Windows Dr. Watson - NEC BladeServer Express5800 Series User Manual

Windows Dr. Watson

Dr. Watson is a debugger for application errors. When an application error occurs, Dr. Watson
diagnoses the system and records the diagnostic information in a log file. Configure Dr. Watson to
collect diagnostic information in the following procedure:
1.
Click [Run...] on the [Start] menu.
2.
Enter "drwtsn32.exe" in the [Open] box and click [OK].
The [Dr. Watson for Windows] dialog box appears.
3.
Specify the location to store the diagnostic information in the [Log File Path] box.
Diagnostic information is saved under the file name "DRWTSN32.LOG."
NOTE: You cannot specify a network path. Specify a path on the
local system.
4.
Specify the location of the crash dump file in the [Crash Dump] box.
NOTE: A "Crash Dump File" is a binary file that can be read with
Windows Debugger.
5.
Check the following check boxes in the [Options] box:
Dump Symbol Table
Dump All Thread Contexts
Add To Existing Log File
Create Crash Dump File
For more information on each of the above functions, refer to Online Help.
6.
Click [OK].
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