Debug feature within Task Manager

[Ercle]

Hi all,

I would like to know how to activate the debug feature within the Task
Manager?

If you right-click on the Taskbar at the bottom of your screen and select
Task Manager, go under the Processes tab and right-click on any process, you
get the "Debug" feature.

I have several PCs that have this option active while others have it greyed
out.

What must I do to have this option available?

Ercle.

 

[solidsnake204]

Be on an account with administrative privileges?

 

[Ercle]

Even if you are on the local admin account the Debug feature is greyed out!

I am thinking either it`s a feature I must activate somehow / somewhere or
manually install something?!?!?

The machines that have this feature activated was done by another tech who
is now gone! Cannot ask him what he did!

 

[Gerry]

I suspect that is not the only explanation as the feature is greyed out
on my computer. I have Windows XP Home Edition. Might this feature only
be available with Professional?

How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Gerry]

Ercle

Are the computers with the feature greyed out Home Edition?

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[Rick]

I suspect that is not the only explanation as the feature is greyed out
on my computer. I have Windows XP Home Edition. Might this feature only
be available with Professional?

How to enable user environment debug logging in retail builds of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833

No it is grayed out in XP Pro too. I am guessing that users are simply
denied the ability fo change programs that are running. See it this
helps
http://www.freddyreyes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54

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[3c273]

Perhaps you need the "Debugging Tools for Windows" installed.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx
Louis

 

[3c273]

You also have to open a command window and navigate to the "c:\program
files\debugging tools for window" folder and type "windbg /I" without
quotes. (And the "I" must be capitalized.)
Louis

 

[Gerry]

Rick

In Windows XP Professional it would be greyed out if it has been
disabled.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221833

However, it is confusing as to exactly what this debug feature does! I
am not sure the Machine Debug Manager is the same as that mentioned in
Windows Task Manager.

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Gerry
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[Ercle]

Good morning all,

I have looked at all the web links and did not bring me to the answer that I
am looking for.

3c273, windbg.exe could work but I do not have it installed on the
workstations that the Debug feature works?!?

Could a netork or local policy drive this feature to be or not be active?

 

[Gerry]

Are the operating systems all exactly the same?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[Ercle]

Yes, they are all XP Pro SP2

Are the operating systems all exactly the same?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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[3c273]

I'm no expert but I think you must have a debugger installed and have it set
as the default JIT debugger. I installed MinGW on one of my machines when I
was dabbling with programming and drmingw.exe is the debugger that opens
when I click debug. My other machine had no debugger so I installed the
debugging tools and registered it and the debug feature "un-greyed" itself.
Maybe your machines have a programming language installed and the default
debugger is set to that particular debugger. What happens when you right
click a process and choose debug? Which debugger opens? Navigate to the
following key and see which debugger is listed as the Debugger value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AeDebug
Hope this helps.
Louis

 

[Ercle]

DING, DING, DING.....

We have a winner!

3c273 is...... The man! (or woman)

My registry was set with the Dr.Watson debugger and for some reason, other
machines are set with Lotus Notes' debugger (qnc.exe).
Changed debuggers in the registry and voila!

Thanks again to all that helped.