Hey Gurus,

I have installed Softice 4.05 on my xp machine and have installed the xp patch.

I am trying to learn Softice through tutorials I have found on the net.

I am at the breakpoint section and I just cant get them to work.

I ahve taken the semicolons out of winice.dat(even tho I have read that is only for win9x) and I have added a whole bunch of .dlls into the symbol loader exports.

The tutorials basically say to type in BPX GetDlgItemTextA and press enter then get out of softice and go to start-> run-> whatever and press enter.

Softice should pop up, but it doesnt; I have also tried GetWindowTextA

I am really confused and help would be much appreciated,

Thanks,

Right!

This is a very common problem. First, I'd suggest you do a "softice breakpoint" search using the search function (without the quotes). This should come up with interesting topics.

For a quick and dirty...

1. Softice based on NT systems (NT4, ME, 2000 , XP and 2003) is not the same as softice for the 95/98/98SE versions.

2. In XP and kin, you have to be in the correct context to put the breakpoint, otherwise the breakpoint will not stick.

3. For example, your app is notepad. Then you will have to:

a) proc (this will give you names of all processes)
b) addr NOTEPAD (this will ensure you are in the context of notepad)
c) bpx MessageBoxA (this will hit in the context of Notepad)

As you search through the board, you will find how to automatically set the breakpoint context to that where you want so that you do not have to all the time keep on changing contexts to set breakpoints (default context, is what it may be assumed).

Finally, remember, you cannot be a good RCE if you ask us to crack. And most people ask us to crack because they do not know the answers. And many a times, they do not know the answers, because they do not search!

So search, and be happy!

Have Phun

Well I faced the same problem but then i tried by removing the letter A from the last part of breakpoint. We add A for 32 bit softwares but at times it doesnt work. Try doing it and may be it works fine.
I do not know how but at times it do work.

A well know problem
use the search option on this forum !