Attach to a running process (Attach to a process)
3. Do postmortem Analysis (Open Crash Dump)
4. and many more
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