"Send Error Report"

roddydogs

Can anyone tell me what the point is of clicking "Send error report"? they must get millions every day, surely the most annoying box "This programme is not responding" I BLOO*** Know that. :mad:

shandypants5

You can turn it off so it doesnt appear if you want.

I have, and when I remember how, I will tell you.;)

shandypants5

how to do it CLICKY

cheerfulness4

Good link - thanks

Taffybiker

This following happened only once to me. I sent an error report and moments later a help file opened on my machine detailing how to fix the problem.

esuhl

roddydogs wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what the point is of clicking "Send error report"? they must get millions every day...

I presume they do some kind of aggregate data anlaysis, then get their tech bods to look at the most common problems.

You can turn it off (in Windows XP at least) by disabling the Error Reporting Service. Go to Start / Run and type "services.msc" (without the quotation marks). From there, find the relevant service in the list, stop it (if it's already running), then change the "startup type" to "disabled" (you can find this by right-clicking and choosing "Properties").

fiendishlyclever

There isn't a lot of point in providing that information to Microsoft as XP is in 'Extended support' - so will only be getting security updates every month. This is not the same as developing or fixing their OS.

(Sometimes you do get useful feedback from sending this info - but mostly it's general info like telling you that you have a driver problem. Handy to know when you don't know which of the many drivers is causing the problem).