How can I get the correct symbols for microsoft's dlls\assemblies if I don't have an internet connection?

Question

I can't connect the computer to the internet because of security reasons. therefore, I can't use the symbol server. I've installed the symbols pack for windows xp sp2 but some of the PDB's do not match the dlls installed on my machine (I guess it's because of some specific updates that were installed on my machine).

as it seems, the only package that microsoft has published is the complete xp sp2 symbols package. I cannot download specific symbols from the server.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I don't know if this is a possibility depending on the security constraints but it will work if you are allowed to do step 1.

1. Take a mini-dump of the process you want to debug.
2. Load the minidump up in WinDbg on a system that you are allowed to connect to the internet.
3. Configure the symbol path to point to the public symbol server (.symfix+ is your friend)
4. Reload all the modules by running ".reload /f"
5. Create a .cab file with all the symbols by running ".dump /m /ba mycab.cab"
6. Take the .cab file back to the system you want to debug and extract the pdb files into a local folder and point your symbol path to that folder.