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Error reporting, what is it and why does Microsoft want
you to have it on? Basically whenever your computer
crashes Win XP makes a little report of what went wrong
and then sends it to Microsoft so they can improve the
Windows Operating System. Generally it sounds like
a nice idea, but do you really want to be sending reports
about your computer to Microsoft? I personally don't
and they allow you to shut off this feature. Here's
how you do it:
- Open
your control panel
- Click
on Performance and Maintenance
- Then
click on System
- Go
to the Advance Tab
- Click
on the Error Reporting button at the bottom
- Select
Disable Error Reporting
- Click
the "But notify me when a critical error occurs"
- Click
Ok Twice.
You can leave out step 7, but I like my operating system
to tell me when its had a major error, mainly because
I can look up the cause of the error and hopefully find
a solution to it on the net or at Microsoft. There
you have it, error reporting to Microsoft is off and you
don't have to worry about sending a report to Bill Gates. |
