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This KB has a step by step walk through:<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503</a><br />
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You can either do it temporarily for the current session:<br />
Set _NT_SYMBOL_PATH = symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\local<wbr />symbols*<a href="http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols" rel="ugc">http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols</a><br />
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You can set this variable as a system variable or as a user environment variable. To do this from the desktop, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables | Click New under System(more useful if you want to switch user accounts and monitor Desktop heap) | Variable Name = _NT_SYMBOL_PATH | Value = symsrv*symsrv.dll*f:\local<wbr />symbols*<a href="http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols" rel="ugc">http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols</a><br />

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Leave a note if you want help with recording Desktop heap values.
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Sorry, I was out for a few days. &nbsp;Will try this and let you know.<br />
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Mark
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What if your machine does not have internet access? i can't seem to get it to work w/ the -y option, regardless of how i copy the symbols over. &nbsp; I've looked at this <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914216" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914216</a>&nbsp;and this is the error that i'm getting but following the instructions to get the symbols did not resolve the problem. Any ideas? 
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I am trying to monitor my desktop heap size and suggested in another EE thread. &nbsp;I was pointed to:<br />
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5CFC9B74-97AA-4510-B4B9-B2DC98C8ED8B&displaylang=en" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5CFC9B74-97AA-4510-B4B9-B2DC98C8ED8B&displaylang=en</a><br />
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and it looks good. &nbsp;However, the installation instructions say:<br />
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Dheapmon requires correct win32k.sys symbol for installation. You can use Microsoft Symbol server to obtain symbol file. Required DLLs (dbghelp.dll, symsrv.dll) to download symbol file are included in this package.<br />
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and I have no idea how to use the DLLs or where to put the symbol file. &nbsp; I would like to know how to correctly install this utility. &nbsp;Any assistance appreciated.
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I am trying to monitor my desktop heap size and suggested in another EE thread.  I was pointed to:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5CFC9B74-97AA-4510-B4B9-B2DC98C8ED8B&displaylang=en

and it looks good.  However, the installation instructions say:

Dheapmon requires correct win32k.sys symbol for installation. You can use Microsoft Symbol server to obtain symbol file. Required DLLs (dbghelp.dll, symsrv.dll) to download symbol file are included in this package.

and I have no idea how to use the DLLs or where to put the symbol file.   I would like to know how to correctly install this utility.  Any assistance appreciated.

Using the Windows Symbol Server to get dheapmon8.1 running

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