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Google windows SDK. Download, install. Sorted. What's hard about that?

• chris_wot 14y ago
  Your assumptions make you look foolish. I did indeed Google for the installer, I then attempted to install it. Here's where the difficulties were: Firstly, it's massive. Recall that I said that every 45 minties or so my laptop would BSOD. Secondly, when I tried to install it the install failed with obscure Windows installer errors.
  • hp50g 14y ago
    I've installed it hundreds of times with no problems. Its also not huge - it only downloads the parts you need which includes just the debuggers if you want. What obscure msi errors? Just to add, when windows crashes it leaves a minidump on disk. Usual practice is to get this on another host and debug there. If you're out or away from such a facility, that's what system restore is for.
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    • chris_wot 14y ago
      Thanks for the lecture. System restore, for a variety of reasons, wasn't going to help me here. I was able to troubleshoot and restore my system to normal without system restore. Not to mention had I installed LibreOffice again, the issue would have reappeared - system restore would not have helped.