TSGL: Disable Error Reporting

[Beezersmom at aol.com]

Russ
 I just received this in my mailbox 11/12/2006 8:52:01 P.M. Eastern Standard 
Time
I'm so confused with the mail that I honestly don't remember if  I received a 
copy of it from Craig thru the list or Craig sent it to me off  List.  Along 
with the copy of your email that I received from him was an  email with Craig 
stating that after he had read this response from you, he was  rethinking his 
remarks about disabling Error Reports.
I responded to Craig that I wasn't crashing at all.  I'm  going to put both 
Craig's email and my response to his email at the bottom of  this one and 
they'll be in the correct order, I  hope. 
I was sending Micro$oft Error Reports for freezing using IE 6  or 7 as soon 
as I would access IE or freezing after I'd put my web site that I  wanted to go 
to, click go & freeze.
The majority of them were for ending a non responsive site, or  something to 
that affect.
I'm also having to send Error Reports for another problem  caused by 
Micro$oft but I honestly can't even begin to remember what for,  sorry.   
I am sending this thru the List and hope you get it  quickly but all of it 
will at least be on one email.
 
The server seems to be doing better with new mail but the older  mail is 
trickling in at a snail pace but at least it's starting to move, but if  is ever 
so confusing.

Toni
SENDING SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER 10:0  PM  EST
"Love is grand! Divorce is a hundred  grand!"
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Hi Craig:
My "priceless" email, ROFLMBO, I don't think so, but thank  you<blush>
No, I haven't received Russ's email and thank you for enclosing  it for me.
I have extremely high regard for Russ as a person and his  knowledge of the 
Internet and follow his advise, if it pertains to a problem of  mine or 
something I'm interested in.  My personal nickname for Russ is "The  Reverend" or 
"The Rev", sorry Russ. 
I did go to the TSGL archives to read his email and also found  a "ton" of 
email that I hadn't received yet and 3 of mine are just sitting there  that I 
sent on 8 & 9 November.  I don't know how TSGL handles the  emails from the 
members after they receive them but I do know that I'm not  getting 95% of the 
email in their archives...HELLO, DID YOU BLOCK SOME OF  US?  STOP SINNING & MOVE 
THE MAIL FORWARD!!!!!!!!
In Russ's email he is discussing "crashing" and you and I are  discussing 
"freezing", not being that knowledge of the inner workings of the  Internet, I 
thought that they were two different problems.  So does anyone  know if they are 
2 different problems?
I've never received anything from Micro$oft/Micro$loth for  sending in the 
error reports for "freezing" but every time I've  "crashed", I immediately have 
received a web page from them about the "crash"  without ever asking for one.
So are we talking apples & oranges here?  I don't know  because that's way, 
way above my knowledge.
You stated in your email that you had received an "erudite"  response from 
Russ.  I may have been a straight "A" student but your  "erudite" threw me, I 
actually had to look it up in the dictionary<G>  thanks for the lesson. Nay I say
You also stated  "Guess  I'll have to re-think my relationship with 
Micro$loth. Hey! I may be self  taught, but I'm not above contrition!"
Nay I say, you're perfectly fine the way you  are and there's to many who do 
think that they're above contrition and one I  know of is on the List...gotcha 
and it's YOUR  FAULT<G>
Hope to hear from you again...
Toni
OK, GANG, I'M SENDING THIS FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 10:10 PM  EST

If you want happiness for a  month--get married. 
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In a message dated 11/10/2006 1:41:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
crtrav at charter.net writes:

Hi,  Toni:

You're quite welcome. BTW, I received your priceless email,  apparently, 2 
hours after you sent it, 6:15 PST 11/9/2006. 

I think  you're being admirably conscientious when you said:

Before I disable it, I'd like to hear the pros and cons of some  of the 
members on list.
Does Micro$oft really do anything with these  error reports?
Is it worth the effort to send the error reports or a  complete waste of our 
time?
An erudite response from Russ made me  change my tune on this issue, as he 
covers those questions. For myself, I have  kept little hacks like that for 
years & just toss them in a folder. The  date/time stamp for the "disable error 
reports" hack was pre-XP-SP2! In  retrospect, I may have done a disservice to 
TSGL subscribers by publishing it.  Not very responsible of me, all things 
considered. 

Guess I'll have to  re-think my relationship with Micro$loth. Hey! I may be 
self taught, but I'm  not above contrition! 

Craig

In case you haven't received Russ's  response to me yet (some kind of server 
thing?), I'll include it  here:






In a message dated 11/12/2006 8:52:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
coover at fastmail.fm writes:

Re: "It  seems to me that the bums at Micro$oft shouldn't need us to do their
job  for them at all." 

In fact, it's these reports that let the "bums" at  MS actually do there job.
Without the reports, MS usually has no idea what  is crashing and why. With
the reports, MS can see where there are problems  and what needs to be fixed.
And most of the time, the problem is not with  the OS, it is with the machine
that has crashed. I've actually reported  some of these crashes and found MS
contacting me through a web page to tell  me what was probably wrong and how
it could be fixed. By the way, I do not  believe that MS had any idea of who
I was, just my IP address.   

Yes, let MS do their jobs, some of which are fixing the problems in  their
Operating System that were not obvious to anybody ... until machines  started
crashing. If you've ever written software, you know that software  bugs are
easily written, but not easily seen or found. And it is usually  the case
that the bugs are not noticed until something crashes. And the  thing that
causes the crashes may be something rare and only on a few  machines. And,
believe me, it is quite helpful when MS is able to report to  me the problem
and the solution.  

Report these crashes. MS  needs to know.

Russ Coover

I am trying to find myself. If you  see me before I do, please ask me to wait
until I return.
-----Original  Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com  [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Craig
Sent: Tuesday,  November 07, 2006 3:11 PM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject:  TSGL: Disable Error Reporting

Beezersmom at aol.com wrote:

That page closes, the little window goes away and up pops the  Microsoft
window asking me to send a report to them, which I  do.
I bet I've sent 100 reports to Microsoft, hey let the  bums do their
work.
They keep asking for  reports, I'll send them to them.

I got really tired of that. So, for  those interested, below is the fix for
that.

Craig


If you  find error reporting objectionable and want it disabled:

Open Control  Panel.
Click on Performance and Maintenance.
Click on System.
Then  click on the Advanced tab.
Click on the error-reporting button on the  bottom of the windows.
Select Disable error reporting.
Click [OK]  [OK]

or

[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key:  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PCHealth\ErrorReporting
Modify/Create  the Value Name according to the Value Data listed below.
Data Type:  REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: DoReport
Value Data: [0 = Don't Send  Reports / 1 = Do Send Reports]
Exit Registry and  Reboot





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