Identifying What Installed Microsoft DLL, EXE, or SYS Files
We [Microsoft] tend to have quite a few diamonds in the rough. One of those is our DLL Help database. This is a public tool where you can search to see nearly all of the public releases of a specific file. For example, if you are having an issue with a Microsoft product and have it narrowed down to a DLL, EXE, or SYS file, then you can look it up to see if there are newer releases of it and/or what public release the file was installed by. Anyway, here is the location of the database.
Microsoft DLL Help Database
http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/
The disadvantage of this database is that it doesn't always show *all* of the public releases such as hotfixes. For that you need to search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for the file name located at:
http://support.microsoft.com
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I am originally from Dayton, OH. Worked for the Air Force for 6 years. Joined Microsoft in 1999 and moved to Charlotte, NC. There I was a Support Professional and later worked as a Testing Consultant. After 6 years, my wife, daughter and I moved to Seattle, WA where I took a job as a Microsoft Premier Field Engineering (PFE) supporting BizTalk. Throughout my Microsoft career I've always been very passionate about performance analysis, so I have worked hard to make performance analysis easier for our customers. Oh, and I like PC games like Diablo 2 and Fable, cigars, and a nice Chianti.
