This section describes changes that were made to WhoCrashed 4.00 since version 3.
Support for Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server
The new version of WhoCrashed supports both 32-bit and x64 editions of the latest Windows versions.
New feature: analysis of live remote systems
The professional edition of WhoCrahsed now allows you to do analysis on live remote computers. It means it is no
longer required to have access to the remote share on which crash dumps are located. The otpion to analyze a remote directory
rather than a live system is still available.
New feature: crash dump test
The crash dump test is a new feature that allows you to manually crash your computer for the purpose of testing
if crash dump files are getting written out properly. (Warning: use at your own risk).
New feature: crash dump configuration
WhoCrashed allows you direct access to the crash dump configuration in System Recovery Settings.
New feature: export options
WhoCrashed now allows you to export the main report to a HTML file. Also the contents of any of the views can be exported to a CSV text file.
Internet Explorer 7 added to the list of requirements
WhoCrashed requires that you have a version of Internet Explorer 7 or higher installed.
Bug fixed: after a corrupt full memory dump was analyzed, the output of all subsequent crash dump analysis was erratic
Due to a bug, WhoCrashed would display (Unknown) as the culprit driver on any subsequent crash dump analysis after a corrupt
full memory dump had been opened. This has been fixed.
Bug fixed: options not saved across sessions
The settings in the Advanced Options dialog were not saved and restored between sessions. This has been fixed.
Bug fixed: dump details settings were not saved across sessions
The settings in the Dump Details dialog were not saved and restored between sessions. This has been fixed.
Bug fixed: access violation when exiting the program
When exiting WhoCrashed, an access violation message could appear. This has been fixed.
The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 3.03 since version 3.01
Some minor fixes and text corrections
Some minor fixes and text corrections have been made.
License agreement updated
The license agrement of both home and pro editions of the software has been updated.
The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 3.01 since version 3.00
In rare cases crash dump directory could not be found
In rare cases, WhoCrashed failed to properly detect the current crash dump directory resulting in no crash dumps found. This
has been fixed.
Amount of installed RAM and virtual memory misreported on systems with more than 4GB
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.
The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 3.00 since version 2.20:
No longer requires download and installation of WinDbg package unless running on Windows XP or older
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.
More detailed analysis reports and crash dump information
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.)
Documentation assisting you in troubleshooting
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
Support and information on obscure and rare bug checks
WhoCrashed now recognize less common, obscure, proprietary and rare bug checks.
Symbol Resolution (professional version)
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.
Kernel call stack information (professional version)
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.
Loaded module information (professional version)
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.
Detailed crash dump information (professional version)
Crash dump overview (all versions)
The new version of WhoCrahsed offers a handy overview which gives quick insight on all system crashes that took place on a particular machine.
The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 2.10 since version 2.00:
Bug fixed: crash dump dates could get misreported
In some cases where the case crash dump files were overwritten by the system, WhoCrashed could misreport the date and time
of the crash. This has been fixed
Support for latest WinDbg
The WinDbg version on which WhoCrash relies has been updated to point to the latest package.
The following changes were made to WhoCrashed 2.00 since version 1.01:
Support for Windows 7
WhoCrashed now support all versions of Windows 7.
Corrupt or inaccessible crash dump files are now listed
Due to the nature of crash dump files, it's common for them to be corrupt or incomplete. WhoCrashed now
displays an error message for every crash dump file that was found but could not be read.
More meaningful messages produced
WhoCrashed displays more meaningful error messages which may help you to find the cause of your problem. Bug check
error message strings have been updated for the latest operating systems.
WhoCrashed documentation and articles
