Starting SoftICE after installing Windows XP SP2 will cause your
machine to crash. This is not a problem with SoftICE but rather
an internal layout change of the operating system. In addition
the SoftICE universal video display will also need to be "found"
again.
To get around these issues:
1. Boot your system without SoftICE. This can be done by
pressing escape at the appropriate time in the boot process.
2. Get the updated OSI data files as detailed below.
3. Rerun the Settings application, go to the SoftICE Video page
and click on both the "Detect" and "Test" buttons.
4. Reboot your machine.
Information on obtaining latest OSINFO.DAT data files
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In order to get support for the SP2 you will need to
download an updated osinfo.dat file from our ftp site at
B]Use the FTP listing below[/B
After downloading, save this file into your \winnt\system32\drivers
directory.
If SoftICE is already started you will need to reboot your machine
for the changes to take effect.
This update is only needed if you are using Windows XP - SP2.
Updated Support for Visual SoftICE:
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This update provides DriverStudio/SoftICE Suite version 3.0/3.1
customers with Visual SoftICE updates for:
X86:
Windows XP SP2 support
Windows Server 2003 - Build 1184 support (replaces 1069)
Windows Longhorn - Build 4074 preliminary support
AMD64:
Windows XP SP2 support (32 bit mode)
Windows Server 2003 - Build 1184 (64bit mode) (replaces 1069)
To retrieve this update, download the zip file from our FTP site at:
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Directions:
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This zip file contains 2 data files (OSINFO.DAT, OSINFOB.DAT) and 2
directories with drivers in them.
(1) Both data files should be copied to the install directory for your
master (where DriverStudio and DriverWorkbench (DS.EXE) were installed
- usually C:\Program Files\Compuware\DriverStudio).
No reboot on the master is required.
(2) On your x86 targets, copy both data files, and the SIKSYM.SYS driver
from the IA32(x86) directory to the target %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Drivers
directory. If Visual SoftICE is running, reboot the target machine.
(3) On your AMD64 targets, copy both data files, and the SIKSYM.SYS driver
from the AMD64 directory to the target %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\Drivers
directory. If Visual SoftICE is running, reboot the target machine.
Another mail from Compuware:
Updated informaton regarding XP-SP2 with SoftICE 2.7 and 3.0
On some machines running SoftICE versions 2.7 and 3.0 and Windows XP SP2 the user may encounter a crash. This is due to one of the hooked functions
residing at a different and critical location.
If you are using 2.7 and 3.0 and experiencing a crash on XP-SP2
you will need to do the following:
(1) Get an updated OSI data file, as detailed below
(2) Get symbols for ntoskrnl (I suggest using Symbol Retriever), translate
to NMS, add it to the loaded symbols, and add an entry to winice.dat
NTSYMBOLS=ON (this can be done via the Advanced Page of the Settings app).
For users of 3.1 and 3.2 pre-releases all that is needed is an updated OSI
data file.
Information on obtaining latest OSINFO.DAT data files
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In order to get support for the SP2 you will need to
download an updated osinfo.dat file from our ftp site at
