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Files to collect
The following list contains information that might be requested to continue troubleshooting for the purpose of
debugging, analyzing and creating reproducible test cases.
1. MSINFO32: Click Start, click Run, and then type MSINFO32.exe. Save the *.NFO file to disk.
2. System Information: From a command prompt, pipe the output to file: C:\>systeminfo.exe >systeminfo.txt.
3. Microsoft Support Diagnostics Toolkit (MSDT): For details and information refer to Microsoft Support Diagnostics
Self-Help Portal: https://home.diagnostics.support.microsoft.com/SelfHelp
4. Microsoft Event Viewer Logs: Click Start, click Run, and then type Eventvwr.msc. Select the tree node, and from
the Action menu select Save Log File As... to save the log file.
5. PRN file: Application dependent. Example: Click Start, click Run, and then type WRITE.EXE, select File and then
Print, select Print To File and save to FILENAME.PRN
6. Application file: Provide a sample file from the application which created the reported issue.
7. Print a test page: Open the Printers folder, right-click the printer name, select Printer properties, and then click
the Print Test Page button. Scan the output page to a distributable computer file format. Options to create the
page include the following.
Device Configuration Page: Print from the printer control panel.
Printers folder→Printer properties→Print Test Page.
5. Scan of printed document: After printing a page, use a colored pen to mark up and identify the issue with the
printed output. Scan the marked up page back to a distributable computer file format.
6. Driver Configuration Utility (HP DCU): Provide the pre-configuration files *.cfg or *.cfm
7. Device Network Settings: Methods available to capture information
Telnet to the product, output all information to console, select upper left icon and right mouse, EDIT-SELECT-
ALL. Repeat right mouse, EDIT-COPY. Paste into file and save.
Use HP Web Jetadmin views to create an export file
HP Embedded Web Server to printer: http://ip_of_printdevice
8. Screen shots: Error dialogs, user interface, etc.
9. Microsoft crash dump file
Server 2008: support.microsoft.com/kb/254649 (dump files, when enabled, are stored by default in
%SystemRoot%\Minidump folder).
Windows 7: support.microsoft.com/kb/931673 (dump files, when enabled, are stored by default in
Drive:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Temp)
NOTE: If a process hangs or is very slow, starting with Windows 7, the task manager has the ability to take a
process memory dump file that can be useful to the lab to determine what the system is doing or waiting for. To
create a dump file:
1. Start Task manager
2. Go to the processes tab.
3. Select the process that is hanging. A good place to start is spoolsrv.exe
4. Right click, and select Create Dump File.
5. Make a note of the location where the system stored the dump file. The location is not user selectable.
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