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  • About Window
  • Crash Dump Test
  • Main Options
  • Drivers List
  • Dump Files
  • Main Window
  • Main window
  • Main Screen
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Margie Smeer Senior editor

WhoCrashed analyzes dump files that are created after a system crash and offers you information about what caused that crash. The program was designed for those users who possess advanced Windows knowledge. It quickly scans dump files and provides various links to pages that contain additional information.
I consider WhoCrashed to be useful especially for users that need to troubleshoot Windows related problems. It is also able to analyze system drivers which are responsible for system crashes.

The program comes with a tabbed interface that offers an easy way of accessing the desired data. Yet I didn't appreciate that the Home edition of WhoCrashed does not allow you to make any kind of settings.

An interesting feature of WhoCrashed is a tool that allows you to crash your system manually. I used this feature to create some dump files in order to test the functionality of the program.

WhoCrashed is a quite unique program that will prove to be of great use for those who are looking for a system troubleshooting solution.

Pros

  • It is able to perform a Crash Dump Test.
  • Organized user-interface.
  • Additional solutions are offered on the developer's website.

Cons

  • You have to buy it in order to configure it.
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What's new in version 4.0

The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 4.01 since version 4.00.

Faster symbol resolution
The professional edition of WhoCrashed now does faster symbol resolution which results in faster analysis.

Improved crash dump test
WhoCrashed now adds text to the report with explains the meaning of bug checks that were generated because of the crash dump test tool.

What's new in version 3.0

In rare cases, WhoCrashed failed to properly detect the current crash dump directory resulting in no crash dumps found. This has been fixed.
On systems with more than 4GB RAM installed, WhoCrashed failed to properly report the amount of installed RAM and available virtual memory. This has been fixed.
WhoCrashed no longer needs to download and install the WinDbg debugger package from Microsoft. Only if you are still running Windows XP or Windows 2000 this is still required. For all later operating system versions (Windows Vista, Windows 7, etc) it will run without requiring you to download and install additional software packages. This saves installation time.
Analysis reports now displays additional information including amount of up time, operating system versions and system information such as number of active processors at the time of the crash. Conclusions will now also include the likely nature of a problem (faulty hardware, a thermal issue, typical software problem, typical case of memory corruption, etc.)
WhoCrashed now comes with better documentation. Depending on any particular situation, it will assist you in undertaking steps to troubleshoot existing problems right from the conclusion section in the analysis report
WhoCrashed now recognize less common, obscure, proprietary and rare bug checks.
The new version of WhoCrashed offers optional and configurable symbol resolution. It can extract symbols from a local symbol store or from the Microsoft symbol server automatically. This will allow for more informational call stacks and accurate crash dump analysis conclusions.
The new version offers kernel call stack information which includes names of kernel modules and function names for Microsoft modules if symbol resolution has been switched on.
The new version offers kernel call stack information which includes names of kernel modules function names for Microsoft modules if symbol resolution has been switched on.
More detailed crash dump information.
 

Publisher's description

This program checks for drivers which have been crashing your computer. If your computer has displayed a blue screen of death, suddenly rebooted or shut down then this program will help you find the root cause and possibly a solution.

Whenever a computer suddenly reboots without displaying any notice or blue screen of death, the first thing that is often thought about is a hardware failure. In reality, on Windows most crashes are caused by malfunctioning device drivers and kernel modules. In case of a kernel error, many computers do not show a blue screen unless they are configured for this. Instead these systems suddenly reboot without any notice.

This program will analyze your crash dumps with the single click of a button. It will tell you what drivers are likely to be responsible for crashing your computer. It will report a conclusion which offers suggestions on how to proceed in any situation while the analysis report will display Internet links which will help you further troubleshoot any detected problems.

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