Windows Stop Error Blue Screen (BSOD) Minidump Tutorial

Last Updated: 2/7/17

Checkout this link for a good article on how to debug a Bug Check / Stop Error / Blue screen (BSOD) / EventID 41. This should Work on most any version of Windows

How do I use WinDBG Debugger to troubleshoot a Blue Screen of Death? - TechRepublic
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/how-do-i-use-windbg-debugger-to-troubleshoot-a-blue-screen-of-death/

one of the most important steps is to set your symbol path:

SRV*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols

I just successfully did a debug on Windows 10. For Windows 10 you can download the tools here:

Windows 10 SDK - Windows app development
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk

*Just be sure to uncheck everything except the debug tools.

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