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Troubleshooting machine crash after installing inSync client on the machine

This article is applicable for inSync client installed on:

  • Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10

Problem description

Client machine crashes after installation of inSync client. This issue is caused due to a third-party driver or a faulting module. Since the crash is triggered after installation of inSync client, it gives a false impression that the issue is caused due to the installation of inSync client.

Resolution

When Windows OS crashes, it creates a memory dump in C:\Windows folder with file extension .dmp by default. This is normally present in C:\Windows\Minidump folder.

Use the latest dump from C:\Windows\Minidump folder when you perform the following steps:

  1. Download windows debugging tools and install them. (Reference: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/windows-assessment-deployment-kit)
  2. Open windbg and load the Symbols in windbg
    srv*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols
  3. Go to File > Symbol Search Path and enter above URL as shown below:

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  4. Load the dump file File > Open Crash Dump > Browse and select dump file.
  5. Wait till the dump file is loaded, it may take a some time.
  6. Click on analyse-v to perform automatic dump analysis. 
    The complete analysis of dump displayed in same window as below. Check the name of image file (IMAGE_NAME) in analysis causing the BSOD.  This image file is the third-party faulting driver or module.

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To resolve the issue caused due to this faulting third-party driver or module, contact the respective third-party vendor. 

Verification 

The affected machine should not crash after installing inSync client and backups must not fail.