Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Can I turn off the problem reporting?

QUESTION:
My biggest gripe about Vista is the stupid dialog box that comes up whenever there's a problem, wanting me to send a report to Microsoft. I click "no" every time but is there a way to just turn this off so I don't have to waste my time on it?

ANSWER:
You can disable the error reporting service if you never want to send reports. Here's how:
  1. Click Start
  2. In the Search box, type Services and press Enter
  3. In the right pane of the Services console, scroll down to find Windows Error Reporting Service and double click it
  4. On the General tab, set the Startup Type to Disabled

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