Advanced Windows Debugging

Chapter 3. Debuggers Uncovered

The Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows package comes with very powerful tools that were designed with the goal of providing total control over the debugger target while keeping the overhead of exercising it at a minimal level. Every command entered in the command windows is executed without asking for confirmation, making the user fully responsible for the command consequences. As with any tool, the more knowledge you have about it, the more likely you are to understand the side effects and predict the final result of its application. In our experience, we encounter multiple situations in which an application is stopped in the debugger in one critical spot and any further application progress irreversibly changes ...