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Request for feedback
Not sure if anyone is reading this blog, but if you are and there is something specific you want me...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 01/20/2006
Debugging Tips: Use windbg as a calculator, a chat client and more…
Yes, you read it right… it’s not only a debugger, for only $19.95 extra, we’ll throw in a free...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 01/18/2006
Why do I get weird function names on my stack? (a discussion on symbols)
Symbols can contain information about global variables, local variables, function names, parameters,...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 12/05/2005
Associate windbg with .dmp files
If you get tired of starting the debugger, loading your dump, setting up your sympath, loading your...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 12/05/2005
What on earth caused my process to crash?
So you got a 1000 w3wp.exe stopped unexpectedly in the eventviewer or your process just exited in...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 11/28/2005
!dumpheap –stat explained… (debugging .net leaks)
The most powerful command when debugging a managed memory leak is by far !dumpheap. It will show you...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 11/25/2005
I have a memory leak!!! What do i do? (defining the "where")
Not that it matters a tremendous lot but just because it is a big pet-peeve of mine I want to...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 11/25/2005
Who is this OutOfMemory guy and why does he make my process crash when I have plenty of memory left?
To answer this question, there are a few concepts we need to discuss. Working on a 32-bit system,...
Author: Tess Ferrandez Date: 11/25/2005