Chapter 16. Error Messages

In this chapter, I’ll demonstrate troubleshooting techniques using the Sysinternals utilities when the primary symptom is an error message. In this chapter, Procmon is the troubleshooting tool of choice in all but the first two cases:

  • The Case of the Locked Folder highlights a common use case for Procexp.

  • The Case of the Failed AV Update demonstrates Autoruns’ Analyze Offline System feature to repair an unbootable computer.

  • The Case of the Failed Lotus Notes Backups is interesting to me and will be useful to many readers because it shows what a search for a missing DLL looks like in Procmon.

  • The Case of the Failed Play-To and The Case of the Crashing Proksi Utility highlight different ways in which “Access Denied” errors ...

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