WinDbg Preview | Setup kernel debugging via fast network connection in WMware VM

Windows Kernel Debugging - WinDbg Preview - Step-by-step setup of WinDbg Preview for kernel debugging via fast network connection in WMware VM. Blog post: https://dennisbabkin.com/blog/?i=AAA00300 0:00 Into 0:55 My setup for debugging 2:14 Terminology 4:53 Prerequisites 6:56 Beginning of setup (take snapshot of VM) 8:12 Set up network between host & VM 13:39 Make host PC discoverable by name 15:11 Allow pinging 17:22 Ping host from the guest by host name 18:43 Set up guest OS: 19:28 Install Win10 SDK (on the guest) 20:57 Check kdnet (on the guest) 21:59 Configure connection string with kdnet (on the guest) 24:48 Ping guest from the host 26:05 Download & install WinDbg Preview (on the host) 28:27 Configure firewall for WinDbg connection (on the host) 29:51 Configure WinDbg Preview to attach to guest OS kernel 31:28 Connecting to guest OS kernel & breaking into it during boot 32:54 Now, we're in the kernel of the guest OS (showing some bugs and doing demos) 35:22 Break into guest kernel when OS is already running (again trying to fix some bugs) 37:54 Setting a kernel breakpoint, Registers window (and its bugs) 39:20 Loading symbols, navigating through call stack 39:56 Some basic advice on troubleshooting issues. I didn't mention that my guest VM had newly installed copy of Windows 10 Pro. All I did, I postponed updates in it, as described here: https://dennisbabkin.com/blog/?i=AAA00600 Windows 10 SDK: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk/ kdnet: 64-bit guest: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64\kdnet.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64\VerifiedNICList.xml 32-bit guest: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\kdnet.exe C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x86\VerifiedNICList.xml #reverseengineering #windbg #debugging #kerneldebugging