HRESULTs and Win32 Error Codes Introduction
Here’s a quick introduction to HRESULTS and Win32 Error Codes. There are essentially three steps. Get the error, Convert the error, and Look up the error.
What is MSPDBSRV.exe, and why is it (not) running?
When you build a binary with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 and select to generate a program database, a MSPDBSRV.exe process is spawned. MSPDBSRV generates the PDB (and copies it to the output folder?), then stays running until it is explicitly terminated or the system shuts down. In most cases, you can completely ignore MSPDBSRV.exe and MSPDB80.dll and MSPDBCORE.dll that support it.