![]() ![]() Of course, you can also manage Windows Error Reporting through Group Policy. You access the error reporting settings through the Advanced tab in the System Properties applet, which you can find in the Control Panel.ĭisable Windows Error Reporting through Group Policy It contains one feature that I miss in the Vista and Windows 7 error reporting applets-you can change the settings independently for Windows and third-party programs. You can find it in the Control Panel (Control Panel\System and Maintenance).ĭisable error reporting in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003Įrror reporting in Windows XP is a bit simpler than in Vista and Windows 7 (see screenshot). The Advanced Settings of the Problem Reports and Solutions applet in Windows Vista offer similar options as in Windows 7 (see screenshot). Disable error reporting in Windows Vista and Server 2008 Hence, if you want to be on the safe side, you should choose the last option "Never check for solutions." Note that you can also change the setting for all users of this computer and you can also select programs to exclude from reporting in the Problem Reporting Settings applet. The link "What information is sent" at the top of the Problem Reporting Settings applet is commendable however, the corresponding information that is provided in the Windows help file is, in my view, insufficient. I think, Microsoft should be more transparent with the information that Windows Error Reporting sends to Redmond. It is unclear to me what the "additional report data" in the second option means here. However, when I checked my Problem Reports, I realized that in most cases Windows Error Reporting has sent error reports to Microsoft, anyway. The default setting is "Automatically check for solutions" and the second option is "Automatically check for solutions and send additional report data if needed." I guess most people believe that with the first setting no error reports are sent to Microsoft. ![]() The four options appear to speak for themselves (see screenshot), but, I think, at least two of them are a bit misleading. ![]()
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