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How does VirtualKD help with kernel debugging?
45x Faster Windows Kernel debugging with Virtual Machines. VirtualKD is a tool that improves your kernel debugging performance with VMWare and VirtualBox. It seamlessly integrates with WinDbg and dramatically reduces debugging latency. Just run the Virtual Machine Monitor, select a VM and press “Run debugger”.
Is there a good tool for kernel debugging?
Kernel debugging of any kind is not for the faint of heart. And it doesn’t help that most tools for kernel debugging in existence today are designed in a very poor style, are very costly, and are lacking basic features that we take for granted in pretty much any other software.
What can WinDbg do to help with debugging?
The Windows Debugger (WinDbg) can be used to debug kernel-mode and user-mode code, analyze crash dumps, and examine the CPU registers while the code executes. To get started with Windows debugging, see Getting Started with Windows Debugging.
How to install debugging tools for Windows SDK?
In the SDK installation wizard, select Debugging Tools for Windows, and deselect all other components. If the Windows SDK is already installed, open Settings, navigate to Apps & features, select Windows Software Development Kit, and then select Modify to change the installation to add Debugging Tools for Windows.
Is there any support for VirtualBox 4.3.x?
VirtualBox 4.3.x is no longer supported! This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: Storage: fixed a possible endless reconnect loop for the iSCSI backend if connecting to the target succeeds but further I/O requests cause a disconnect
What are the changes in Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.3?
The following items were fixed and/or added: NAT Network: fixed sporadic crashes on Windows hosts (bug #13899 ) USB: fixed a crash under certain conditions on hosts with Linux kernels older than version 3.3 OVF: fixed duplicate USB controller entries in exported OVA/OVF (bug #14749 )
What was the bug in vboxnetnat 4.3?
NAT Network: fixed 100% CPU load in VBoxNetNAT on Mac OS X under certain circumstances (bug #15223 ) BIOS: fixed int15/AH=83/AL=00 function (4.2.0 regression) Windows hosts: fixed Python installation path (bug #13131 ) Windows hosts / guests: properly sign binaries using a sha-256 certificate (bug #15024 )