Install and Configure Windbg

In this post, I'll show you how to get, install, and configure windbg so that you can debug and or review dump files.

What you will need:
1. Debugging Tools: click here
2. Mex Extension: click here
3. Microsoft Symbols Server Info: click here

Break shared service into it's own process

SCENARIO: You are troubleshooting an issue and find that the problem is related to service that is shared.  For example, say you identify a specific svchost process that is causing high CPU and you think you have identified one of the services running in that svchost as the culprit and you want to isolate it so that you can get a dump of that process.  Here is a way to do that.