The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) is an unwanted event whose most difficult part is often finding out what caused it.
BlueScreenView is a pretty simple tool that scans all the Minidump files generated during the BSOD crashes, analyzes them and shows the crash information that they contain. For each crash, BlueScreenView displays basic information such as the minidump filename, the date/time of the crash, the Bug Check Code and 4 parameters, and the details of the driver or module that possibly caused the crash (filename, product name, file description, and file version). This makes it possible to identify the faulty driver that caused the crash.
By default, this tool analyzes the standard C:/Windows/Minidump folder of your Windows system where these files are generated and stored, but separate DMP files can also be individually loaded and analyzed.
This neat and handy tool is also free and represents a great helping hand whenever you engage in the challenging quest of determining what caused your system to crash.
Pros
- Pretty intuitive and simple-to-use
- You can export the data to text or HTML files
- It's free
Cons
- The interface looks a bit dull and cannot be customized