@SuricrasiaOnline oh, and while this wouldn't work for login stuff, sometimes procmon is a lifesaver!
it's not quiiite as nice as strace on linux, but it can show you what the heck programs are doing if you attach to them
also, if your system crashes and reboots, you will usually have a dumpfile on your drive that windbg can open, which will give you the stack trace and process that wrecked you