WinDbg, 5.1.2250.3 Comments ...

Nathan,

I’ve been using the 2250.3 build version of WinDbg since you announced it,
and find it quite effective and reliable. There a few things, however, that
would make life even easier.

  1. In ability to debug across boots. If I set a breakpoint in a module,
    rebooting the target looses that breakpoint, so badly that at times the
    system will crash because the breakpoint was not carried forward correctly.
    At best, the BP will not trigger and the break list will have
    un-instantiated BPs.

  2. 2250.3 does not sense source file changes, which may be related to 1.

  3. Watch is just plain old broken. I can watch “adapter” but can’t watch
    “adapter->subfield”. When I use watch I specify the top structure and then
    expand to the field I need.

  4. Both the Go and Break buttons are highlighted on the horizontal tool bar
    while in a breakpoint.

If any of these are covered in the documentation, then it’s my oops.