Trying to read minidumps

[beerabuser30]

I wanted to help out more by trying to decipher minidumps. So Howard helped me out and I got windbg. I open it up and the first thing I do is the symbol file path and set it to

SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

I then open a crash dump. I get the box that says bugcheck analysis with all of the stars around it. Below that it says kernel symbols are WRONG. I can run !analyze -v but !thread will not work. I have tried reinstalling or using a different version and the same thing happens. It is really odd.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

What version of Windows are you running?

You need to be running XP.

Regards Howard

 

[beerabuser30]

XP pro, I tried again today and the same damn thing happened.

 

[peterdiva]

Try ticking the reload box on the Symbol Search Path menu before opening a dump.

 

[beerabuser30]

Tried that as well.

 

[cpc2004]

W2K minidump ??

If the minidump is taken from W2K, you cannot resolve the symbol and w2k does not dump the thread information.

 

[beerabuser30]

I was trying to teach myself by looking at yours and Howards posts from previous ones and comparing my results so I am pretty sure they are all Xp, I tried about 15 different dumps.

 

[howard_hopkinso]

I`m sorry, but I have no idea what`s wrong.

Maybe the best bet would be to start again from scratch.

Regards Howard

 

[rlcowboy]

Firewall?

Newbie to the forum and no super user by any means, but a lot of the common firewalls block a lot of Windows system services by default. Any reference to an http url gets blocked even if its a url on your local computer. start windbg and open your firewall. Check all running programs and locate the service windbg is using. Make sure the process is granted internet access. Probably something like host_process or a variation. Just a thought.

 

[beerabuser30]

Killed my Zonealarm and XP firewall during testing just in case. Thanks for the idea though.