Defrag Tools #86 - Sigcheck (plus: the Heartbleed bug)

In this episode of Defrag Tools, Andrew Richards walks you through the download of the Windows 8.1 Update SDK, the Windows 8.1 Store App Samples, the latest Sysinternals tools, and the Wintellect Package Explorer. We harvest the Debugging Tools for Windows, Windows Performance Toolkit, and Application Verifier files from the SDK.
Previous Versions:
Windows 7.0
Windows 8.0
Windows 8.1
Resources:
Windows RT 8.1, Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 Update: April 2014
Sysinternals
Windows 8.1 SDK
Windows 8.1 Store App Samples
Wintellect - Windows Runtime via C# (Wintellect Package Explorer)
Defrag Tools OneDrive (SIEExtPub, PDE & Scripts)
Timeline:
[00:00] - Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355)
[01:30] - The USB Stick/OneDrive "Lightsaber"
[02:25] - Sysinternals Suite
[04:12] - Windows 8.1 SDK
[06:13] - Wintellect Package Explorer
[08:45] - Harvest the SDK files for xcopy use
[11:42] - SIEExtPub and PDE
[13:57] - Windows 8.1 Store App Samples
[14:26] - Environment Variables and Registry Keys
[16:34] - Quick Summary
[18:00] - Email us your issues at defragtools@microsoft.com
Environment Variables - Symbols.cmd
md c:\My
md c:\My\Sym
md c:\My\SymCache
compact /c /s /i /q c:\My\Sym\
compact /c /s /i /q c:\My\SymCache\
setx /m DBGHELP_HOMEDIR C:\My
setx /m _NT_SYMBOL_PATH SRV*C:\My\Sym*https://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
setx /m _NT_SYMCACHE_PATH C:\My\SymCache
Registry Entries - WinDbg -IA (PDE).reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dmp]
@="WinDbg.DumpFile.1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.hdmp]
@="WinDbg.DumpFile.1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mdmp]
@="WinDbg.DumpFile.1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cab]
@="WinDbg.DumpFile.1"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1]
@="WinDbg Post-Mortem Dump File"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\DefaultIcon]
@="\"C:\\debuggers\\windbg.exe\",-3002"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\shell]
@="Open"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\shell\Open]
@="Open x&64"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\shell\Open\command]
@="\"C:\\debuggers\\windbg.exe\" -z \"%1\" -a pde.dll"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\shell\Open_x86]
@="Open x&86"
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\WinDbg.DumpFile.1\shell\Open_x86\command]
@="\"C:\\debuggers_x86\\windbg.exe\" -z \"%1\" -a pde.dll"
Good show :)
It would be helpful if there were links to the preceding episodes this episode 'updates' (builds on).
@voidp: Good idea. Added to the show notes.
Thanks for these shows.
I did a byte-level comparison of the following .msi files between Windows 8.1 SDK and Windows 8.1 Update SDK. All are identical, and don't need to be updated AFAIK.
X86 Debuggers And Tools-x86_en-us.msi
X64 Debuggers And Tools-x64_en-us.msi
WPTx86-x86_en-us.msi
WPTx64-x86_en-us.msi
WPTarm-arm_en-us.msi
Application Verifier x64 External Package-x64_en-us.msi
Application Verifier x86 External Package-x86_en-us.msi
I already told this Andrew.
You must also apply the MSP files under Patches, to get the new bits:
Ah! Thanks for the tip.
Hmm (Wintellect Package Explorer) link seems broken.
Even a google search can't find it?
Seems it was taken down for some reason or moved?