The second diagnostic tests the DirectPlay function of DirectX. The More Help tab offers four options that are accessed by clicking onscreen buttons. The first option launches the DirectX Windows Troubleshooter.
The second button launches the Audio Windows Troubleshooter. You'll take a closer look at Windows Troubleshooters later in this chapter. The third button loads the Microsoft System Information Tool, which provides an extremely detailed look at your system's overall hardware, software, and Internet configurations. The fourth button is used to override the default refresh rate used by DirectDraw. Generally speaking, you should leave this button alone, unless you are absolutely sure of what you're doing.
Watson is a software debugging program that, in the event of an application crash, writes debugging information to a log file that can be used by a programmer or software technical support expert to troubleshoot the application. To view the Dr. There are a number of options you can configure in the Dr.
Watson dialog box. The first time you open the Dr. Watson dialog box, the program automatically creates a folder that it uses to store any log files it creates.
You can select a different location for this folder by using the Log File Path setting at the top of the Dr. In addition to the log files, Dr. Watson is capable of creating a binary dump file that a programmer can load into a software debugger program in order to troubleshoot the error.
As with the log files, you can indicate a different default path for the crash dump file by entering it into the Crash Dump line near the top of the Dr. Watson screen. The Number of Instructions entry tells Dr. Watson how many instructions it should disassemble before and after the program counter for each thread state dump.
A program counter is a register that holds the memory location for a thread's point of execution. The Number of Errors to Save entry sets a limit on the number of errors Dr. Watson will save in a log file. In the Options section of the Dr. Watson dialog box, there are six variables that you can check or uncheck to switch on or off.
Dump Symbol Table configures Dr. Watson to include the symbol table for each software module. Activating this option can cause your dump files to become very large. Activating Dump all Thread Contexts will cause Dr. Watson to log a state dump for every thread in the program that is crashing. If this option is left unchecked, Dr.
Watson will only create a state dump for the thread that is causing the error in the program. LOG file, or if it should create a new log file for each program error. LOG file, as it can grow to a cumbersome size. You can check the Visual Notification and Sound Notification options if you want to receive visual or audible cues when Dr. Watson detects a program error. Unless you are a software programmer, the log and dump files created by Dr.
Watson will be of limited personal use. However, these files can be sent to a Microsoft support specialist or to the creator of the software that is experiencing errors. Usually, a programmer will use the information in these files to determine the exact point in the program's lines of code where the error is taking place, and examine the specific variables in the code that might be responsible for causing the problem. The Program Compatibility Wizard, which is also discussed in Chapter 9, "Windows Commands and Scripting," is used as a workaround for compatibility issues with a program that was released for an earlier version of Windows that has trouble functioning under Windows XP.
Alternatively, you can right-click on a program's launch file or shortcut, select Properties, and then click on the Compatibility tab. You can choose to run a program in one of the following Windows compatibility modes for Windows 95, 98, Me, NT4. The Program Compatibility Wizard also offers three display options for older programs:. If you are running an application in a Windows Compatibility mode, you should close any active antivirus and antispyware programs. These programs can cause problems when running an application in Windows Compatibility mode.
The System Configuration Utility is a powerful troubleshooting tool that allows you to configure a number of Windows startup variables see Figure From the General tab, you can choose to alter the startup method that Windows will use the next time you reboot the machine. Diagnostic Startup is essentially the same as Safe mode; you can further configure this option by selecting which services you want to start by clicking on the Services tab.
Selective Startup allows you to further customize startup on a more granular level. INI tabs contain services and programs that are primarily meant to provide backwards compatibility for programs designed for earlier versions of Windows. The BOOT. INI file.
This file normally contains information on any other operating systems installed on the computer. You can also use the BOOT. INI tab to add certain switches to the Windows startup process. These switches are. INI tab is a button labeled Advanced Options. There are four additional switches that can be added to the Windows startup process via this button:.
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