Security News > 2020 > April > Windows 10: How to track down that irritating bug with DTrace
One of the benefits of DTrace is the ability to use more than one probe, providing the tools you need to understand how events are related, and helping to track down complex bugs that traditional debugging tools can't pinpoint.
Microsoft has now ported DTrace to Windows, building on the Open DTrace code and specification, adding specific Windows features with support for Event Tracing for Windows, for Windows system calls, and for Windows Process IDs.
While Windows has a very different architectural model from Unix and Unix-derived operating systems, you should find DTrace works well with Windows, especially if you're using the Windows-specific tracing features.
Once you've mastered its D language and learned how to choose and implement probes, then you're ready to explore how your applications interact with each other and with Windows.
If you're trying to track down a tricky bug, this is the tool for you, opening a whole new window into Windows.
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