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INTRODUCTION

This article describes a hotfix that enables a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer to create a memory dump file even when there is no page file on the computer.

Currently, the computer must have at least one page file to create a dump file even though the system uses the dedicated dump file feature. Therefore, if there is no page file on the computer, the computer cannot create the memory dump file when the system crashes.

Resolution

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must be running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Additionally, you must configure a valid dedicated dump file on the computer so that the computer can create a memory dump file even when there is no page file available.

For more information about how to obtain a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

976932Information about Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Registry information

To apply this hotfix, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace a previously released hotfix.

File information

The global version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file information notes


Important Windows 7 hotfixes and Windows Server 2008 R2 hotfixes are included in the same packages. However, hotfixes on the Hotfix Request page are listed under both operating systems. To request the hotfix package that applies to one or both operating systems, select the hotfix that is listed under "Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2" on the page. Always refer to the "Applies To" section in articles to determine the actual operating system that each hotfix applies to.

  • The files that apply to a specific product, SR_Level (RTM, SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table:

    Version

    Product

    Milestone

    Service branch

    6.1.760
    1.17xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    GDR

    6.1.760
    1.21xxx

    Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

    SP1

    LDR

  • GDR service branches contain only those fixes that are widely released to address widespread, critical issues. LDR service branches contain hotfixes in addition to widely released fixes.

  • The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2" section. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintaining the state of the updated component. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7


File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.17857

35,184

06-Jun-2012

05:18

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.22012

35,184

06-Jun-2012

04:33

Ntkrnlpa.exe

6.1.7601.17857

3,968,368

06-Jun-2012

05:19

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.17857

3,913,072

06-Jun-2012

05:19

Ntkrnlpa.exe

6.1.7601.22012

3,971,952

06-Jun-2012

04:34

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.22012

3,916,656

06-Jun-2012

04:34

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2


File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.17857

39,280

06-Jun-2012

06:29

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.22012

39,280

06-Jun-2012

05:43

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.17857

5,559,664

06-Jun-2012

06:29

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.22012

5,561,200

06-Jun-2012

05:43

For all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2


File name

File version

File size

Date

Time

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.17857

78,704

06-Jun-2012

04:45

Crashdmp.sys

6.1.7601.22012

78,704

06-Jun-2012

04:21

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.17857

11,117,936

06-Jun-2012

04:46

Ntoskrnl.exe

6.1.7601.22012

11,127,152

06-Jun-2012

04:21


Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

More Information

For more information about how to generate a memory dump file, go to the following Microsoft website:

General information about how to generate a kernel or a complete memory dump file in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional file information

Additional file information for Windows 7 and for Windows Server 2008 R2

Additional files for all supported x86-based versions of Windows 7


File name

X86_46c194fa19f7ce07b48bd9553d74e9b5_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_572edffdcedff251.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

697

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

X86_4d445bd1d0e11d7007a976b4ca9be714_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_4c4edc02f9846bb2.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

697

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

X86_cfafbc9d3c9ac6614cfa495617c01518_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_2f4f89aabc25513a.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

697

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

X86_ea46a0d1999b5b3359759387926352b9_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_9a6607e07c8a3bd8.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

697

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_a76c8e8a7535cf0c.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,198

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:12

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_a81c41b58e37b3a1.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,198

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

04:59

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_6e0f926c1282deb1.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

16,151

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:20

File name

X86_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_6ebf45972b84c346.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

16,151

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

05:05

Additional files for all supported x64-based versions of Windows 7 and of Windows Server 2008 R2


File name

Amd64_46c194fa19f7ce07b48bd9553d74e9b5_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_b34d7b81873d6387.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

699

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_5347e12caa1cf399364085a87868c5e9_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_0c50a952948b521e.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,042

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_5f12109961c80c6dd619c356caef6f63_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_deec871ede55f992.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

701

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_67c73f079b4d4cb597e329445d36e2a5_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_8221bdb3e2a21b6f.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

701

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_a0435b9a5ccfd733530e175ac3846519_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_a2ced196680c8975.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,042

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_bcc7eff2d3a15421bd34c148564e538d_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_135616c75c17d438.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

701

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_c6b72ba10c54929961ad884cb3129320_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_1fe0b1139249ef80.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

701

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_cfafbc9d3c9ac6614cfa495617c01518_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_8b6e252e7482c270.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

699

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_038b2a0e2d934042.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,200

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

07:53

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_043add39469524d7.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,200

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:39

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_ca2e2defcae04fe7.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

15,291

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

07:59

File name

Amd64_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_cadde11ae3e2347c.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

15,291

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:46

Additional files for all supported IA-64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2


File name

Ia64_17d29bb9f2a6cafa9e3a5678b82c3d3c_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_7bb8c1b615bfeb9b.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,040

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Ia64_4a1aa8c5ed54ae19fe2855f362c62f70_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_3c5ab54aaa0265f0.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

699

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Ia64_7345d61169dfa071e90515d2da6eb5f2_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_42ac90e5814a5735.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

1,040

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Ia64_f772907d0a2843ad57ba82167d6365d9_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_22fc2cc29eb7ccf8.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

699

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

10:17

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_a76e32807533d808.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,199

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:23

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-crashdump_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_a81de5ab8e35bc9d.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

2,199

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

05:41

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.17857_none_6e1136621280e7ad.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

15,289

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

06:29

File name

Ia64_microsoft-windows-os-kernel_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.22012_none_6ec0e98d2b82cc42.manifest

File version

Not applicable

File size

15,289

Date (UTC)

06-Jun-2012

Time (UTC)

05:47

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