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Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP
Summary
Windows XP asks the user to if he/she would like to send an error report to Microsoft in the event of a program error. This can be changed so that the user is notified when a program terminates unexpectedly but does not send a report to Microsoft. This setting can be changed either through the System Control Panel applet or by editing the setting in the registry directly.
Step-by-step instructions
To change the setting using the System Control Panel applet, do the following:
- Hold in the Windows key (it has the Windows symbol on it) and press the PAUSE/BREAK key.
NOTE: This applet can also be accessed from the Control Panel when set to Classic View.
- Click the Advanced tab.
- Click on "Error Reporting".
- Click the radio button "Disable error reporting" and make sure that the "But notify me when critical errors occur" checkbox is set.
- Click OK to close the Error Reporting page.
- Click OK to close the System Properties page.
To change the setting using the registry, do the following:
- Open Registry Editor (Start>Run>
regedit).
- Navigate to the following key:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting.
NOTE: HKLM is the abbreviation for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
- Look for a value called
DoReport.
NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
- Click on Edit.
- Click on New.
- Select DWORD value.
- Type
DoReportand press ENTER.
NOTE: Capitalization does count!
- Click on Edit.
- Double click the
DoReportvalue.
- Type 0 and press ENTER.
- Close Registry Editor.