WinDbg Problem with ntoskrnl

Question

I've got a similar problem to "BSOD - Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe", in that I can't seem to get the correct symbols to read ntoskrnl.

I've followed the advice given by BK1E, but still can't get a result.

Text from debug below:

Loading Dump File [C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Temp\WER9D78.tmp\Mini030610-01.dmp]
Mini Kernel Dump File: Only registers and stack trace are available

Symbol search path is: SRV*c:\Windows\Symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
Executable search path is: 
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe
Windows Server 2008/Windows Vista Kernel Version 6002 (Service Pack 2) MP (4 procs) Free x64
Product: WinNt, suite: TerminalServer SingleUserTS Personal
Machine Name:
Kernel base = 0xfffff800`01e59000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0xfffff800`0201ddd0
Debug session time: Sat Mar  6 14:08:20.516 2010 (UTC + 0:00)
System Uptime: 0 days 0:42:01.723
Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\ntoskrnl.exe, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ntoskrnl.exe
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ntoskrnl.exe
Loading Kernel Symbols
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Loading User Symbols
Loading unloaded module list
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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck A, {11, c, 0, fffff80001ec9489}

***** Kernel symbols are WRONG. Please fix symbols to do analysis.

How do I fix this issue?

OS is Windows Vista x64 SP2.

Answer 1

Looks like you're loading a minidump, which requires a path to the executable. Either set the _NT_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE_PATH env var to point to your %windir%\system32 folder (or whatever holds your executables), or use the .exepath command in windbg.