Hi

I would like to know what software or hardware is commonly used for
troubleshooting software conflicts (besides a debugger that is).

Are there hardware that can be used for this (I thought I once saw an
ad somewhere for some hardware kit) and if so could anyone give
recommendations for a specific brand?

Also if you know of a good book or website that deals with the subject
of software conflict troubleshooting, I would appreciate hearing about
that.

Thanks in advance,

Have you seen the Vmware ThinApp or similar sandboxing solutions?
http://www.vmware.com/products/thinapp/
It prevents conflicts by running the apps in isolation.

Otherwice... the most useful tool is the software inside our hardware (the 
brain in the head).

Regards,
--pa


"JJ" <santa@temporaryinbox.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi
>
> I would like to know what software or hardware is commonly used for
> troubleshooting software conflicts (besides a debugger that is).
>
> Are there hardware that can be used for this (I thought I once saw an
> ad somewhere for some hardware kit) and if so could anyone give
> recommendations for a specific brand?
>
> Also if you know of a good book or website that deals with the subject
> of software conflict troubleshooting, I would appreciate hearing about
> that.
>
> Thanks in advance, 

It depends on what you mean by a conflict.   Most of us use a debugger, a 
performance profiler (kernrate is free from Microsoft in the WDK).   A lot 
of us use a code coverage tools, personally I use one from Bullseye 
http://www.bullseye.com

There are hardware debuggers such as the Arium but they are expensive, and 
mainly needed for debugging BIOS or other times that the debugger does not 
have a chance to start yet.


-- 
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr


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> Hi
>
> I would like to know what software or hardware is commonly used for
> troubleshooting software conflicts (besides a debugger that is).
>
> Are there hardware that can be used for this (I thought I once saw an
> ad somewhere for some hardware kit) and if so could anyone give
> recommendations for a specific brand?
>
> Also if you know of a good book or website that deals with the subject
> of software conflict troubleshooting, I would appreciate hearing about
> that.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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