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When your Memory Dumps are Dumped

   This project was sunset / cancelled / not finished in your business jargon of choice, but I thought the notes were valuable.   Why would you want to dump your memory? To check for malicious programs running, digital forensics, stuff like that. What do you use to dump memory? I tried DumpIt and [program     name], as well as NotMyFault (Which is a Windows-sanctioned program), but you can do it with tools already installed on Windows. There's probably multiple ways to do it, but here are some instructions that are, yes, involved. Your own risk and all that. DumpIt and the unremembered program crashed my PC without creating a .mem file, but NotMyFault...also crashed, but it did create the file! So I will be using the semi-built-in Windows tools for this purpose. It's at this point where I learn that Memory Dumping is a serious step, and isn't recommended except as a last resort. I will leave the information below that clarifies the Windows SDK Instruct...