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[PowerShell Script] Statistics from .NET Applications

This script is more a template to show you how to use PowerDbg. I must say the idea is from my teammate Aaron Barth! This script collects information from all threads running managed code and gives the user statistics by threads like: - CLR stack. - Managed Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:52 AM by Roberto Farah | 1 Comments

[PowerShell Script] PowerDbg v5.2—Using PowerShell to Control WinDbg

This version has two improvements and some scripts were changed to be compatible with this new version: - Starting on version 5.2 the log used to save the command output, enabling the communication between PowerShell and WinDbg is not used anymore. Now Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 6:43 AM by Roberto Farah | 3 Comments

[PowerShell Script] PowerDbg v5.1—Using PowerShell to Control WinDbg

So, here we go again. This is a minor version with a few new cmdlets. These new cmdlets are those that we use most of the time. DOWNLOAD POWERDBG Download PowerDbg POWERDBG FILES WinDbg.PSM1 ß Contains cmdlets used to communicate with WinDbg . Microsoft.PowerShell_Profile. Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:28 PM by Roberto Farah | 3 Comments

[PowerShell Script] PowerDbg v5.0—Using PowerShell to Control WinDbg

I’m very excited to present the new PowerDbg v5.0! There’s just one change, but it’s a HUGE change that makes PowerDbg extremely fast and easier to use. Let me explain: Send-PowerDbgCommand is the heart of PowerDbg . This is the cmdlet that sends information Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:38 AM by Roberto Farah | 1 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Extracting All Key/Value Pairs from a Dictionary Object

Brad Linscott, a teammate of mine since the old times of SIE , came up with a very helpful idea: find an automated way to get the key/value pairs from a Dictionary object. Moreover, Brad has a recipe that teaches how to get the key/value pair from a Dictionary Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 12:45 AM by Roberto Farah | 5 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Chart and Statistics from Top 20 Objects Leaking

If you want to know the top 20 objects associated with the GC Handles that are leaking, you have manual work to do. Think about it: a) Run GCHandleLeaks and wait… it’s going to take time. b) Get the objects’ instances from the handles. c) Count and classify Read More...
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 11:46 PM by Roberto Farah | 9 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Displaying the Call Stack for Inner and Hidden Exceptions

This script automates a technique I’ve been using for a long time whenever I need to see the stack for exceptions hidden in a call stack and if you are like me, you prefer to use an automated approach rather than a manual approach. I’m not going to write Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:14 PM by Roberto Farah | 7 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Isolating the Threads Consuming High CPU

When helping my customers with scenarios in which the symptom is high CPU, I very often end up with only a dump file from the application consuming high CPU and nothing else. When you have a high CPU scenario and you have dump files, you need a Performance Read More...
Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 1:25 AM by Roberto Farah | 10 Comments

[PowerShell Script] Saving a Module from a .NET Method Call

This is my first script using the PowerDbg functions. It’s a good example of how to use PowerDbg to build your own scripts. PowerDbgScriptSaveModule . ps1 is the PowerShell version of my Windbg script Save_Module.txt Actually it does more than the previous Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:06 AM by Roberto Farah | 10 Comments
 
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