que es kernel debugger

Lone_Suicidal

So apparently my school installed some sort of kernel debugger on my laptop and I have no idea where it is or how to get rid of it. First off, why in the world would they put one on the comp and second, is it possible to get rid of it without negatively affecting my comp and if so, how and where do I get rid of it?

Janin

We're going to need more information, like

Does it really matter? If it's just sitting there, it's not a big deal
Did they do this on purpose, or is it just an IT department fuck-up?
What operating system?

Lone_Suicidal

I'm running windows xp pro. I think it's an IT fuck up because there's no reason why these laptops need a debugger. I've talked to a couple of the unofficial tech people here and they've said that the laptops have a lot of crap that we don't need. I would prefer to get rid of it because it is causing issues with some of my other software, like shutting down my computer with any program that's more cpu intensive than word or IE. Daemon tools and Alcohol have both detected this debugger. (When I try to install them, that's when my comp starts shutting down) As soon as I remove them, the problem disappears. I've made images of all my games/musics/etc so that I didn't have to bring it all up here with me (no space). So I would really prefer to get rid of this thing.

Janin

Based on that, I'm wondering why you think it's a debugger. Shutting down on high CPU load sounds like a hardware issue such as overheating.

If it is a debugger, it should show up in the Add/Remove programs applet.

Poyndexter

>Start > Run > msconfig

Start here, look under the startup tab to get an idea of what is running. The "debugger" would have to be running to shut down programs the way you're describing.

Start tracking down everything that looks unfamiliar in startup. Let us know what you find.

[edit] Alternately, you could edit your startup directly from regedit, if you're familiar and comfortable with it.

>Start >Run >regedit

>HKLM >software >microsoft >windows >run

That should give you a full list of startup items too.

Muriden

I'm assuming that these are machines you purchased from the school right?

Next question would be what their policy is on changing them.

If you own the machine I would say to just format the machine and start over. Whenever someone buys a premade machine from dell/gateway/trendy windows place, it's a good idea to format and reinstall with a pure windows disk (not the "recovery" disk that is nothing more than a Symantec Ghost image on it). You can get rid of all of the crap that they bundle with it like AOL trials and whatever bullshit process and recovery managers they install.