Microsoft Debugger, anyone using it?

I have used MS windbg. I didn't use SoftICE because it has some problems
with my mouse and freezes easily. I only used windbg for user mode app
debugging, not kd or kernel/driver debugging.

One good thing is that windbg can handle large size executables, like 50MB.
Its short cut keys are also the same as VisualStudio (a convenience for me).
It has all the basic stuff and interface is OK. Not so great but suits my need.

[ssb]

Latest WinDBG isn't that bad for regular debuging.
It can compete Olly in size, speed and features though.

Windbg does have some very good features, both for reversers and programmers - notably crash dump files and the logger.
Personally I think it has a steaper learning curve than say Ollydbg.

Regards
NTFreak

windbg (or kd--console version) is pretty good imo, especially if you use livekd. The notable advantage is wndbg's native support of M$ symbols, therefore making it so much easier for kernel debugging. kd has some really good commands that makes it very easy to explore windows internals, data structures, functions, exports, etc. And they are free!

If you cannot afford softice, livekd+wndbg is the way to go for kernel level debugging. for ring3 debugging, olly is very good.

general speeking...
windbg is a weight-level tools,howbeit softice light-level..
all i say here suited for souce code debug,not disassemble.

1.load times
when use symbols,windbg spilt every file into single .pdb file
but sice pack all file into one .sym file.
so,,when u debug a large project,sice will spend many time to load symbles file(in our project,it's 5 mins.)

2.c/s debug
c/s debug is used in many kernel debug,(via COM1 or 1394)
when remote debugger is enabled,sice is very fast than windbg.
becauze windbg will spend time to detect symbols file and more work,
which can be saw in win2k leaked code dir,\private\windbg64\...

3.expand funcs
we can easy expand windbg funcs by design some plug-in tools,
but iceext is only chocie of u.

so,my advice...
when debugged in small project,sice is first choice.