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R.I.P. MS-DEBUG 1981 - 2009

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gone-the-way-of-edlin dept.

AlphaZeta writes "After 28 years, MS-DEBUG is finally being phased out in Windows 7. Over the years, people have been using MS-DEBUG for writing code (virus/malware, you name it) and debugging. "

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  1. -a 100 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    -a 100
    jmp 100
    w
    x
    ?
    ?
    ?
    quit
    end
    crap
    sit
    vi?

  2. it's a trick by skeletor935 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone confirming or denying the presence of MS-DEBUG on their windows machine, is confirming their use of windows, and getting their precious slashdot ID number increased by 50% and a free copy of Windows 7 because MS is tired of having to keep hosting Windows 98 SP 2 updates for every time you reformat

  3. Re:Article not quite right ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Seconded. Just checked a Vista box installed here at the office. It was Vista Ultimate.
    Does version make a difference?

    It's removed from 64 bit copies of Windows, including XP 64 bit.

    Removed or they couldn't or wouldn't get it working?

  4. Re:Article not quite right ... by EvanED · · Score: 5, Informative

    Depends, is it still the same old 16-bit exe in the versions of Vista people are reporting it to be present? If so, probably "didn't bother to get it working". Many DOS utilities of that time were written in assembly, so getting it working in 64-bit would have basically consisted of rewriting it.

  5. Debug by KingPin27 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes me wonder why Microsoft even created it in the first place..... not like THEY used it or anything.

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    "i lost my dignity on a slippery wiener"
  6. Sad... by pablomme · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Mr. Debug gets over his loss soon.

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    The state you are in while your HEAD is detached... - wait, what?
    1. Re:Sad... by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

      Speaking of which, I hear Mr. DOS is paying steep bills for his wife's life support.

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      There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
    2. Re:Sad... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dr. DOS' services aren't cheap...

    3. Re:Sad... by gringofrijolero · · Score: 5, Funny

      They could've gone to the FreeDOS clinic.

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      Todos mis movimientos están friamente calculados
  7. Wrong, Wrong and Wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    This article is entirely wrong. DEBUG.EXE hasn't been removed from Windows 7. It's just not included in 64-bit editions of Windows. That goes for 64-bit editions of Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. This is because the 16-bit emulator is no longer included in the 64-bit versions of Windows due to the fact that the x86-64 CPUs cannot switch to 16-bit mode. So it's not DEBUG.EXE that is gone, it's all of DOS that is gone.