--- a/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Mon May 27 12:49:08 2013 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/windows/vm/os_windows.cpp	Tue May 28 15:08:57 2013 +0200
@@ -944,6 +944,8 @@
   MINIDUMP_TYPE dumpType;
   static const char* cwd;
 
+// Default is to always create dump for debug builds, on product builds only dump on server versions of Windows.
+#ifndef ASSERT
   // If running on a client version of Windows and user has not explicitly enabled dumping
   if (!os::win32::is_windows_server() && !CreateMinidumpOnCrash) {
     VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows", false);
@@ -953,6 +955,12 @@
     VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidump has been disabled from the command line", false);
     return;
   }
+#else
+  if (!FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(CreateMinidumpOnCrash) && !CreateMinidumpOnCrash) {
+    VMError::report_coredump_status("Minidump has been disabled from the command line", false);
+    return;
+  }
+#endif
 
   dbghelp = os::win32::load_Windows_dll("DBGHELP.DLL", NULL, 0);
 
@@ -1004,7 +1012,21 @@
   // the dump types we really want. If first call fails, lets fall back to just use MiniDumpWithFullMemory then.
   if (_MiniDumpWriteDump(hProcess, processId, dumpFile, dumpType, pmei, NULL, NULL) == false &&
       _MiniDumpWriteDump(hProcess, processId, dumpFile, (MINIDUMP_TYPE)MiniDumpWithFullMemory, pmei, NULL, NULL) == false) {
-    VMError::report_coredump_status("Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed", false);
+        DWORD error = GetLastError();
+        LPTSTR msgbuf = NULL;
+
+        if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |
+                      FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+                      FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                      NULL, error, 0, (LPTSTR)&msgbuf, 0, NULL) != 0) {
+
+          jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed (Error 0x%x: %s)", error, msgbuf);
+          LocalFree(msgbuf);
+        } else {
+          // Call to FormatMessage failed, just include the result from GetLastError
+          jio_snprintf(buffer, bufferSize, "Call to MiniDumpWriteDump() failed (Error 0x%x)", error);
+        }
+        VMError::report_coredump_status(buffer, false);
   } else {
     VMError::report_coredump_status(buffer, true);
   }